1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1962 21 Feb 1967 1972  

All 30 seats of the Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Leader Sachindra Lal Singh -
Party INC CPI(M)
Leader's seatAgartala Sadar II-
Last electionNo data availableNo data available
Seats won272
Seat changeNo data availableNo data available
Popular vote251,34593,739
Percentage57.95%21.61%

CM before election

Sachindra Lal Singh
INC

Elected CM

Sachindra Lal Singh
INC

Tripura Tripura in India.png
Tripura

Until 1972, Tripura was a Union Territory. [1] The 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 21 February 1967 in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 30 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. [2]

Contents

Indian National Congress led by Sachindra Lal Singh, won 27 seats and formed a Government in Tripura union territory.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 21, 1967. The election were held in a single phase for all the 30 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

NumPartytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJSBharatiya Jan Sangh
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5SSPSanghata Socialist Party
Independents
6INDIndependent

[3]

No. of Constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies183930

[4]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors605,934
-
605,934
No.of Electors who Voted450,334
-
450,334
Polling Percentage74.32%
-
74.32%

[5]

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants860187
Elected300030

[6]

Result

India Tripura Legislative Assembly 1967.svg
PartySeats
Contested
Seats
Won
VotesVote %1963 Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 501,5060.35%No data available
Communist Party of India 7134,5627.97%No data available
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16293,73921.61%No data available
Indian National Congress 3027251,34557.95%No data available
Sanghata Socialist Party 10830.02%No data available
Independents 28052,45712.10%No data available
Total8730433,692
Source: ECI [7]

Constituency wise winners

NoAssembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1MohanpurP . R . D . GuptaMINC
2Agartalasadar I (SC)B . B . DasMINC
3Agartalasadar IIS . SinghMINC
4Agartala Sadar IIIT . M . D . GuptaMINC
5Agartala TownK . BhattacharjeeMINC
6Old AgartalaJ . K . MajumderMINC
7Uttar Debendranagar (ST)A . D . BarmaMCPM
8Takarjala (ST)M . D . BarmaMINC
9BishalgarhU . L . SinghMINC
10Charilam (ST) A. Debbarma MCPI
11Sonamura NorthD . K . ChaudhuriMINC
12Sonamura SouthB . AliMINC
13SalgarhE . A . ChoudhuryMINC
14RadhakishorepurN . K . SarkarMINC
15BeloniaU . K . RoyMINC
16MuhuripurS . C . ChoudhuryMINC
17Sabroom (ST)A . MagMINC
18Birganj (ST)B . B . RiyanMINC
19Dumburnagar (ST)R . C . D . RankhalMINC
20Teliamura (SC)P . K . DasMINC
21Kalyanpur (ST)B . C . D . BarmaMCPM
22KhowaiS . C . DattaMINC
23Kamalpur (SC)K . C . DasMINC
24Kulaihour (ST)G . DewanMINC
25FatikroyR . R . GuptaMINC
26KailashaharM . L . BhowmikMINC
27Dharmanagar SouthM . NathMINC
28Kanchanpur (ST)R . P . ChoudhuryMINC
29Dharmanagar NorthB . B . BanerjeeMINC
30KadamtalaA . WazidMINC

[8]

Government formation

Indian National Congress,(INC) won a majority of the 30 seats in the assembly. Sachindra Lal Singh of the INC continued as Chief Minister. [9]

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References

  1. "Tripura union territory".
  2. "State Election Commission, Tripura".
  3. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. "Total No.of Electors".
  6. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. "1967 Tripura Election result".
  8. "Detailed Result 1967".
  9. "Government formation-1967,Tripura".