New Delhi BJP alliance comes to power with a small majority in Tripura. The ruling front, which used money and power facilities heavily, resisted the Left Front and the Congress, which contested on seat agreement. Hanging assembly in Meghalaya where the multi-cornered contest took place. The NDPP-BJP alliance won in Nagaland where the opposition was not much present. When the results of the assembly elections in three states of the North-East region came out, the BJP might not make any gains compared to 2018. After twenty-five years of Left Front rule, the BJP alliance, which won 44 out of 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly in 2018, got 33 seats this time. 32 for BJP and one for IPFT. BJP contested in 55 seats and IPFT in six seats. CPI won 11 seats, Congress won three seats and Tipra Mota won 13 seats. CPI-M contested in 43 seats, Congress in 13 seats and Tipra Mota in 42 seats each. CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP candidates contested each seat. Chief Minister Manik Saha won from Bordovali. CPI(M) State Secretary Jitendra Chaudhary was elected from Sabroom. In Tripura, the votes won by Tipra Mota in 12 seats outside the tribal reservation constituencies paved the way for BJP’s victory. BJP’s majority in these places is less than the votes received by Tipra Mota. In Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) emerged as the single largest party with 26 out of 60 seats. United Democratic Party got 11 seats. Congress and Trinamool Congress won five seats each. BJP has two seats like in 2018. Other regional parties and independents got 10 seats. Polling was changed at one place due to the death of the candidate. Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that Conrad Sangma has sought BJP president Amit Shah’s help to form a new government. After ruling together for five years, the BJP was contesting alone following raising corruption charges once morest the NPP. In Nagaland, the NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) won 25 seats and its ally BJP won 12 seats. BJP had 12 seats last time too. NCP won seven seats and NPP five seats. The rest of the seats are for independents and smaller parties. Congress did not get any seats. NDPP’s Neefu Rio is likely to become the chief minister here for the fifth consecutive term. BJP suffered a setback in the by-elections BJP suffered a setback in the by-elections in six assembly constituencies in five states. Mahasakhya candidate Ravindra Dhangekar of Congress has won the Kasabapet constituency, which BJP held for 28 years in Maharashtra. BJP retained the Chinchwad seat. In Bengal, Trinamool Congress lost Sagardigi constituency. Byron Biswas of Congress won with Left Front support. BJP came third. Congress wins Erode East in Tamil Nadu. EVKS Ilangovan, who contested with the support of DMK, won. Congress lost in Ramgarh, a sitting seat in Jharkhand. BJP’s Tsering Lamu was elected unopposed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lumla constituency. Read on deshabhimani.com