Dhalai, Mar 3: The Dhalai district of Tripura was swept red in the previous assembly elections as five of the six seats here were won by the Manik Sarkar-led Communist Party of India (Marxist). Will the CPI(M) repeat the mandate? Or will the BJP make inroads into the district? The results would be known shortly as counting of votes polled in the Tripura Assembly Elections 2018 are scheduled to begin at 8 am. Stay tuned with this page as seat-wise results and trends for Ambassa, Chawmanu, Kamalpur, Karamchara, Raima Valley and Surma will be updated as soon as the updates would be released by the ECI.

In the 2013 elections, the Ambassa, Chawmanu, Kamalpur, Raima Valley and Surma seats were won by the CPM, whereas, the Congress retained the constituency of Karamchara. Below are the live results and trends emerging from the six seats in Dhalai district:

Tripura Assembly Election Results 2018: Latest Updates From Dhalai District

Ambassa

Tripura - Ambassa
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
PARIMAL DEBBARMA Bharatiya Janata Party 20147
BHARAT REANG Communist Party of India (Marxist) 17027
BIJOY KUMAR HRANGKHAWL Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 2172
SACHITRA DEBBARMA Indian National Congress 622
PARKAROY REANG Tripura Peoples Party 314
None of the Above None of the Above 463

Chawmanu

Tripura - Chawamanu
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
SAMBHU LAL CHAKMA Bharatiya Janata Party 14356
NIRAJOY TRIPURA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11321
BIHARI BAISHNAB TRIPURA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 408
ASHOK MITRA KARBARI Indian National Congress 306
BIKASH DEBBARMA Tipraland State Party 229
ASIT DEBBARMA Independent 162
None of the Above None of the Above 288

Kamalpur

Tripura - Kamalpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
MANOJ KANTI DEB Bharatiya Janata Party 15439
BIJOY LAXMI SINGHA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13611
BIJOY KRISHNA CHATTERJEE Indian National Congress 317
HASEN CHOUDHURY All India Trinamool Congress 272
PREMTOSH DEB Amra Bangalee 192
None of the Above None of the Above 184

Karamchara

Tripura - Karmachara
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
DIBA CHANDRA HRANGKHAWL Bharatiya Janata Party 14590
UMAKANTA TRIPURA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9445
RATISH TRIPURA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 1458
RANJANBATI DEBBARMA Indian National Congress 562
KALPA MOHAN TRIPURA Independent 212
CHIRANJAY REANG Tripura Peoples Party 155
None of the Above None of the Above 355

Raima Valley

Tripura - Raima Valley
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
DHANANJOY TRIPURA Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura 13879
LALIT MOHAN TRIPURA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13720
SHIB CHANDRA DEBBARMA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 1640
KHAGENDRA REANG Tripura Peoples Party 722
BAKUL BIKASH CHAKMA Indian National Congress 408
NAKENDRA CHAKMA Tipraland State Party 319
None of the Above None of the Above 524

Surma

Tripura - Surma
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
ASHIS DAS Bharatiya Janata Party 15929
ANJAN DAS Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13656
TAPAS KUMAR DAS Indian National Congress 254
JAY KUMAR KEOT All India Trinamool Congress 237
SUSHIL MALAKAR Independent 153
PRANESH DAS Amra Bangalee 90
None of the Above None of the Above 277

To catch the latest updates and results from other seats and districts of Tripura, click here. For election results and trends of neighbouring Meghalaya and Nagaland, click here. In the previous elections in Tripura, the CPI(M) stormed to power winning 49 of the 60 seats, and 1 being wrested by its ally CPI. The Congress emerged as the prime opposition winning 10 seats.

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