Tripura election 2023 results: No kingmaker, but Tipra Motha bags 11 seats

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The counting of votes is underway in Tripura and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is contesting in alliance with the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) led by Prem Kumar Reang, has been leading since the beginning and is hovering around the majority mark..

While the Left alliance is in the second spot with 15 seats, the fledgling Tipra Motha, led by royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, has captured 11 seats...

Contesting for the first time in the 60-seat assembly, Tipra Motha successfully cornered the tribal votes in the state..

Tipra Motha chairman Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, 45, was born in Delhi and lives in Agartala, Tripuras capital..

The Tipra Motha had done exceedingly well in the 2021 elections for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) that administers the Tipra-dominated areas of the state..

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