While tribal voters are around 23 per cent in the Tripura West seat, their percentage is around 42 per cent in the Tripura East constituency. Due to this, result of Tripura East seat is keenly awaited by the state’s political circles to understand the changing political scenario in the hills
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Manik Saha, tipped to be Tripura's chief minister for a second term, on Thursday defeated Congress's veteran leader Ashish Kumar Saha, by a margin of 1,257 votes from Town Bardowali despite detractors within his own party predicting a "tough time".
Sudip Roy Burman, 56, is a veteran politician in Tripura. He has never lost from the key Agartala constituency since 1998. He is also the only congress MLA among the three northeast states going to the polls this month.
The BJP Central Election Committee is set to meet today to finalise the potential candidates for Tripura and Nagaland. Tripura goes for voting on February