Counting is underway for Tripura Assembly Election 2018. The results today will seal the fate of 297 candidates in fray for 59 of 60 seats in the state assembly. The voting was held on February 18. The term of the state assembly ends on March 14, 2018. (Follow full coverage on counting 3 North East states on India TV)
The scheduled election in Charilam constituency has been postponed to March 12 after the death of Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma.
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According to the State Election Commission, 25,69,216 electorates were eligible to cast their vote in Tripura Assembly Elections 2018. Of these, 12,65,785 were women. On February 18, Tripura saw 92 per cent voter turnout, setting a new record in the electoral history of India at 3214 polling stations.
In the 60-member Tripura Assembly Elections, a party would need 31 seats to get a clear majority. (Check constituency-wise result of Tripura Assembly here)
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Here are the LIVE Updates:
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08:45 am: Trends for Tripura Assembly: BJP leading on 20 seats; CPM on 19 seats; Congress on 2 seats
08:29 am: Early trends from Tripura: CPM leading on 10 seats; BJP on 10 seats; Congress on 0
08:20 am: Tripura CM Manik Sarkar leading from Dhanpur
08:15 am: BJP's Sudip Rai Burman gains lead
08:12 am: First trends favour CPIM-led Left Front, Manik Dey leading from Majilshpur
08:09 am:
Visuals from inside a counting centre in Agartala #TripuraElection2018 pic.twitter.com/bl6vg5nErc
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08:02 am: Counting for Tripura Assembly Election 2018 begins
07:40 am: The counting will begin at 8 am
07:30 am: The Additional Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura, Tapas Ray said counting is on in 59 counting halls for 59 constituencies in 20 sub-divisions of all eight districts. A three-tier security arrangement has been made for all the counting centres, Ray said adding that it is expected that the results would be out by five hours.
07:05 am:
#Tripura: Visuals from outside the counting centre in Agartala pic.twitter.com/eVkNdx1ZCa
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07:15 am: The prominent candidates in Tripura elections include CPM veteran and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, BJP's Ratan Lal Nath, who was the former leader of opposition, BJP's state party president Biplab Deb, Congress veteran Gopal Chandra Roy, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) state party president N C Debbarma and CPM's Aghore Debbarma who is the senior most tribal minister in the cabinet.
07:00 am: Tripura Election 2018 Exit Polls predict that BJP will dethrone the ruling party, ending Left Front government's 25-year-run. JanKiBaat-NewsX has predicted that the BJP-IPFT alliance in Tripura will win 35-45 seats with a vote share of 51 per cent. The CVoter Exit Poll has predicted a close finish in Tripura, with the CPI-M likely to get 26 to 34 seats with 44.3 per cent vote share, the BJP and its allies 24 to 32 seats with a vote share of 42.8 per cent, while the Congress may win only 0-2 seats with a vote share of 7.2 per cent.
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06:30 am: The BJP's poll war cry for Tripura polls has been 'Chalo Paltai' or 'let's bring change', but the clean image of CPI (M)'s four-time Chief Minister Manik Sarkar may hold the key to the Left continuity.
06:20 am: Four prominent parties are fighting the poll battle in Tripura - Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Indian National Congress (INC), Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).
06:10 am: The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) fielded 57 candidates leaving one seat each to its Left Front partner Communist Party of India, Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party.
06:00 am: The BJP fielded candidates from 51 seats and left nine seats for its electoral ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT). Congress candidates contested from 59 constituencies while Trinamool Congress contested from 24 seats.
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