In Tripura, the ruling Left Front has retained power winning an absolute majority in the 60 member assembly. The Left parties bagged 37 seats while 6 have gone in favour of Congress. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has registered convincing victory from Dhanpur constituency by a margin of over five thousand votes. State Assembly Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath defeated his nearest Congress rival by over 2 thousand 800 votes from Yuvrajnagar constituency. Senior Left front leaders and sitting ministers including Anil Sarkar, Badal Choudhury, Manindra Reyang , Aghore Deb Barman have been re-elected from their constituencies. Former Congress Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman lost to Left Front candidate. BJP has also failed to open its account in the state.