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Tipra Motha Wins Landslide Majority in Tripura Village Committee Elections
- •The Tipra Motha Party maintained its dominance by winning 74.61 percent of the 4594 village committee seats in Tripura.
- •Out of the total seats, the TMP secured 3428 seats, while its ally BJP won 859 seats.
- •The opposition CPI (M) won 87 seats and the Congress secured only 14 seats in the elections.
- •These crucial village committee elections were held after a gap of a decade following Supreme Court directives.
- •Chief Minister Manik Saha stated that the results reflect the public trust and mandate in favor of the BJP-led NDA.
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In the village committee elections held across 587 committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, the Tipra Motha Party won 3,428 seats (74.61%), the BJP secured 859 seats (18.70%), and independent candidates won 173 seats (3.77%). Meanwhile, the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura secured 33 seats (0.72%), the CPI(M) won 87 seats (1.89%), and the Congress obtained 14 seats (0.30%).
The village committee elections took place on 28 September, with final results declared on the morning of 6 October. These elections were held following Supreme Court directives after a gap of a decade.
Out of a total of 4,597 announced seats, political parties won 1,644 seats uncontested, while no nominations were filed for three seats. Specifically, the Tipra Motha Party secured 1,557 seats uncontested, the BJP won 81 seats uncontested, and the CPI(M) won one seat uncontested.
