Tripura Rajya Sabha by-election is on September 22.

Agartala: The Election Commission has announced the date for the by-election to the single Rajya Sabha seat from Tripura.

By-election the Rajya Sabha seat from Tripura have become necessary following the vacating of Chief Minister Dr Manak Saha earlier this year.

Notably, Dr. Manak Saha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tripura in April this year.

However, soon after being sworn in as a member of the Rajya Sabha, Saha was appointed the Chief Minister of Tripura by the BJP.

Later in June, Saha was elected to the Tripura Assembly as an MLA from Borduvali town constituency.

Former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has so far emerged as the BJP’s likely candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

On the other hand, the term of the current Tripura Legislative Assembly will end in the first half of next year.

The election process for the new Tripura Legislative Assembly will, in all likelihood, be held by the end of February next year.