Agartala, May 4 (IANS) The ruling BJP candidate Jahar Chakraborti has surged ahead in the Dharmanagar Assembly bypoll, leading by around 18,300 votes over his nearest rival, CPI(M)’s Amitabha Datta. The bye-election was held on April 9 and the vote counting is currently underway at the North Tripura district headquarters in Dharmanagar amid tight security arrangements.According to Election Commission data, Chakraborti has established a significant lead over both Datta and Congress candidate Ch…
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Agartala, May 4 (IANS) The counting of votes for the Dharmanagar Assembly bypoll, for which the election was held on April 9, began at 8 a.m. on Monday under tight security arrangements, officials said.Election officials said that postal ballots will be counted first, followed by votes cast in EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), and there will be four rounds of counting in the North Tripura district headquarters in Dharmanagar.Votes will be counted in only one counting hall where 14 tables, inclu…
Agartala, May 3 (IANS) A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place ahead of the counting of votes for the April 9 bypoll to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district, scheduled for Monday, officials said.North Tripura District Magistrate & Collector Chandni Chandran, who is the District Election Officer, along with Returning Officer Debjani Choudhury, said that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Tripura State Rifles, and state Police personnel in adequ…
Agartala, April 12 (IANS) More than 81 per cent of the 9,62,697 eligible voters exercised their franchise in the politically significant elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), held across all eight districts of the state to decide the fate of 173 candidates, including eight women, officials said. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq …
Agartala, April 12 (IANS) The crucial elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are underway across all eight districts of the state, with over 50 per cent of the 9,62,697 voters having cast their votes till noon to decide the fate of 173 candidates. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km geographical area. This makes it a strategically…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Polling for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) General Election 2026 is scheduled for Sunday, across all 28 constituencies in Tripura, with authorities putting extensive arrangements in place to ensure a smooth and peaceful voting process.A total of 1,257 polling stations have been set up across 16 subdivisions to facilitate voting. According to official data, 9,62,547 voters are eligible to cast their votes, including 4,81,959 men, 4,80,582 …
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) After more than a month-long high-voltage campaign marked by intense political activity and sporadic clashes among party workers, the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is set to go to polls on Sunday, officials said on Saturday. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 square km geographical area.This ma…
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) As part of the Central forces, the elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which has previously undertaken election-related duties in more than a dozen states, is set to be deployed in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said here on Saturday. A senior police official stated that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies comprising 778 personnel had been deployed in Assam, where elections to the 126-member State Assembly were held on April …
Agartala, April 10 (IANS) More than 13,500 Central and state security personnel will be deployed to ensure the smooth conduct of the politically significant elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) scheduled for April 12, top officials said on Friday. The 30-member TTAADC, consisting of 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 square km geographical area, making it a strategi…
Agartala, March 30 (IANS) The government of Tripura is set to implement comprehensive security measures to ensure the peaceful and smooth conduct of the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and the by-election in the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency, officials said on Monday. The 30-member TTAADC, which includes 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, will go to the polls on April 12.Meanwhile, the by-election …