Left Front wins 109 seats unopposed in Tripura civic polls

Agartala July 5 (ANI): The ruling Left Front in Tripura won unopposed 109 Village Panchayat seats.

Left front candidates were also elected unopposed to one seat each in Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad.

According to the Tripura state Election Commission, election to the local bodies in the state will take place on July 20. Over all 9,500 aspirants were in the fray for Village Panchayats, 622 candidates for Panchayat Samiti and 200 candidates for Zila Parishads.

Tripura has given 40percent reservation for women in the local bodies. Tripura has more than four lakh women voters, which is nearly 49 percent of the state's total electorate. (ANI)