CPI-M hails ‘outstanding’ victory in Tripura

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The CPI-M on Wednesday hailed the Left Front’s sweeping victory in elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), calling it an "outstanding" win.

"In a landslide victory, the Left Front has bagged all the 28 seats of the TTAADC defeating all its opponents resoundingly," the Communist Party of India-Marxist said.

"Except for five seats, in all the other 23 seats, the Left Front got more than 50 percent of the votes polled," it said in a statement.

The CPI-M said it appreciated the fact that the people of Tripura "have thwarted all attempts at creating ethnic tensions". The victory, it said, was "outstanding".