Tripura 30 Oct 2026: Elections to the 21 urban local bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation will be held on November 27, 2026. The polling will commence from 7 am and will continue until 4 pm. Counting of the votes will be held on December 2, 2026. The counting process is scheduled to start at 8 am. The State Election Commissioner Dr. Pradip Chakraborty informed this today at a press conference held at the state secretariat.
Speaking on this further he said, on the day polling will be held at 783 polling stations across 345 wards of 21 ULBs of the state. The Agartala Municipal Corporation alone will have 439 polling stations. Out of 345 wards, 9 are reserved for ST, 80 for SC and 256 for general candidates. In addition 162 wards are reserved for women candidates. In this election total 6,29,903 voters could exercise their voting rights. Among them 3,8,115 are male voters, 3,21,743 are female voters and 45 voters are from third sex category.
At the press meet the State Election Commissioner informed that nominations could be submitted until November 6, 2026. Nominations could be filed to the concerned Returning Officer’s office from 11 am to 3 pm. For this election the candidates could download the nomination form from the Commission’s website www.sec.tripura.gov.in He also informed that for smooth conduction of the poll, total 23 Returning Officers including three for AMC and 81 Assistant Returning Officers have been appointed. Twenty-three counting centres will be opened for counting of votes. He also informed that adequate number of EVMs have been procured for this election. Re-polling if required will be done on November 30, 2026.
The Model Code of Conduct (MDC) for the elections has been enforced from today itself. The MDC and all election process will come to end on December 4, 2026. He urged all to comply with the election guidelines, apart from maintaining law and order, peaceful, free and fair election process. In today’s press conference, DGP G.S. Rao and Secretary to the State Election Commission Anurag Sen were also present.
