Agartala, Mar 3: The North Tripura district, with seven constituencies, witnessed a high-pitched electoral battle in the run-up to the Tripura Assembly Elections 2018. The counting of votes were scheduled today from 8 am. Results of North Tripura hold key to the prospects of the CPI(M) and the BJP -- whom the pollsters have picked as the key contenders to the rule the state for the next five years. The seven seats in North Tripura district whose results would be declared today are: Bagbassa, Dharmanagar, Jubarajnagar, Panisagar, Kadamtala-Kurti, Kanchanpur and Pecharthal. Stay tuned below for the seat-wise live results and updates from North Tripura district.

In the last assembly elections, North Tripura was swept under the Manik Sarkar wave as 6 of the 7 constituencies were bagged by the CPM. The one exception was Dharmanagar, where Congress' Biswabandhu Sen emerged victorious. Catch the results from this round of elections here below.

Tripura Assembly Election Results 2018: Latest Updates From North Tripura District

BAGBASSA

Tripura - Bagbassa
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
BIJITA NATH Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12767
PRADIP KUMAR NATH Bharatiya Janata Party 12593
JYOTIRMOY NATH Indian National Congress 374
AMARJIT SINGHA All India Trinamool Congress 206
ARABINDA TELI Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) 205
MARTUJUDDIN CHOUDHURY Independent 66
None of the Above None of the Above 170

Last Updated at 11:16 On 03/03/2018

DHARMANAGAR

Tripura - Bagma
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
RAM PADA JAMATIA Bharatiya Janata Party 14049
NARESH CHANDRA JAMATIA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12446
JYOTISH JAMATIA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 386
ANANTALAL JAMATIA Indian National Congress 264
None of the Above None of the Above 281

Last Updated at 11:16 On 03/03/2018

JUBARAJNAGAR

Tripura - Jubarajnagar
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
JADAB LAL DEBNATH Bharatiya Janata Party 4222
RAMENDRA CHANDRA DEBNATH Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3474
DIGBIJOY CHAKRABORTY Indian National Congress 366
RATNESHBAR DEBNATH All India Trinamool Congress 87
RAMESH CHANDRA DEBNATH Amra Bangalee 74
None of the Above None of the Above

KANCHANPUR

Tripura - Kanchanpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
PREM KUMAR REANG Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura 8416
RAJENDRA REANG Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6870
SINDRAI REANG Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 396
RANJIT KUMAR REANG Indian National Congress 226
KARNADHAN CHAKMA Amra Bangalee 172
PRONENDRA REANG Tipraland State Party 96
None of the Above None of the Above 143

Last Updated at 11:16 On 03/03/2018

PANISAGAR

Tripura - Panisagar
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
AJIT KUMAR DAS Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4510
BINAY BHUSHAN DAS Bharatiya Janata Party 3654
GOURANGA DAS TALUKDAR Indian National Congress 235
RANI SINGHA All India Trinamool Congress 62
BINOD NATH Amra Bangalee 44
None of the Above None of the Above 68

Last Updated at 11:16 On 03/03/2018

PENCHARTHAL

Tripura - Pencharthal
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
SANTANA CHAKMA Bharatiya Janata Party 4616
ANIL CHAKMA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3672
NANDINI CHAKMA Indian National Congress 90
KARNADHAN CHAKMA Amra Bangalee 59
DANIEL SANGMA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 35
KRIPAMOHAN REANG Tipraland State Party 30
None of the Above None of the Above 104

Last Updated at 11:16 On 03/03/2018

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