The ruling Left Front in Tripura, in power continuouslysince 1992, secured absolute majority in the 60-member house, securing 35 seatswhile the opposition Congress and the INPT together cobbled up seven seats eachof the 49 results declared so far.
Front major CPI(M) itself secured absolute majoritywinning 32 seats, while partners RSP won two and CPI one.
Prominent winners from among the the outgoing ManikSarkar government included Education Minister Anil Sarkar, Information MinisterJiten Chowdhury, Minorities Minister Faizur Rehaman, Industries Minister PabitraKar, Social Welfare Minister Bidhubhushan Malakar (all CPI-M) and Food and CivilSupplies Minister Gopal Das of RSP.
Among the Opposition, winners included former ChiefMinister Samir Ranjan Burman (Congress), INPT president Bijoy Hrankhawl andformer speaker Jyotirmoy Nath (Congress).
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However, former Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Mazumdar,Leader of the Opposition Jawhar Saha (both Congress) and former Minister,Ratimohan Jamatiya (INPT) lost.
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