India, April 17 -- The TIPRA Motha Party swept the 28-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections on Friday, winning 24 seats and sharply reducing ally Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) presence to four seats from eight in the previous tribal council polls.

The landslide victory came with a higher vote share and significant winning margins in several constituencies, though detailed figures were still being compiled by the commission.

As in the previous TTAADC election, the BJP's other ally, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), and opposition parties including CPI(M) and Congress failed to win a single seat.

Polling for the 28-seat TTAADC was held on April 12 and recorded more than 83 per cent vot...