Agartala, Aug 13, 2024, TRIPURA TIMES Desk
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Agartala, Aug 13: Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha and other party leaders on Tuesday exchanged greetings with the Karyakartas at the state office in view of the impressive win in the Panchayat polls.
The Chief Minister congratulated the party’s winning candidates and conveyed gratitude to the people for their endless support to Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee and MP Lok Sabha Biplab Kumar Deb among several other leaders were present.
Maintaining its winning spree, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an impressive victory in the three-tier Panchayat polls.
The elections were held on August 8 last and the counting was held on August 12. In some places the counting continued on Tuesday and then the final report was released.
The CPM-Congress managed to secure a few seats of Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samities and Gram Panchayats but their alliance faced a major defeat in the overall results.
BJP had win majority of the seats unopposed as the opposition failed to field candidates. The elections were held for the remaining seats, where the BJP secured a landslide victory.
The results of 116 out of 116 seats in eight Zilla Parishads were declared (BJP-113, Cong- 2, CPM- 1). Besides, results of 421 out of 423 seats in Panchayat Samities were announced so far (BJP- 405, CPM- 7, Cong- 8, IND- 1). Similarly in Gram Panchayats, results for 6318 out of 6370 seats were declared so far (BJP- 5917, CPM- 140, Cong- 139, TMP- 102, IND- 20).
The elections and the counting were by and large peaceful except for some sporadic incidents. There were elaborate security arrangements in all the polling and counting stations.