Tripura is a state situated in the northeastern portion of India. Bangladesh borders it to the northern, southern, and western front, and by the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram to the eastern front. The state covers an area of 10,491 square kilometres and has a population of over 4 million people.
About Tripura Legislative Assembly
The Tripura Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Tripura in northeastern India. It consists of 60 members elected through a general election held every five years. Of these, 20 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, and 10 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes. The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the proceedings of the House.
The Tripura Legislative Assembly can make laws on matters listed in the State List and Concurrent List of the Constitution of India. The Assembly also plays a crucial role in the budget approval process and in discussing state policy matters.
Tripura Elections Updates 2023
Polls for the state of Tripura’s 60-member legislature concluded on February 16. In the frontier state’s election for a 60-member legislature, there are more than 28 lakh registered voters. On March 2, the votes will be tallied. The ruling BJP and Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) are running in the coalition. The Tipra Motha is a new political force believed to be a determining component in a hung assembly. It surfaced as a strong geographical group floated by the aristocratic descendent Pradyot Kishore Debbarma in 2021. This is expected to result in a three-way competition. The Congress and CPIM, who had been bitter rivals for years, formed a partnership to oppose the ruling administration before the election.
Elections Turnout
With a voter participation of reportedly 81.10%, the voting for the Tripura legislative election was completed under strict security. To remove the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the northeastern state of Tripura, arch-foes CPI-M and Congress have come together. The BJP ran representatives from the Ampinagar constituency on 55 seats, while its ally ran representatives on six. The Left, which consisted of the Communist Party of India (CPI), CPM, and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), ran for 47 seats, compared to 13 for Congress.
According to the Mint, Tipra Motha Chief Pradyot Deb Barman affirmed on February 17 that his party would win 31 seats in the assembly elections. “Our demand is for people to be given their constitutional rights. Only once our demands are met will we talk about a CM face. I can say that we are winning 31 seats. I think voter turnout will be over 90 percent, and the people of Tripura will give us a chance to serve them. We received information of violence in Dhanpur and Mohanpur orchestrated by the ruling party,” he said.
Incidents of Violence
According to the Election Commission, the Tripura assembly elections were “mostly violence-free”. Yet during the polls, at least two or three people—including a CPI(M) member and several Left party poll workers—were hurt in separate acts of violence. 40 to 45 locations reported EVM issues. Manik Sarkar, the head of the opposition, said that “miscreants on behalf of the BJP” were causing disturbance to prevent people from casting their ballots. Pradyot Debbarma, the leader of TIPRA Motha, also accused the government.
