AGARTALA, Sep 27 (TIWN): Breathless tension for BJP and CPI-M candidates in the Badharghat (Tripura) by-election result day as the candidates are in marathon race at around 4,000 votes. Badharghat by-election vote counting has been started from 8 AM. BJP candidate Mimi Majumder is ahead after 5th phase of vote counting. Badharghat By-Election 5th phase result announced. Here are the scores : BJP (Mimi Majumder) : 16,848 votes (1st) CPI-M (Bulti Biswas) : 12,045 votes (2nd), Congress (Ratan Das) 7,050 votes (3rd). Mimi Majumder (BJP) thus leading the election with huge counts of votes. The counting for assembly bypolls to Dantewada, Pala, Badharghat and Hamirpur seats in Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, have been started today morning. The polling was held on September 23.Over 79 per cent of the 57,906-strong electorate have cast their votes in the Badharghat Assembly by-poll in Tripura on Monday (Sep 23rd).

BJP (Mimi Majumder) : 16,848 votes (1st) 

CPI-M (Bulti Biswas) : 12,045 votes (2nd)

Congress (Ratan Das) : 7,050 votes (3rd)

Last month the Election Commission announced bypolls for four Assembly seats in the four states.  The ECI had taken the decision to hold by-polls after taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc.

 In a four-cornered electoral battle, the by-poll is being contested between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mimi Majumder, opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front nominee Bulti Biswas, Congress aspirant Ratan Chandra Das and SUCI(C) contestant Mridul Kanti Sarkar.

The by-poll to the Badharghat seat, reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates, was necessitated following the death of sitting BJP legislator Dilip Sarkar.  Five-time Congress legislator Sarkar, who joined the BJP in 2017 along with seven other Congress MLAs, died on April 1 after prolonged illness.