BJP wins Tripura assembly seat, leading in 4 out of Seven Assembly constituencies

In a significant political triumph, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Jahar Chakraborty won the Dharmanagar Assembly by-election in Tripura by defeating his nearest rival, CPI(M)’s Amitabh Dutta, by a substantial margin of over 18 votes. According to the final results, Jahar Chakraborty secured 24 thousand 9 votes, while Amitabh Dutta garnered 5 thousand 957 votes, followed closely by Indian National Congress candidate Chayan Bhattacharya with 5 thousand 903 votes. The counting process commenced at 8 AM today under a stringent three-tier security cover at PM Shri Dharmanagar Government Girls’ School.

Counting of votes for the Bye Elections in seven Assembly Constituencies across five States is also underway.  As per the latest trends, BJP is leading in five constituencies, while Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are leading in one seat each.

In Karnataka, Shrinivasa T Dasakariyappa of BJP is leading in the Devanagere-South Constituency, while in Bagalkot, Congress candidate, Umesh Hullappa Meti is leading by more than 10 thousand votes. In Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar of NCP is maintaining a lead of more than 53 thousand votes, in the Baramati Constituency. While in Rahuri, Akshay Shivajirao Kardile of BJP is in the lead.

In Umreth Constituency of Gujarat, Harshadbhai Govindbhai Parmar of BJP is leading by more than 50 thousand votes. And in Nagaland, Daochier I Imchen of BJP is leading in the Koridang Assembly Constituency.