As the vote counting in Tripura and the other two northeastern states concludes today. The Bhartiya Janata Party is set to return to power and secure a second term in Tripura by winning 31 seats and continuing to lead on 1.

The Tripura election which was predicted to be a clash between the BJP-IPFT alliance and the Congress-left alliance saw a surprising change in trends. TIPRA Motha led by ex-royal family member Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma received an unprecedented response which led the Tripura polling to be a triangular fight.

As per the reports, the BJP alone registered a win on 31 seats and is continuing to lead on 1 other, whereas BJP’s ally Indigenous People’s Front won 1 seat. With the tally of both BJP and IPFT, the saffron party has achieved the majority mark with 31 seats in a 60-seat assembly.

Aside from IPFT-BJP, another party that proved to be a frontrunner was TIPRA Motha. The party led and founded by ex-royal Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, former Congress state chief, in 2019 has come to be a close second with the Congress-Left alliance by winning 13 seats.

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Congress-left alliance together won 14 as Congress was able to secure 3 seats while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) claimed victory on 11 seats.

As per reports, celebrations were also witnessed in the many BJP workers celebrating and sloganeering in the BJP’s election office. The workers raised slogans Narendra Modi Zindabad and Bharat Mata Ki Jai slogans as they distributed sweets.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha also won from Bardowali seat where he beat Congress-fielded Ashish Kumar Saha. He is predicted to be the Chief Minister of Tripura for the Second term.

While talking to the media, BJP’s Manik Saha said that the win by the BJP was expected and further said that with the decisive elections result, the responsibility of the Party has been increased.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that the vote by the people of Tripura is for progress and stability. He further said that the BJP will continue to work for the betterment of the state.

Tripura underwent an election on February 16 to elect the 60-member Legislative Assembly.

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