Agartala, Aug 14: The three-tier panchayat elections was swept by the ruling BJP in Tripura on Tuesday.
The saffron party secured most of the seats in the zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.
According to the result, the BJP won 113 out of 116 seats in the eight zilla parishads, the Congress secured two seats, while one seat went to the CPI-M.
Out of the 423 seats in the 35 panchayat samitis, the BJP won 403, the Congress managed eight seats, the CPI-M seven, while one seat was won by an Independent candidate. The results for the remaining four seats are yet to be announced.
Out of the 6,370 seats in the 606 gram panchayats, the BJP secured 5,883 seats, followed by the Congress (138), CPI-M (137), BJP ally Tipra Motha Party (102), and Independents (20). The results for the remaining seats are yet to be announced.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), before the August 8 elections, the BJP had won 4,806 (70 per cent) of the total of 6,909 seats unopposed in the gram panchayats, panchayat samitis, and zilla parishads following which elections were held in 1,819 seats in 606 gram panchayats, 188 seats in 35 panchayat samitis, and 96 seats in eight zilla parishads.
In all, 4,761 candidates representing different political parties contested the elections in eight districts, excluding the areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), where village committee (equivalent to gram panchayats) elections will be held later.
“No untoward incidents happened during the voting or counting of votes. The panchayat elections in Tripura was held peacefully. Security personnel were deployed in all the sensative areas but no such incidents has happened. We thank the people of Tripura for conducting the elections peacefully,” said an official.
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