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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present on the occasion.Election in 59 seats for the 60-member Assembly was held on February 18. #TripuraElection2018: People cast vote at a polling booth in Charilam. The BJP had won 35 and IPFT eight seats. The CPI(M) got 16 seats.IG (Law and Order) K V Sreejesh told reporters that adequate security personnel were deployed in the constituency.Counting would be held on March 15.The deputy chief minister, a member of Tripura's royal family, was sworn in by Governor Tathagata Roy on March 9, along with Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and others. However, on Friday, the party withdrew his candidature alleging large-scale post-poll violence in the constituency.Overthrowing the 25-year-long CPI(M)-led Left Front government, the BJP and the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) combine swept to power in the state winning 43 out of the 59 seats for which elections were held..