Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 3 seats, Congress 2 seats and CPIM in 1 seat as per the latest trends in the counting which began for the Tripura Assembly polls on Thursday morning.
Amid the counting of votes for the Tripura Assembly, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday paid a visit to the Tripura Sundari Maa temple and sought divine blessings.
Bharatiya Janata Party performed puja at the party office in Tripura's Agartala on Thursday ahead of the counting of votes for the Assembly elections today.
Sensing that there could be a "law and order situation problem" after poll results will be declared in the northeastern state of Tripura, on March 3rd, officials of the Election Commission said it will hold "peace meetings" on February 27 and February 28.
Expressing confidence of BJP getting full majority in the Tripura assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP is seeking a mandate to make the state prosperous in the next five years building on the development initiatives of the party-led government. Respondin
Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras in an interview with ANI said that the by-poll results also prove that Nitish Kumar, who used to claim himself as the leader of the downtrodden and the Dalit community has been rejected by the people. The people have established their faith in the leaders
Referring to Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. The Prime Minister also thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh for their affection and support for BJP.
While saying the Congress has to accept the people's mandate, he claimed that the vibes from the people during the party's campaign phase in the state were starkly different from what the eventual verdict turned out to be.
According to the latest information from the Election Commission, BJP is poised to win 156 seats in the 182-member Gujarat assembly having already won 135 seats and leading on 21 seats.
The BJP is poised to break all records of electoral performance in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and is set to get the highest number of seats won by a political party in the state's history.
The Congress party is hopeful of winning its "magic number" but is waiting till the final results of the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh are announced.