BJP has swept 66 of the 67 seats during the civic byelections while the remaining one seat left was won by the CPM, Times of India reports citing the State Election Commission (SEC).

BJP candidates won all four wards of the 49-member Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC). They convincingly defeated the two main opposition parties- CPM and Congress, who were struggling and are far behind BJP in the vote share.

The only seat won by CPM candidate was from Panisagar Municipal Council, while BJP candidates were declared triumphant in rest of the ten seats in the 11-member civic body.