Live updates Tripura Election 2018:  Lotus blooms in Tripura
Live updates Tripura Election 2018: Lotus blooms in Tripura
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BJP-IPFT merge put stop 25-year Left ruling in Tripura.

Brinda Karat, expected to succeed Sitaram Yechury as the general secretary of the Communist Party of India Marxist, was responsible for driving the campaigning and election line of attack in Tripura. The BJP's lead in the state will not imply good news for the leader. 

The BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) merge was leading in 40 seats and set to end the 25-year uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in Tripura. The election of 59 seats for the 60-member Assembly was held on February 18. Polling was countermanded in one seat due to the death of a CPI(M) candidate.

In Tripura, BJP rushes forward the Left Front government and is leading in 41 seats. CPM is ahead in 16 seats. The unexpected twist in the numbers for Tripura has come as a major heighten for the saffron party.

BJP workers break into celebrations outside party's Kerala unit office.

Former Assam CM and Congress veteran Tarun Gogoi put his comments on trends so far:

"We knew we would perform poorly in Tripura and Nagaland. In Tripura, the BJP took away most of our strong candidates and in Nagaland, we weren't as active in our campaigning as we should have been. We will score a zero in both states. We lacked in organisational skills, and one can't achieve much at the last moment. The trends are not surprising.However, we were hopeful about Meghalaya, and the trends so far indicate we have a chance at forming the government, although I can't be 100 percent sure," says Gogoi

He added, "About the BJP emerging strong in these states, it is not a new phenomenon that North Eastern states have voted for the party in power at the Centre. Small states often do that, so it isn't a big deal. But after their recent losses in bypolls in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, BJP winning a few seats in the North East would not be of significance."

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