AGARTALA: Decision has been made between the seats to contest In the upcoming Tripura assembly elections. CPIM will contest 43 seats, while one seat each will be contested by CPI, RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party), and AIFB (All India Forward Bloc), and 13 seats will be contested by congress. A leftist independent candidate is decided for one seat.

At the same time party made it clear that former chief minister and CPM Politburo member Manik Sarkar will not be contesting in elections this year. 24 candidates from CPM are new faces. Sarkar has been contesting from Dhanpur. Koushik Chanda is contesting this legislature.