For the 3,386 vacant seats of the three-tier local rural bodies, the Tripura State Election Commission on Saturday announced by-elections on September 30. Counting of votes would be done on October 3.
Mostly due to the resignations and death of the elected representatives, the by-elections were necessitated and the notification for the same would be issued on September 4.
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In the three-tier local rural bodies, out of the 3,386 vacant seats, 3,207 seats are in gram panchayats,161 in panchayat samities and 18 in zilla parishads.
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The last panchayat elections were held in June 2014.
It is pertinent to mention here that the by-elections in the state are taking place just eight months before the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Reacting to the announcements of the by-elections to the local rural bodies, opposition Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) and Congress criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for "forcible resignations of the elected representatives belonging to opposition parties," reported news agency IANS.
