2021 Tripura local elections

Local elections were held in the Indian state of Tripura on 25 November 2021 to elect 222 of the 334 seats in one Municipal Corporation, 13 Municipal Councils and 6 Nagar Panchayats.^[2] The polls were hit with widespread violence and accusations of rigging.^[3][4][5] On polling day, the Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to deploy two additional companies of Central paramilitary forces to ensure free and fair election in Tripura.^[6] A total of 785 candidates contested 222 seats^[7][8] and over 4.93 lakh electors were eligible to vote in this election.^[9][1][2]

2021 Tripura local elections

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Turnout	81.54%[1]
Party BJP CPI(M) TMC Alliance NDA Left Front Percentage 59.01% 18.13% 16.68% Seats Won 329 3 1   Party TIPRA Seats Won 1

Contesting parties

Party		Symbol	Alliance
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		NDA
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		Left Front
	Communist Party of India (CPI)
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
	Indian National Congress (INC)		None
	Amra Bangali
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
	Tripura Democratic Front
	Tipra Motha Party
	Independents (IND)

Results

Votes were counted on 28 November 2021, following which the results were announced by Tripura State Election Commission.

By political parties

Alliance		Party		Popular vote		Seats			Position in civic bodies
				Votes	%	Contested	Won	Earned second position
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,38,962	59.01[10]	334	329	5	Government in 20 local bodies
	Left Front		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	73,402[11]	19.99[12]	192[13][14]	3	158[12][15]	Opposition in 2 local bodies, runner-up in 13 local bodies[citation needed]
			Communist Party of India	3,089[16]		6[17]	0
			All India Forward Bloc	1,305[16]		5[17]	0
			Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,790[16]		2[17]	0
None			Trinamool Congress	66,388[11]	16.68[12]	120[14]	1	59[12][15]	Runner-up in one local body[citation needed]
			Tipra Motha Party			8[14]	1	0	–
			Indian National Congress	8,364[16]	2.07[11]	92[14]	0	9[10][15]	–
	None of the Above			6,983[16]	1.72[11]	222
Total				3,97,971[11]	100	222
Valid votes				3,97,971

By local bodies

Local Body	Winning party (vote percentage)	Runner-up party (vote percentage)	Others (Vote percentage greater than 10% are given)	Ref(s)
Dharmanagar Municipal Council	BJP (67.98%)	Left Front (20.41%)	—	[18][better source needed]
Kailashahar Municipal Council	BJP (55.96%)	Left Front (28.81%)	—
Kumarghat Municipal Council	BJP (61.77%)	Left Front (33.36%)	—
Ambassa Municipal Council	BJP (45.02%)	AITC (27.45%)	Left Front (22.78%)
Khowai Municipal Council	BJP (78.33%)	Left Front (18.98%)	—
Teliamura Municipal Council	BJP (53.57%)	AITC (27.15%)	Left Front (17.37%)
Melaghar Municipal Council	BJP (79.24%)	Left Front (14.55%)	—
Bilonia Municipal Council	BJP (65.47%)	Left Front (27.25%)	—
Panisagar Nagar Panchayat	BJP (65.31%)	Left Front (30.13%)	—
Sonamura Nagar Panchayat	BJP (48.92%)	Left Front (26.33%)	AITC (19.30%)
Amarpur Nagar Panchayat	BJP (68.11%)	Left Front (22.57%)	—
Sabroom Nagar Panchayat	BJP (62.67%)	Left Front (32.77%)	—
Agartala Municipal Corporation	BJP (57.39%)	AITC (20.14%)	Left Front (17.94%)