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- March 3, 2018
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Tripura Assembly election 2018 (Reuters file photo)
The counting of votes for the Tripura Assembly election will take place.
The Tripura assembly elections were held on February 18. According to figures by the Election Commission, Tripura recorded a voter turnout of 80 per cent.
These elections will prove to be a litmus test for the Left front's 25-year rule in Tripura. Exit poll figures suggest that BJP is likely to dethrone the CPI-M in the north-eastern state.
Here's all you need to know about the Tripura Assembly elections:
Both BJP and CPI-M are hopeful about winning the elections in Tripura.
Exit polls predicted that BJP is likely to dethrone the Left in Tripura, thus ending the Left's 25-year-old rule in the north-eastern state.
Held on February 18, polls in Tripura were held in 59 of the 60 constituencies.
Polling in one constituency was postponed due to the death of a CPI-M candidate.
According to figures of CVoter's exit poll, CPI-M will have a 44.3 per cent vote share and about 26-34 seats followed by the BJP with 42.8 per cent vote share and about 24-32 seats.
Meanwhile, Left leaders across the nation feel that Tripura's result will have far-reaching effect on national politics and also within the CPI-M.
Tripura CPI-M faced a major jolt when CPI-M leader Khagendra Jamatia passed away in Delhi yesterday. Jamatia was CPI (M) candidate from the Krishnapur constituency in the February 18 assembly election.
BJP was unable to win a single seat in the Tripura assembly elections in 2013, thus making these elections more crucial for BJP.
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