BJP sweeps Tripura Panchayat bypolls

The opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress won four seats each.

The ruling BJP on Wednesday swept the bypolls for the vacant seats in different Panchayati Raj Institutions, bagging 113 Gram Panchayat seats, officials said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party`s ally Indigenous People`s Front of Tripura (IPFT) secured nine seats in Gram Panchayats, Tripura State Election Commission (TSEC) officials said.

The opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress won four seats each.

“No incident of violence was reported from anywhere. Counting was completed in a peaceful manner,” Rao said in Agartala today. He informed that BJP candidates emerged victorious in 113 out of 130 gram panchayat seats which went to polls. The BJP has also won five out of the seven panchayat samiti seats, he added.

Ruling alliance partner Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) won on nine gram panchayat seats.

Meanwhile, opposition CPI (M) and Congress won 4 seats each in the gram panchayat bodies. Re-polling would be held on October 5 in two gram panchayat seats in Khowai Rural Development Block of Khowai district, 60 kms from Agartala, the State Election Commissioner said. Results for the re-polled seats would be announced on October 7.