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Local elections were held in the Indian state of Tripura on 25 November 2021 to elect 222 of the 334 seats in one Municipal Corporation, 13 Municipal Councils and 6 Nagar Panchayats.[1] The polls were hit with widespread violence and accusations of rigging.[2][3][4] On polling day, the Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to deploy two additional companies of Central paramilitary forces to ensure free and fair election in Tripura.[5] A total of 785 candidates contested 222 seats[6][7] and over 4.93 lakh electors were eligible to vote in this election.[8][9][1]
Contesting parties
Results
Votes were counted on 28 November 2021, following which the results were announced by Tripura State Election Commission.
By political parties
| Alliance
|
Party
|
Popular vote
|
Seats
|
Position in civic bodies
|
| Votes
|
%
|
Contested
|
Won
|
Earned second position
|
| None
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
|
2,38,962
|
59.01[10]
|
334
|
329
|
5
|
Government in 20 local bodies
|
|
|
Left Front
|
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
|
73,402[11]
|
19.99[12]
|
192[13][14]
|
3
|
158[12][15]
|
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Communist Party of India (CPI)
|
3,089[16]
|
6[17]
|
0
|
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All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
|
1,305[16]
|
5[17]
|
0
|
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|
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
|
1,790[16]
|
2[17]
|
0
|
| None
|
|
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
|
66,388[11]
|
16.68[12]
|
120[14]
|
1
|
59[12][15]
|
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|
|
TIPRA Motha
|
|
|
8[14]
|
1
|
0
|
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|
|
Indian National Congress (INC)
|
8,364[16]
|
2.07[11]
|
92[14]
|
0
|
9[10][15]
|
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None of the above (NOTA)
|
6,983[16]
|
1.72[11]
|
222
|
|
|
|
| Total
|
3,97,971[11]
|
100
|
222
|
|
|
|
| Valid votes
|
3,97,971
|
|
|
By local bodies
| Local Body
|
Winning party (vote percentage)
|
Runner-up party (vote percentage)
|
Others Template:Resize
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Ref(s)
|
| Dharmanagar Municipal Council
|
BJP (67.98%)
|
Left Front (20.41%)
|
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| Kailashaha Municipal Council
|
BJP (55.96%)
|
Left Front (28.81%)
|
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| Kumarghat Municipal Council
|
BJP (61.77%)
|
Left Front (33.36%)
|
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| Ambassa Municipal Council
|
BJP (45.02%)
|
AITC (27.45%)
|
Left Front (22.78%)
|
| Khowai Municipal Council
|
BJP (78.33%)
|
Left Front (18.98%)
|
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| Teliamura Municipal Council
|
BJP (53.57%)
|
AITC (27.15%)
|
Left Front (17.37%)
|
| Melaghar Municipal Council
|
BJP (79.24%)
|
Left Front (14.55%)
|
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| Bilonia Municipal Council
|
BJP (65.47%)
|
Left Front (27.25%)
|
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| Panisagar Nagar Panchayat
|
BJP (65.31%)
|
Left Front (30.13%)
|
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| Sonamura Nagar Panchayat
|
BJP (48.92%)
|
Left Front (26.33%)
|
AITC (19.30%)
|
| Amarpur Nagar Panchayat
|
BJP (68.11%)
|
Left Front (22.57%)
|
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| Sabroom Nagar Panchayat
|
BJP (62.67%)
|
Left Front (32.77%)
|
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| Agartala Municipal Corporation
|
BJP (57.39%)
|
AITC (20.14%)
|
Left Front (17.94%)
|
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tripura Civic Body Elections Highlights: Ruling BJP Sweeps Tripura Civic Polls, Wins 217 Of 222 Seats(28 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ Widespread violence mars civic polls in Tripura, oppn accuses BJP of rigging(26 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ As Tripura Civic Poll Ends, Opposition Alleges Political Violence, Demands Fresh Elections(26 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ Tripura Civic Polls: Rigging Allegations Loom Over BJP Win, TMC Opens Account(30 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ Deploy more Central forces to Tripura: Supreme Court(25 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ BJP wins 112 out of 334 seats uncontested in Tripura civic polls(10 November 2021). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ Tripura Municipal Election Results 2021 Highlights: Assam CM says BJP’s win testimony to popular support for PM Modi’s leadership(28 November 2021). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ TMC, CPI(M) Demand Tripura Civic Polls Be Countermanded, Claim Voting Process Rigged(25 November 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CPM is runner up in Tripura civic polls that BJP swept, says state election body(30 November 2021).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 CPI-M, not TMC finished second in Tripura civic body elections(1 December 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 TRIPURAINFO : The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA.. tripurainfo.com.
- ↑ Not BJP or TMC, the real story of Tripura’s civic poll numbers was near-decimation of Congress(9 December 2021). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Tripura : Political Campaign Ends, BJP Captures 7 Urban Local Bodies(23 November 2021).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 ত্রিপুরায় সেকেন্ড কে, তৃণমূল না সিপিএম? পরিসংখ্যান কী বলছে দেখুন - THE WALL.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 After Tripura civic polls, Left, TMC now both claim to be the 'main Opposition'(29 November 2021). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 bjp: Tripura civic polls: 821 nominations found valid; BJP only party to field candidates in all 334 seats - The Economic Times. m.economictimes.com.
- ↑ BJP steamrollers TMC, Left; wins 329 of 334 seats in Tripura civic polls. Business Standard.
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