Tripura Bypoll Results Live Updates: BJP wins both Boxanagar, Dhanpur seats

Agartala, Sept 08: Vote counting commenced at 8 a.m. on Friday for the September 5 by-elections in Tripura’s Boxanagar and Dhanpur assembly constituencies, with the results scheduled to be announced later today.

In both constituencies, the main contest featured the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Notably, two other opposition parties, TIPRA Motha and the Congress, chose not to field candidates in these by-elections. The BJP put forth Tafajjal Hossain and Bindu Debnath as their candidates for Boxanagar and Dhanpur, respectively, while the CPI(M) nominated Mizan Hossain for Boxanagar and Kaushik Chanda for Dhanpur.

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The by-election in Boxanagar became necessary following the passing of the incumbent CPI(M) legislator, Samsul Haque. Meanwhile, in Dhanpur, Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik, who had contested the state assembly elections earlier this year, resigned from her seat shortly after winning the election.

LIVE UPDATE

BJP wins both Assembly seats in Tripura.

BJP's Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66% Muslim voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M) got just 3,909 votes.

In Dhanpur, which has a significant…

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 8, 2023

Proud and happy that BJP candidates have won both Assembly seats in Tripura bypoll.

BJP's Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat defeating Milan Hossain of CPI(M) by 30,237 votes. BJP candidate Bindu Debnath won Dhanpur by 18,871 votes defeating Kaushik Chanda of the CPI(M).… https://t.co/bWjayVTabG

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• Voting for all six rounds done, BJP victorious in both Boxanagar and Dhanpur.Boxanagar
  1. Tafajjal Hossain, BJP: 34,146 votes
  2. Mizan Hossain, CPI(M): 3909 votes

   

  Dhanpur

  1. Bindu Debnath, BJP: 30,017 votes

  2. Kaushik Chanda, CPI(M): 11,146 votes

• In Boxanagar, after four out of six rounds:
  1. Tafajjal Hossain, BJP: 27,751 votes
  2. Mizan Hossain, CPI(M): 2273 votes

   

  After five rounds in Dhanpur:

  1. Bindu Debnath, BJP: 25,170 votes
  2. Kaushik Chanda, CPI(M): 9356 votes

• Three rounds (of total six) left in Boxanagaar, two in Dhanpur. Status in respective constituencies:

1. Tafajjal Hossain, BJP: 22,781 votes
2. Mizan Hossain, CPI(M): 765 votes

1. 1. Bindu Debnath: 20,980 votes
   2. Kaushik Chanda: 6596 votes

• Total of six rounds to be counted. After round 1 in Boxanagar and Dhanpur, respectively:
  1. Tafajjal Hossain, BJP: 7706 votes
  2. Mizan Hossain, CPI(M): 375

   

  1. Bindu Debnath, BJP: 5341 votes
  2. Kaushik Chanda, CPI(M): 1276

• Samsul Haque (CPI M): 19,404 votes; 50.34% of votes

Tafajjal Hossain (BJP): 14,555; 37.76%

Abu Khayer Miah (TIPRA Motha): 3010; 7.81%

• Counting of votes is underway in five other states too: Jharkhand (Dumri), Kerala (Puthupally), Uttarakhand (Bageshwar), Uttar Pradesh (Ghosi), and West Bengal (Dhupguri). Bypolls on each of these seats, too, were held on September 5.