BJP sweeps Lok Sabha poll, by-election in Tripura with giant margin


The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in both Lok Sabha seats and by-elections to 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency in the state of Tripura with a giant margin.

Former chief minister and BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb won the West Tripura constituency with a margin of 611,578 votes (total vote – 881341) against his nearest opponent Ashish Kumar Saha of the INDIA bloc’s Congress candidate, who secured 26,9763 votes.

In the East Tripura constituency, BJP candidate Kriti Devi Debbarman won with a margin of 486,819 votes (total – 777447) against her nearest rival Rajendra Reang, the INDIA bloc’s Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate, who got 290,628 votes.

Meanwhile, Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) mayor and BJP candidate Dipak Majumder won the Ramnagar Assembly by-election with a margin of 18,014 votes ahead of his contender the INDIA bloc’s Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Ratan Das. While Majumder secured 25,380 votes, Das got only 7,366 votes.

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