Tripura polls: Big jolt to TMC's expansion plan

The ruling BJP in Tripura swept the civic body polls in the results declared Sunday, winning 329 out of 334 seats across several municipal bodies in the state. The BJP won 112 uncontested seats earlier, and 217 of the 222 that went to the polls last week, including all 51 in capital Agartala’s municipal corporation.

The Trinamool Congress, which had thrown its hat in the ring with an aim to expand beyond West Bengal, only managed to win one seat, in the Ambassa Nagar Panchayat, despite contesting 119.