While the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies are set to come back power in Tripura, the party faced defeat at the hands of Tipra Motha party on Thursday in the Karbook constituency, a reserved seat for Scheduled Tribes. Karbook was one of the key battles fought in the election where all the parties fielded their candidates, however, the Tipra Motha party’s Sanjoy Manik Tripura remained ahead of others since the early trends. The BJP had this time, fielded candidate Ashim Kumar Tripura who lost to Manik by a margin of 4,447 votes. Check Tripura assembly election result live updates here.
Meanwhile, Congress and CPI-M, the old rivals who are contesting the poll in an alliance this time, placed their bet on Priyamani Debbarma of CPI-M in the three-cornered contest who managed nearly 7,000 votes and stood third.
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Trinamool Congress, which fielded Milton Chakma from the seat, remained out of the contest with only a few hundred votes in their pocket.
For the Karbook seat, the BJP replaced incumbent MLA Burba Mohan Tripura, who defeated Priyamani Debbarma of CPI-M in the 2018 assembly election by less than 800 votes, with Ashim Kumar Tripura.
In Tripura, a three-way contest emerged on the cards this election between the BJP, Congress-CPI(M) which joined hands this time to defeat the BJP, and Tipra Motha, seen as a kingmaker in case of a hung assembly scenario.
{{/usCountry}}In Tripura, a three-way contest emerged on the cards this election between the BJP, Congress-CPI(M) which joined hands this time to defeat the BJP, and Tipra Motha, seen as a kingmaker in case of a hung assembly scenario.
{{/usCountry}}The election in the state was held on February 16 that recorded 89.95 percent voting including 2.19 percent votes polled through postal ballots.