Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today congratulated the people of his state for handing a "landslide victory" in panchayat elections to the ruling Left Front, which has clinched over 95 per cent of the seats.
"I thank the people of Tripura for delivering a landslide victory by giving more than 95 per cent of the seats to the Left Front in the just-concluded elections to the three-tier panchayats in the state," he said here.
Here to attend the CPI(M) Politburo meeting, Sarkar said, "The people of Tripura have demonstrated and reiterated their faith and confidence in the Left Front government."
However, he said there was "no room for complacency and self-boasting over this spectacular victory. This has only further heightened the responsibility of the Left Front and, obviously, the Left Front government".
"We will have to prepare ourselves to discharge our responsibilities and tasks in a befitting manner with due guidance and cooperation of the people of Tripura at large," Sarkar said while thanking officers, employees, the police and security forces for the smooth conduct of the elections.
Polls to the three-tier panchayat system was held on July 15 with around 90 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise.
The elections were held for 5,624 seats, including 419 in 35 panchayat samitis and 116 in eight zila parishads. The remaining seats belonged to gram panchayats.
