Tripura CM Manik Saha wins essential bypoll from Bardowali by 6,104 votes

By PTI

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha received the by-election from the Town Bardowali seat by a margin of 6,104 on Sunday, as per the Election Commission.

The chief minister, a BJP candidate, secured 17,181 votes, which is 51.63 per cent of the whole votes polled.

His nearest rival Asish Kumar Saha of the Congress bagged 11,077 votes or 33.29 per cent of the whole votes.

The Left Front was on the third spot as Forward Bloc candidate Raghunath Sarkar secured 3,376 votes (10.15 per cent).

Manik Saha, a Rajya Sabha MP, was appointed the chief minister of the state final month after then CM Biplab Deb’s sudden resignation.

He needed to win this by-election to proceed because the chief minister.

He will now resign as an MP after being elected to the meeting, as per the foundations.

The bypoll was held within the Town Bardowali seat after Asish Kumar Saha resigned as a BJP MLA and joined the Congress in February.