New Delhi: The supporters of Tipra Motha Party in Tripura started celebrating after the regional party was seen leading on 13 seats in the early trends in the Tripura Assembly elections 2023 on Thursday. Amid the celebrations, one of the supporters said that this time Tipra Motha will emerge as the largest party in the state. The party is going to create history. After some time as the results would unfold, Tipra Motha Party will get more than 30 seats, he added.
As the counting for the 60 assembly seats in the northeastern state of Tripura is underway, the early leads show that the BJP-IPFT alliance is leading with 40 seats in the assembly elections, while the newly-formed party, TIPRA Motha is moving ahead on 13 seats. The left-Congress alliance has taken the lead on 7 seats.
Tripura held the Legislative Assembly elections on February 16, 2023, to elect all 60 members of the Legislative Assembly. During the polls, 89.90 percent of 28.13 lakh voters exercised their franchise. The tenure of the 12th Tripura Assembly is scheduled to end on 22 March 2023.
The previous assembly elections were held in February 2018, and after the election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the state government, with Biplab Kumar Deb becoming the Chief Minister. However, Biplab Deb resigned from the post of Chief Minister on May 14, 2022, and was succeeded by Manik Saha as the new Chief Minister.
In 2022, eight National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members, comprising five Bharatiya Janata Party and three Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLAs, resigned and left BJP. Out of these eight, four joined TIPRA, three joined Congress, and one joined the Trinamool Congress.