What Local TV Channels Predicted
Kok Tripura, a cable TV channel popular among the tribals, which broadcasts programmes in Kokbarak – the language of more than 10 lakh tribals in the state – predicted that the CPI(M) could win only in 4-7 ST reserved seats while the BJP alliance could win in 13-16 seats.
It said, the Congress, TMC and others would have no presence in the reserved seats.
English newspapers of the region like Tripura Times also point out that last time around, 28 seats were won by the Left with a margin of less than 2,000 votes. A slight swing of votes in these crucial seats can change the political scenario of the state.
DinRaat, a local cable TV channel, predicted the Left Front to secure a minimum of 40 seats and maximum 49 seats and the BJP and IPFT alliance to win in 10-19 seats.
The channel predicted the Left parties to win in 15 out of 20 ST reserved seats.
Headlines Tripura — a local cable TV channel which broadcast the predictions of 'Peoples pulse', a Hyderabad-based agency, said the BJP-IPFT alliance could secure up to 54 percent votes this time. However, it did not predict the number of seats the parties will win.
In the 2013 Assembly elections, the ruling Left Front polled 52.32 percent votes while the Congress-Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) combine secured 44.60 percent votes.
Tripura Final Numbers Out
The BJP emerged with a clear majority by bagging 35 seats in Tripura, while its ally, the Indigenous People's Front Of Tripura (IPFT), managed to win eight seats, taking their alliance tally to 43. Incumbent Chief Minister Manik Sarkar-led CPI(M) managed to only grab six seats.
Mamata Banerjee Slams Congress for BJP Win in Tripura
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Congress leadership for not agreeing with the pre-poll seat sharing arrangements that she had recommended. She also cited the party's “total negligence” due to which its vote share got reduced to 1.2 percent in Tripura.
If the Congress had fought correctly then they would have won 5 to 6 percent votes at least, and the BJP would have gone down. I’d told Rahul Gandhi that Congress, Trinamool Congress, and the Hill parties should come together for the fight. But they didn’t agree to that. This is total negligence by the Congress, that’s why they’ve been reduced to some 1.2 percent today.Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal