Tripura chief minister and BJP leader Manik Saha won from the Town Bardowali Assembly constituency in the recently held by-polls. He garnered 17,181 votes in total.
Manik Saha, who is not a member of the assembly, fought the elections from Town Bardowali against Congress's Asish Saha. Left fielded Raghunath Sarkar, while Sanhita Bhattacharya was the Trinamool Congress candidate.
Saha, who was made the chief minister of the state last month after Biplab Deb's sudden resignation, had to win this election. He is at present a member of the Rajya Sabha.
The by-election in Town Bardowali was held as Asish Saha switched over to the Congress after resigning as an MLA earlier this year.