2018 Tripura Assembly Elections Feb 18,2018 - BJP Releases First List Of 44 Candidates For Tripura Polls Saturday Jan 27,2018

 

The BJP Saturday Jan 27,2018 released its first list of 44 candidates for Assembly elections in Tripura where the party looks to oust the Left Front government which has been in power for the last 25 years.

The strength of the state assembly is 60 members.

While releasing the list, senior BJP leader J P Nadda said the Central Election Committee headed by party chief Amit Shah finalised the list of 44 candidates.

The party is going to contest on 51 seats and nine have been kept for its alliance partner, IPFT.

The BJP refrained from announcing a chief ministerial candidate for the state elections.

The list includes the name of BJP's state general secretary Pratima Bhowmik who will be contesting from Dhanpur, the constituency of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.

The party has decided to field its state president Biplab Kumar Deb from Banamalipur.

The list also includes seven sitting MLAs, four women, 10 professionals like doctors and engineers, and two candidates from the field of arts.

The BJP did not win any seat in the last state assembly polls but emerged as the main challenger to the ruling CPI(M).

Several leaders from parties such as the Congress and the TMC joined its ranks in the last couple of years.

Tripura will go to the polls on  February 18 and vote-counting will be held on March 03,2018  along with Nagaland and Meghalaya.