POLITICS: The Election Commission announced on Friday that the BJP won the Bye-election -elections for the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Tripura’s Sepahijala district.

BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival, Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M), got 3,909 votes.

BJP candidate Bindu Debnath bagged the Dhanpur seat. Bindu Debnath got 30,017 votes, and his nearest rival, Kaushik Chanda of the CPI(M), got 11,146 votes.

On September 5, voting for the Bye-election took place. In the two seats, average turnout of 86.50 percent was noted. The counting was held at the Sonamura Girl’s School amid tight Security.

The Bye-election to the Boxanagar constituency was necessitated due to the death of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque. Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik’s resignation as the MLA of Dhanpur necessitated the Bye-election in that seat.

With these victories, the BJP’s tally in the 60-member assembly increased to 33. Its ally IPFT has one MLA, while the opposition Tipra Motha has 13 MLAs, CPI(M) has 10, and the Congress has three MLAs.

(with inputs from the agency) *Pic Courtesy : (DD News Tripura)