2021 Tripura local elections

Local elections were held in the Indian state of Tripura on 25 November 2021 to elect 222 of the 334 seats in one Municipal Corporation, 13 Municipal Councils and 6 Nagar Panchayats.[2] The polls were hit with widespread violence and accusations of rigging.[3][4][5] On polling day, the Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to deploy two additional companies of Central paramilitary forces to ensure free and fair election in Tripura.[6] A total of 785 candidates contested 222 seats[7][8] and over 4.93 lakh electors were eligible to vote in this election.[9][1][2]

2021 Tripura local elections
November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25)
Turnout81.54%[1]
 
Party BJP CPI(M) TMC
Alliance NDA Left Front
Percentage 59.01% 18.13% 16.68%
Seats Won 329 3 1
 
Party TIPRA
Seats Won 1

Contesting parties
PartySymbol Alliance
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) NDA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Left Front
Communist Party of India (CPI)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
Indian National Congress (INC) None
Amra Bangali
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
Tripura Democratic Front
Tipra Motha Party
Independents (IND)

Results

Votes were counted on 28 November 2021, following which the results were announced by Tripura State Election Commission.

By political parties
Alliance Party Popular vote Seats Position in civic bodies
Votes % Contested Won Earned second position
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party 2,38,962 59.01[10] 334 329 5 Government in 20 local bodies
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 73,402[11] 19.99[12] 192[13][14] 3 158[12][15] Opposition in 2 local bodies, runner-up in 13 local bodies
Communist Party of India 3,089[16] 6[17] 0
All India Forward Bloc 1,305[16] 5[17] 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,790[16] 2[17] 0
None Trinamool Congress 66,388[11] 16.68[12] 120[14] 1 59[12][15] Runner-up in one local body
Tipra Motha Party 8[14] 1 0  –
Indian National Congress 8,364[16] 2.07[11] 92[14] 0 9[10][15]  –
None of the Above 6,983[16] 1.72[11] 222
Total 3,97,971[11] 100 222
Valid votes 3,97,971

By local bodies
Local Body Winning party (vote percentage) Runner-up party (vote percentage) Others (Vote percentage greater than 10% are given) Ref(s)
Dharmanagar Municipal Council BJP (67.98%) Left Front (20.41%) — [18]
Kailashahar Municipal Council BJP (55.96%) Left Front (28.81%) —
Kumarghat Municipal Council BJP (61.77%) Left Front (33.36%) —
Ambassa Municipal Council BJP (45.02%) AITC (27.45%) Left Front (22.78%)
Khowai Municipal Council BJP (78.33%) Left Front (18.98%) —
Teliamura Municipal Council BJP (53.57%) AITC (27.15%) Left Front (17.37%)
Melaghar Municipal Council BJP (79.24%) Left Front (14.55%) —
Bilonia Municipal Council BJP (65.47%) Left Front (27.25%) —
Panisagar Nagar Panchayat BJP (65.31%) Left Front (30.13%) —
Sonamura Nagar Panchayat BJP (48.92%) Left Front (26.33%) AITC (19.30%)
Amarpur Nagar Panchayat BJP (68.11%) Left Front (22.57%) —
Sabroom Nagar Panchayat BJP (62.67%) Left Front (32.77%) —
Agartala Municipal Corporation BJP (57.39%) AITC (20.14%) Left Front (17.94%)

References
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  17. "bjp: Tripura civic polls: 821 nominations found valid; BJP only party to field candidates in all 334 seats - The Economic Times". The Economic Times.
  18. "BJP steamrollers TMC, Left; wins 329 of 334 seats in Tripura civic polls". Business Standard.
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