Agartala, Nov 10 : As many as 77 of the 345 seats across 21 urban local bodies in Tripura have been decided unopposed, while polling will be held in the remaining 268 seats on November 27, according to the State Election Commission.
Five urban local bodies — Kamalpur, Jirania, Ranirbazar, Mohanpur and Santirbazar — have recorded unopposed results in all their respective seats following the completion of the nomination withdrawal process on Tuesday.
Kamalpur and Jirania Nagar Panchayats have 11 seats each, while Ranirbazar Municipal Council has 13 seats. Mohanpur and Santirbazar Municipal Councils have 15 seats each.
Among other urban local bodies, six seats in Ambassa, four in Teliamura and two in Bishalgarh have also gone uncontested.
The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), comprising 51 wards, will witness electoral contests in all its constituencies.
Similarly, all seats in Dharmanagar, Panisagar, Kailashahar, Kumarghat, Khowai, Bishramganj, Melaghar, Sonamura, Udaipur, Amarpur, Sabroom and Belonia will go to polls.
The final nomination figures showed that 859 candidates had valid nominations following scrutiny on November 7. Of them, 49 withdrew their candidature by the November 10 deadline, leaving 810 candidates in the fray across the 21 urban local bodies.
The BJP has fielded the highest number of candidates at 342, followed by the CPI(M) with 228 and the Congress with 201.
The Tipra Motha Party (TMP) has 10 candidates, while 29 nominees are listed under the Others category, according to the commission’s data.
Of the 49 withdrawals, 23 were from the CPI(M), 15 from the Congress, five from the TMP and six from the Others category. No candidate withdrew from the BJP.
Before the withdrawal process, the CPI(M) had 251 valid nominations, the Congress 216, the TMP 15 and Others 35, while the BJP had 342.
The civic elections cover 345 seats across 21 urban local bodies in different districts of the state. With 77 seats settled unopposed, polling will take place in the remaining 268 constituencies on November 27.
