Page 6 - Tripura Elections

IPFT puts pressure on BJP, demands respectable position in Tripura cabinet

The BJP and IPFT combine had swept to power in the state winning 43 out of the 59 seats

Call for 'adjustment' with Congress grows within CPI-M after Tripura defeat

The BJP-IPFT combine scripted history by winning the Tripura Assembly polls with a two-third majority, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in the state

Tripura polls: Counting tomorrow; both CPI-M, BJP confident of win

In India's 65-year-old electoral history, the CPI-M has never before come in direct electoral battle with the BJP

Tripura awaits election results on March 3 as exit polls predict split vote

Political parties in Tripura are keeping their fingers crossed on the outcome of the recently held Assembly elections in the state as exit polls have failed to present a clear picture. Elections for 59 seats in Tripura's 60-member House were held on February 18 and the results will be declared on March 3. Polling in one Assembly seat has been postponed to March 12, following the death of a CPI(M) candidate. A national TV channel NewsX has predicted victory for the BJP alliance, ending 25-year run of the Left Front in the state. The TV channel gave the BJP alliance 35-45 seats and said the Left Front will bag 14-23 seats while one seat will be won by others. On the other hand, Centre for Voting Opinion & Trends in Election Research (CVoter), a Delhi-based agency, hinted at a close fight and predicted the CPI(M) and Left parties to win in 26-34 seats with 44.3 per cent vote share. It predicted the BJP alliance to win in 24-32 seats with a vote share of 42.8 per cent and said the ..

Tripura scripts record with over 92% electorate votes in Assembly polls

The official said a huge number of voters were still queued up at 10 p.m. on Sunday

BJP key threat to Left's 25-year rule as Tripura goes to polls tomorrow

BJP held a high-voltage campaign with PM Modi addressing as many as four rallies in the state

Tripura polls: Efforts are on to win by creating rifts, says Manik Sarkar

The results of the Tripura election will be declared on March 3

'Lal bhai' government 'looting' public, vote for BJP: Amit Shah in Tripura

Shah made promises, including smart phones for youths, implementation of seventh pay commission for govt employees among others

Modi govt funding states irrespective of party in power: Jaitley in Tripura

Top BJP leaders, including President Amit Shah, Union Ministers Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari, are in the state to campaign for the upcoming polls

Will meet one shot from Pak with 'limitless' Indian bullets: Rajnath Singh

The Home Minister was speaking at an election rally in Tripura

Amit Shah lashes out at Left Front government in poll-bound Tripura

Shah claimed that in Tripura, which has a population of a little over 36 lakh, seven lakh youths were unemployed

BJP banks on welfare schemes like Ujjwala to end Left's rule in Tripura

Assembly polls in Tripura and Meghalaya are due in February next year