Agartala, Nov. 10 -- A total of 810 candidates remain in the fray for the forthcoming general elections to 21 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Tripura, with the BJP already winning 77 seats unopposed, State Election Commissioner P K Chakraborty said on Tuesday.
He said candidates from various political parties and independents had submitted 879 nomination papers by the November 6 deadline. Following scrutiny by Returning Officers on November 7, 859 nominations were found valid. The BJP accounted for the highest number of valid nominations at 342, followed by the CPI(M) with 251 and the Congress with 216. Tipra Motha had 15 valid nominations, while independents accounted for 35.
A total of 49 candidates subsequently withdrew their nominations,...