BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura

Tripura, 8/9: The BJP won the by-elections to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura’s Sepahijala district on Friday, according to the Election Commission.

BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M) got 3,909 votes. BJP candidate Bindu Debnath bagged the Dhanpur seat.