Tripura Bypolls: BJP Wins in Both Dhanpur, Boxanagar

New Delhi: The BJP registered wins in both Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly constituencies in Tripura where byelections were held earlier this week taking its tally in the Tripura assembly to 33.

In Boxanagar BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain secured 34,146 votes while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) got only 3,909 votes. The two independent candidates secured less than 200 votes, while votes in NOTA were 434. Following the death of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque, the by-election to the Boxanagar constituency was necessitated.

In Dhanpur, BJP’s Bindu Debnath defeated Kaushik Chanda of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by 18,871 votes. Debnath secured 30,017 votes, and the CPI(M) candidate received 11146 votes. The two independent candidates, Anil Reang and Bappi Debnath, received 544 and 426 votes, respectively.