Agartala, Tripura

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Tripura Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Tripura voted in first of two phases of teh Lok Sabha elections on Friday (Apr 19). The northeast Indian will hold election for two parliamentary seats in two phases, featuring an electoral battle between the ruling BJP-led NDA and Congress and CPI (M) of the INDIA bloc. 

The northeast Indian state's regional party, TIPRA Motha, is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Currently, BJP holds both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura, which the party won with a thumping majority.

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However, the BJP has decided to field new nominees in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

They're fielding Biplab Kumar Dev, Tripura's former chief minister, and TIPRA Motha's Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma.

Tripura Lok Sabha elections 2024: Date, Full Schedule and phases

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Lok Sabha elections in Tripura will occur in two phases.

Here's the full schedule:

Phase 1: April 19

Constituency: Tripura West

Phase 2: April 26

Constituency: Tripura East

Tripura Lok Sabha elections 2024: List of Constituencies

There are two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura: Tripura East and Tripura West.

In the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Rebati Tripura and Pratima Bhoumik, both BJP candidates, won from their respective constituencies.

Bhoumik was appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India, becoming the first-ever resident of Tripura to become a minister in the union cabinet.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Tripura East Result
  Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rebati Tripura 482,126 46.12 40.13
INC Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman 2,77,836 26.58 12.78
CPI(M) Jitendra Choudhury 2,00,963 19.22 -46
IPFT Narendra Chandra Debbarma 45,304 4.33  
    2,04,290 20.84 14.84
    10,46,123 82.9  

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Tripura West Result
  Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pratima Bhoumik 573,532 51.77 46.67
INC Subal Bhowmik 2,67,843 24.18 8.5
CPI(M) Sankar Prasad Datta 1,71,826 15.51 -47.1
IPFT Brishaketu Debbarma 44,225 3.99  
AITC Maman Khan 8,613 0.78 -10.19
    3,05,669 27.69  
    11,08,427 81.93  

Tripura Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Candidates

Tripura East

Candidates:

Rajendra Reang – CPI(M)

Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma – TIPRA Motha

Tripura West

Candidates:

Biplab Kumar Deb – BJP

Asish Kumar Saha – Congress

(With inputs from agencies)