Ruling CPI(M) on Tuesday retained its seat in the only Left bastion of Tripura by defeating Congress in the bypoll in Manu (ST) Assembly constituency.
Prabhat Chowdhury of CPI-M secured 21,759 votes defeating Mailafru Mog of Congress by 5788 votes. Mog polled 15,971 votes in the constituency, considered to be a traditional tribal vote bank of CPI-M.
With this, the strength of the Left parties is 50 in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress has 10 MLAs in the House. The Left Front comprising the CPI(M) and its allies have been in power in Tripura since 1978, with the Congress-TUJS in the saddle only in 1988-93.
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