Tripura Assembly Polls

Tripura election 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: EC says Tripura polls 'violence-free' as voter turnout at 81%

Tripura election 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Congress and Left made a rare alliance to fight the ruling BJP. TMC and aother regional parties also trying their electoral luck in the state.

Tripura heads for triangular contest in assembly polls; Tipra Motha likely to emerge as 'kingmaker'

Tripura assembly elections: Newly formed political party has decided to go solo and hopes to sweep the 20 tribal-dominated seats that hold the key to power in the northeastern state that has a 60-member assembly election.

Tripura Assembly polls: BJP chief Nadda to address two election rallies in poll-bound state on Feb 3

Tripura Assembly elections 2023: The polling to the 60 Assembly constituencies will be held on February 16 and counting will take place on March 2 in the state.

Tripura Assembly Election 2023: Left Front releases candidate list

Tripura Assembly Election 2023: Of the total 47 seats, the CPI(M) will contest 43, while other Left partners- CPI, RSP, Forward Bloc- will field one candidate each, Left Front convenor Narayan Kar said at a press meet.

Tripura assembly polls: EC issues notification regarding nomination papers; check submission date

Tripura assembly elections: As per the latest notification, candidates will be allowed to submit their nomination papers till January 30.

Tripura assembly polls: 'Vote-from-home' access for senior citizens and disabled people, says CEO

Tripura assembly elections: The Chief Electoral Officer of the state said the "vote-from-home" option would only be given to senior citizens above 80 years of age.

Tripura: CPI(M), Congress slams BJP after PM Modi’s rally, say people’s expectations ignored

The Tripura Assembly election is due in next year in the northeast state. Congress and CPI(M) are making effort to regain their lost electoral ground in the hilly state.

Tripura BJP MLAs Sudip Roy Barman, Ashish Saha quit party

According to Barman, the BJP-led Tripura government has failed miserably to live up to the people's expectations.

Tripura: BJP has highest percentage of criminal, 'crorepati' MLAs

As many as 10 (29 per cent) out of 35 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs face criminal charges. Of these 10, eight face serious criminal cases such as attempt to murder or causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty, among other charges.

Tripura Assembly Elections 2018: As it happened

The BJP has emerged as the main challenger to the ruling Left Front, which has been in power in the state for the last 25 years.

Tripura Elections 2018: BJP emerges as main contender to ruling Left, Congress fights for air

The 60-seat assembly will see a direct contest between ruling Left and new entrant BJP, as the main Opposition party of the state Congress gasps for funds, leadership and volunteers.

Amit Shah exudes confidence of forming government in Tripura, says promises in election manifesto will be fulfiled

Shah assured the voters that the promises made in the party's election manifesto released yesterday would be implemented.

Tripura polls: Arun Jaitley releases BJP's vision document, says BJP main rival of Left Front

Tripura assembly elections: Amit Shah appeals people to vote for BJP, says left cadres looting public

Without naming Rahul Gandhi, he alleged that the Congress chief had put up candidates as 'vote-katva' (cutting into others' votes) to help the CPI(M) government headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to come back to power.

Tripura polls: Modi slams 'Left govt’s misrule' of 25 years', asks people to replace ‘Manik’ with ‘HIRA’

Addressing a poll rally in Sonamura -- located around 50 km south-west of Agartala, the PM said that his government was working with all sincere efforts to develop northeast.

PM Modi in Tripura: Remove wrong 'Manik' and wear 'HIRA'

Election for the 60-member Assembly will be held in the state on February 18 and counting of votes will take place on March 3.

Lotus to bloom in Tripura after Assembly polls: Rajnath Singh

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said "lotus will bloom" in Tripura after the Assembly polls as the people of the state are "disenchanted" with the "corrupt" Left Front government.

66% people in Tripura cannot even afford cycle after 25-year CPIM rule: Rajnath's brazen attack as election nears

Presenting BJP ruled states - Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh - as examples of development, Rajnath mocked the ruling CPIM saying that the majority of residents in Tripura could not afford a cycle even after 25 years of its rule.

Tripura assembly polls: BJP emerges as main challenger to CPI(M)

Sudip Roy Burman, former state Congress president and an MLA who had joined the BJP, said, "The Congress was not serious about fighting the CPI(M)" and claimed that the BJP would defeat the Marxists in the Assembly poll.

Assembly elections 2018: Congress releases list of 56 candidates in Tripura, 57 in Meghalaya

Polling in Tripura will take place on February 18, while Meghalaya goes to polls on February 27. The counting of votes in both the states will be held on March 3.