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Tripura Assembly Elections Results 2018 News
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Sarkar, however, will continue to be the caretaker Chief Minister until the new government sworn in.
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BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the Assembly election results in three Northeast states.
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The BJP who looks poised to form the government in the state stormed to power in alliance with the tribal-based IPFT outfit.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the 'historic victory' in Tripura an ideological win and said that democracy had won over brute force.
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Singh alleged the Congress chief was not serious about politics and governance and left his party workers at crucial time.
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The BJP on Saturday to stormed to power in Tripura in alliance with the tribal-based IPFT outfit.
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Goa CM on Saturday congratulated PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for the party`s victory in Tripura.
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The 69-year-old chief minister has governed Tripura since 1998.
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Here are the top contenders of CM's post in Tripura:
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The BJP entered an alliance with tribal political outfit Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) while the Congress went solo.
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The majority mark in the 60 member Assembly was 31.
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Elections in 59 seats, out of the 60-member Tripura Assembly, were held on February 18.
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The 25-year-old anti-incumbency also proved to be too much for the Left Front which failed to put forward a younger leadership and put its faith on 69-year-old Manik Sarkar.
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All the three states have 60 assembly seats and any party or alliance needs 31 to form a government.
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The Left Front had tasted defeat in 1988 Assembly polls at the hands of the Congress-Tripura Upajati Juba Samity combine.
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There are 59 counting halls, set up in 20 locations across the state. Counting will take place simultaneously for all the assembly constituencies.
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Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's government is facing its toughest electoral challenge in the state. Sarkar is leading from Dhampur. In its bid to gain power in the state, the BJP allied with the tribal political outfit Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) while the Congress is going solo.
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Riding the crest of a 'Modi wave', the BJP on Saturday demolished the communist citadel of Tripura, winning a two-third majority with ally IPFT.
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The polling percentage in Tripura was recorded to be 89.96% for the 59 constituencies in the state.
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The state went to polls on February 18. The voting was held in 59 seats, out of the total 60.
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