CPM candidate Prabhat Chowdhury wins Tripura Assembly bypolls
- 5 years ago
Ruling CPI(M) on Tuesday retained its seat in the only Left bastion of Tripura by defeating Congress in the bypoll in Manu (ST) Assembly constituency.
Prabhat Chowdhury of CPI-M secured 21,759 votes defeating Mailafru Mog of Congress by 5788 votes. Mog polled 15,971 votes in the constituency, considered to be a traditional tribal vote bank of CPI-M.
With this, the strength of the Left parties is 50 in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress has 10 MLAs in the House. The Left Front comprising the CPI(M) and its allies have been in power in Tripura since 1978, with the Congress-TUJS in the saddle only in 1988-93.
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Prabhat Chowdhury of CPI-M secured 21,759 votes defeating Mailafru Mog of Congress by 5788 votes. Mog polled 15,971 votes in the constituency, considered to be a traditional tribal vote bank of CPI-M.
With this, the strength of the Left parties is 50 in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress has 10 MLAs in the House. The Left Front comprising the CPI(M) and its allies have been in power in Tripura since 1978, with the Congress-TUJS in the saddle only in 1988-93.
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