Left retains Tripura, hung Assembly in Meghalaya

The Left Front has stormed back to power for the fourth consecutive term in Tripura, whereas the election in Meghalaya has again given a hung Assembly.

The Left Front has bagged three-fourths majority by winning 49 out of the 60 seats in Tripura. The CPI(M) has won 46 seats, whereas its allies, RSP and CPI, have won 2 and 1 seats, respectively.

The Congress has won 10 seats and its ally, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, has won 1 seat.

In Meghalaya, the Congress has emerged as the single largest party by winning 25 out of the 59 seats which went to polls in the 60-member legislature.

The NCP has won 15 seats, followed by United Democratic Party (UDP) and Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP), which have won 11 and 2 seats, respectively.

The Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) and the BJP have won 1 seat each, whereas 4 seats went to independents.

Meghalaya has witnessed such hung assemblies several times in the past. Just two of its chief ministers could complete the five-year term since Meghalaya's attainment of statehood in 1972.

The last government too was a coalition of the Congress and the UDP.