Agartala, Mar 3: Sepahijala, the home-district of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, holds key to the prospects of the CPI(M) returning to power in Tripura. The district, along with other parts of the state, went to polls on February 18 when the Tripura assembly elections 2018 were conducted. The results are scheduled to be declared today by the Election Commission. The counting of votes was scheduled to begin at 8 am. LatestLY brings to you on this page the latest results, trends and updates from the eight assembly seats of Sepahijala district: Bishalgarh, Boxanagar, Dhanpur, Takarjala, Kamalasagar, Nalchar, Sonamura and Golaghati. Four of these seats are reserved for tribals. Stay tuned for the updates below.

In the 2013 polls, the CPM clean swept the entire district, banking on the popularity and pro-incumbency wave in favour of Manik Sarkar. However, in the run-up to the 2018 Tripura elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led a high-pitch campaign to erode CPM from Sepahijala.

Tripura Assembly Election Results 2018: Latest Updates From Sepahijala District

BISHALGARH

Tripura - Bishalgarh
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
BHANULAL SAHA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10598
NITAI CHAUDHURI Bharatiya Janata Party 8905
JAYDUL HOSSAIN Indian National Congress 417
PARIMAL SARKAR Amra Bangalee 147
None of the Above None of the Above 172

Last Updated at 10:28 On 03/03/2018

BOXANAGAR

Tripura - Boxanagar
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
SAHID CHOUDHURI Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4749
BAHARUL ISLAM MAJUMDER Bharatiya Janata Party 2082
BILLAL MIA Indian National Congress 222
NAJIR ISLAM All India Trinamool Congress 54
None of the Above None of the Above 90

Last Updated at 10:28 On 03/03/2018

DHANPUR

Tripura - Dhanpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
MANIK SARKAR Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4489
PRATIMA BHOUMIK Bharatiya Janata Party 2807
LAXMI NAG ( BARMAN) Indian National Congress 170
JAHIR UDDIN All India Trinamool Congress 64
None of the Above None of the Above 71

Last Updated at 10:34 On 03/03/2018

GOLAGHATI

Tripura - Golaghati
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
BIRENDRA KISHORE DEBBARMA Bharatiya Janata Party 3811
KESHAB DEBBARMA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2924
NISHI KANTA DEBBARMA Indian National Congress 115
MANAB DEBBARMA Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 71
None of the Above None of the Above 89

KAMALASAGAR

CANDIDATE NAME PARTY NAME VOTES POLLED
Subal Sarkar Amra Bangalee
Narayan Chandra Chowdhuri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Biswanath Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
Arun Bhowmik Bharatiya Janata Party
Sankar Deb Indian National Congress

NALCHAR

Tripura - Nalchar
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
SUBHASH CHANDRA DAS Bharatiya Janata Party 3934
TAPAN CHANDRA DAS Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3557
RAKESH DAS Indian National Congress 190
ASHUTOSH DAS Amra Bangalee 55
None of the Above None of the Above 89

Last Updated at 10:34 On 03/03/2018

SONAMURA

Tripura - Sonamura
Counting In Progress
Candidate Party Votes
SHYAMAL CHAKRABORTY Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3345
SUBAL BHOWMIK Bharatiya Janata Party 3076
MAJIBUR ISLAM MAJUMDAR Indian National Congress 149
JASIM UDDIN All India Trinamool Congress 79
RUHUL AMIN Tripura Peoples Party 33
None of the Above None of the Above 34

Last Updated at 10:34 On 03/03/2018

TAKARJALA

CANDIDATE NAME PARTY NAME VOTES POLLED
Narendra Chandra Debbarma Indigenious People's Front of Tripura
Amiya Kumar Debbarma Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
Ramendra Debbarma Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Chitta Ranjan Debbarma Tipraland State Party
Samson Debbarma Indian National Congress

Sepahijala result would be a litmus test of CM Manik Sarkar's personal performance, claim pollsters, as the party has clean swept all eight seats in the district in 2008 and 2013 based upon his stature. A depreciation in the party's tally in this round of the polls could be equated with a depreciation of Sarkar's own popularity in home-district.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 03, 2018 08:44 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).