West Tripura Election Results 2018: Catch latest updates from Agartala, Badharghat, Mohanpur, Town Bardowali, Majlishpur, Khayerpur, Mandi Bazar, Barjala, Mohanpur, Pratapgarh, Ramnagar, Simna, Suryamaninagar and Bamutia.
Agartala, Mar 3: West Tripura, district, consisting of a significant urban population, was the only part of the state where the ruling CPI(M) faced a stringent challenge from the Congress in the last elections. In this round of the polls, the battle turned more intriguing with the Congress MLAs jumping ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had launched a high-voltage campaign to dethrone the Left from Tripura. The Election Commission will declare the poll results today. The counting of votes was scheduled to begin at 8 am. Stay tuned here for the live results and updates from the nine seats of West Tripura district. They are: Agartala, Badharghat, Mohanpur, Town Bardowali, Majlishpur, Khayerpur, Mandi Bazar, Barjala, Mohanpur, Pratapgarh, Ramnagar, Simna, Suryamaninagar and Bamutia.
6 of the 14 districts are reserved for tribal candidates. The constituencies were bagged by the CPI(M) in the last elections. From the remaining 8 seats, which houses a sizeable urban population, the Congress emerged victorious in 5 among them.
Tripura Assembly Election Results 2018: Latest Updates From West Tripura District
AGARTALA
Tripura - Agartala
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
SUDIP ROY BARMAN
Bharatiya Janata Party
11932
KRISHNA MAJUMDER
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9217
PRASHANTA SEN CHOWDHURY
Indian National Congress
331
PANNA DEB
All India Trinamool Congress
144
PRABIN SINGHA
Tripura Peoples Party
97
None of the Above
None of the Above
172
Last Updated at 12:22 On 03/03/2018
BADHARGHAT
Tripura - Badharghat
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
DILIP SARKAR
Bharatiya Janata Party
23461
JHARNA DAS(BAIDYA)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
19426
RATAN CH. DAS
Indian National Congress
427
MRIDUL KANTI SARKAR
SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
187
BRAJENDRA DAS
Amra Bangalee
116
None of the Above
None of the Above
402
BAMUTIA
Tripura - Bamutia
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
HARICHARAN SARKAR
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
12912
KRISHNADHAN DAS
Bharatiya Janata Party
12608
SWAPANANANDA DAS
Indian National Congress
292
BIMAL DAS
Amra Bangalee
188
BABUL BAIRAGI
Independent
129
None of the Above
None of the Above
229
Last Updated at 12:22 On 03/03/2018
BANAMALIPUR
Tripura - Banamalipur
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
BIPLAB KUMAR DEB
Bharatiya Janata Party
11939
AMAL CHAKRABORTY
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
6645
GOPAL CHANDRA ROY
Indian National Congress
454
KUHELI DAS (SINHA)
All India Trinamool Congress
62
SHEPHALI DEBNATH
SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
36
BARJALA
Tripura - Barjala
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
DILIP KUMAR DAS
Bharatiya Janata Party
18129
JHUMU SARKAR
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13618
DIPAK DAS
Indian National Congress
543
UTPAL DAS
All India Trinamool Congress
248
SUJIT MANDAL
Independent
137
None of the Above
None of the Above
204
KHAYERPUR
Tripura - Khayerpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
RATAN CHAKRABORTY
Bharatiya Janata Party
21300
PABITRA KAR
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
16147
SUKHAMAY SAHA
Indian National Congress
414
ASHIM SARKAR
Independent
199
None of the Above
None of the Above
282
Last Updated at 12:22 On 03/03/2018
MAJLISHPUR
Tripura - Majlishpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
SUSHANTA CHOWDHURY
Bharatiya Janata Party
15341
MANIK DEY
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
12217
RAJIB GOPE
Indian National Congress
338
None of the Above
None of the Above
286
Last Updated at 12:22 On 03/03/2018
Mandi Bazar
Tripura - Mandaibazar
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
DHIRENDRA DEBBARMA
Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura
13617
MONORANJAN DEBBARMA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9574
JAGADISH DEBBARMA
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
1494
SONA CHARAN DEBBARMA
Tipraland State Party
297
JITEN DEBBARMA
Indian National Congress
283
None of the Above
None of the Above
279
MOHANPUR
Tripura - Mohanpur
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
RATAN LAL NATH
Bharatiya Janata Party
18466
SUBASHCHANDRA DEBNATH
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15560
HARALAL DEBNATH
Amra Bangalee
301
DILIP KUMAR GHOSH
Indian National Congress
291
None of the Above
None of the Above
273
PRATAPGARH
Tripura - Pratapgarh
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
REBATI MOHAN DAS
Bharatiya Janata Party
17072
RAMU DAS
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
14634
ARJUN DAS
Indian National Congress
447
MITHUN DAS
All India Trinamool Congress
215
BIRENDRA DAS
Amra Bangalee
205
None of the Above
None of the Above
241
RAMNAGAR
Tripura - Ramnagar
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
SURAJIT DATTA
Bharatiya Janata Party
10934
RATAN DAS
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8821
PUJAN BISWAS
Indian National Congress
301
SOUMEN MAJUMDER
All India Trinamool Congress
163
None of the Above
None of the Above
195
SIMNA
Tripura - Simna
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
PRANAB DEBBARMA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8230
BRISHAKETU DEBBARMA
Indigenousn People's Front Of Tripura
6082
PHANI LAL DEBBARMA
Indian National Congress
317
RABINDRA DEBBARMA
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
308
ANANTA URANG
Tripura Peoples Party
236
SUBODH DEBBARMA
Independent
62
None of the Above
None of the Above
211
SURYAMANINAGAR
Tripura - Suryamaninagar
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
RAM PRASAD PAUL
Bharatiya Janata Party
18783
RAJKUMAR CHOUDHURY
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15401
PRASANTA BHATTACHARJEE
Indian National Congress
317
JAGADISH DAS
Amra Bangalee
204
KRISHNA KANTA DEBNATH
All India Trinamool Congress
143
RAJU DAS
Republican Party of India
95
None of the Above
None of the Above
224
TOWN BARDOWALI
Tripura - Town Bordowali
Counting In Progress
Candidate
Party
Votes
ASISH KUMAR SAHA
Bharatiya Janata Party
11044
BISWANATH SAHA
All India Forward Bloc
6089
RATNA DATTA
Indian National Congress
771
SHIBANI BHOWMIK
SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
91
None of the Above
None of the Above
156
For election result related updates from Meghalaya and Nagaland, click here. For full list of winning candidates in three Northeastern states' elections, click here.
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