In Tripura Assembly Election 2023, Simna constituency (AC No. 1) in West Tripura district voted on February 16. Tripura, which has over 28.13 lakh registered voters, reported a voter turnout of nearly 90 per cent amid reports of six minor violent incidents.
The state had registered 90 per cent polling even in 2018 when BJP and its ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), dislodged the 25-year-long left government led by the CPI(M).
The term of the 60-member Legislative Assembly of Tripura is scheduled to end on March 22, 2023.
Simna is one of eight Assembly seats won by the IPFT in 2018 elections.
Use the map below to check winner and the winning party of Simna constituency in the Tripura election 2023. You can also check the winning margin and details of runner-up party and candidate.
In Tripura election 2018, IPFT candidate Brishaketu Debbarma won Simna Assembly constituency seat after securing 15977 votes. The IPFT candidate defeated CPM candidate Pranab Debbarma by a margin of 1963 votes.
In the last elections, the BJP ended the Left's two-decade-old rule but the difference in their respective vote shares was just a little over one per cent. The BJP alone secured 43.59 per cent vote share as opposed to CPI(M), which received 42.22 per cent votes. BJP's ally IPFT got eight seats with seven per cent votes.
In 2018, Simna constituency had 35967 electors, including 18088 males and 17879 females.
The Simna assembly constituency saw a voter turnout of 47.609% in 2018, according to Election Commission of India.