Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency, one among two constituencies for the Lower House in Tripura, had a protracted historical past of a direct combat between Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI) however a shock victory of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratima Bhoummik within the Lok Sabha elections 2019 modified the political state of affairs within the state. In the final Lok Sabha elections, Bhoumik defeated Congress candidate Subal Bhowmik with a victory margin of three,05,689 votes, securing 5,73,532 votes.
The Left which was defeated by the BJP within the meeting elections in 2018 and 2023 had determined to assist Congress candidates to consolidate anti-BJP votes as part of I.N.D.I.A bloc.
Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency is about to witness one of many high-profile contests within the 2024 elections because the BJP fielded former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb to take on Congress’ state president Asish Kumar Saha.
Of the whole 14.61 lakh electors, West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency has a large variety of tribal and minority voters aside from Bengalis.
History of being a swing seat
Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency has been a swing seat until 1991. The individuals of the constituency always voted for CPI and Congress in a rotational method however between 1996 to 2019, CPI paused the development. In 2019, the BJP stunned conventional gamers – Congress and CPI – within the structure and received the seat. In this election, Congress and the Left got here collectively to wrest the seat from the BJP.
BJP’s prospects in Tripura West
This time, the BJP didn’t give Bhoummik a ticket and selected Deb because the occasion’s candidate. Deb had led the BJP to kind its authorities within the state in 2018 by successful 38 seats within the 60-member meeting. But, he was denied a ticket to contest the final yr’s meeting elections. In final yr’s by-polls to two meeting seats, Dhanpur and Boxanagar, the BJP had emerged victorious, amid large-scale rigging allegations by the CPI(M).
Congress-CPI’s likelihood within the constituency
On the opposite aspect, Left-supported Congress candidate Asish Kumar Saha has been working to consolidate the anti-BJP vote financial institution to reverse the electoral fortunes.
Tripura has one other Lok Sabha seat- East Tripura. Elections to two constituencies shall be held on April 19 and 26.
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