1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader Sukhamoy Sen Gupta -
Party INC CPI(M)
Leader's seat Agartala Town III -
Last election27/302/30
Seats won4116
Seat change--
Popular vote224,821189,667
Percentage44.83%37.82%
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Tripura District Map
CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

Sukhamoy Sen Gupta
INC

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Tripura

Tripura was recognized as a state in India on January 21, 1972. Before that, Tripura was a Union Territory. The first Legislative Assembly Election as a state was held on March 11, 1972. [1] The 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. [2]

Contents

Indian National Congress led by Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, won 41 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on March 11, 1972. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating political parties

#TypeAbbreviationParty
1National PartyBJSBharatiya Jan Sangh
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5State PartyFBLAll India Forward Bloc
6Registered (Unrecognised) PartyTUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
7IndependentsINDIndependent

[3]

No. of constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3651960

[4]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors406,712359,381766,093
No.of Electors who Voted284,765231,288516,053
Polling Percentage70.02%64.36%67.36%

[5]

Performance of women candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants23004328
Elected600060

[6]

Result

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1967 Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 303450.07%0
Communist Party of India 11115,2263.04%1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5716189,66737.82%2
Indian National Congress 5941224,82144.83%27
All India Forward Bloc 905,7391.14%-
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 1005,8831.17%-
Independents 85259,79211.92%0
Total23460501,473
Source: ECI [7]

Constituency winners

AC

No

Assembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1Simna (ST)Bhadramani DebbarmaMCPM
2MohanpurRadharaman DebnathMCPM
3Bamutia (SC)Prafulla Kumar DasMINC
4BarjalaBasana ChakrabartyMINC
5 Kunjaban Ashok Kumar BhatacharyyaMINC
6Pratapgarh (SC)Madhu Sudhan DasMINC
7Agartala Town IIISukhamoy Sen GuptaMINC
8AnandanagarTarit Mohan DasguptaMINC
9Agartala Town IAjoy BiswasMIND
10Agartala Town IIKrishnadas BhattacharjeeMINC
11Old AgartalaSailesh Chandra SomeMINC
12MaulishpurJatindra Kumar MajumderMINC
13Mandiabazar (ST)Kalidas Deb BarmaMCPM
14Uttar Debendra Nagar (ST)Sabhiram Deb BarmaMCPM
15IsuanchandranagarNaresh Chandra RoyMINC
16Takarjala (ST)Gunapada JamatiaMCPM
17KamalasagarBichitra Mohan SahaMINC
18BishalgarhSamir Ranjan BarmanMINC
19Charilam (ST)Niranjan DebMCPM
20Bishramgonj (ST)Sudhanwa Deb BarmaMCPM
21BoxanagarMunsur AliMINC
22Nalchhar (SC)Benode Behari DasMINC
23SonamuraDebendra K. ChoudhuryMINC
24DhanpurSamar ChoudhuryMCPM
25Salgarh Tapas Dey MINC
26KakrabanAjit Ranjan GhoshMINC
27RadhakishorepurUsa Ranjan SenMINC
28MatakbariNishi Kanta SarkarMINC
29RajnagarLakshmi NagMINC
30Belonia Jitendra Lal Das MCPI
31HrishyamukhChandra Sekhar DuttaMINC
32Muhuripur (ST)Achaichhi MogMINC
33Manu (ST)Hari Chanran ChoudhruryMINC
34SabroomKalipada BanerjiMINC
35 Chellagong (ST)Baju Ban ReangMCPM
36BirgonjSushil Ranjan SahaMINC
37Dumburnagar (ST)Pakhi TripuraMCPM
38Ampinagar (ST)Bullu KukiMCPM
39TeliamuraAnil SarkarMCPM
40Mohar Chhera (ST)Ananta HarijamatiaMINC
41Kalyanpur (ST)Bidya Ch Deb BarmaMCPM
42Pramodnagar (ST)Manindra DebbarmaMCPM
43KhowaiJ Prasanna BhattacharjeeMINC
44AsharambariNripendra ChakrabortyMCPM
45KamalpurSunil Chandra DattaMINC
46Sudma (SC)Kshitish Chandra DasMINC
47Kulaihower (ST)Mongchabai MogMINC
48Chhawmanu (ST)Purna Mohan TirpuraMCPM
49FatikroyRadhika Nandan GuptaMINC
50Pabiachherra (ST)Gopi Nath TripuraMINC
51ChandipurManindra Lal BhowmikMINC
52KailashaharMoulana Abdul RatifMINC
53Bilaspur (SC)Subal Ch BiswasMINC
54Jubaraj NagarMonoranjan NathMINC
55 Longai (ST)Hangshadhwaz DewanMINC
56Kanchanpur (ST)Raimuni Riang ChoudhuryMINC
57 Deocherra Abdul WazidMINC
58DharmanagarAmarendra SarmaMIND
59KadamtalaBenoy Bhushan BanerjeeMINC
60SonicheraRadha Raman NathMINC

[8]

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) won 41 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sukhamoy Sen Gupta of the INC formed a government as Chief Minister on March 20, 1972.

Prafulla Kumar Das formed a government as Chief Minister on April 1, 1977.

Radhika Ranjan Gupta formed a coalition government with the Janata Party (JP) and the Left Front (LF) on July 26, 1977. Chief Minister Radhika Ranjan Gupta resigned, and the state of Tripura was placed under presidential rule from November 5, 1977 to January 5, 1978. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Historical background of Tripura".
  2. ↑ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. ↑ "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. ↑ "Total No.of Electors".
  6. ↑ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. ↑ "1972 Tripura Election result".
  8. ↑ "Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
  9. ↑ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
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