1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1967 11 March 1972 1977  

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Cow and Calf INC.svg CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Leader Sukhamoy Sen Gupta -
Party INC(R) 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]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [8]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Simna 75.04%Bhadramani Debbarma CPI(M) 4,59453.02%S. B. Kishore Debbarman INC 3,65642.2%938
2 Mohanpur 66.05%Radharaman Debnath CPI(M) 4,27751.58%Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta INC 3,59243.32%685
3 Bamutia 71.4%Prafulla Kumar Das INC 4,86261.72%Brajendra Biswas CPI(M) 3,01538.28%1,847
4 Barjala 67.67%Basana Chakraborty INC 3,73355.67%Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 2,30734.4%1,426
5 Kunjaban 65.46%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 7,03352.38%Kanu Ghosh CPI(M) 5,63341.95%1,400
6 Pratapgarh 62.8%Madhusudan Das INC 3,86249.%Jadab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 3,59345.59%269
7 Agartala Town III 59.74%Sukhamoy Sen Gupta INC 4,41549.44%Supriyo Bhowmik CPI(M) 2,96333.18%1,452
8 Ananda Nagar 68.21%Tarit Mohan Dasgupta INC 4,34145.07%Khagen Das CPI(M) 4,15943.18%182
9 Agartala Town I 64.27%Ajoy Biswas Independent 3,81050.28%Renuka Chakraborty INC 2,74236.19%1,068
10 Agartala Town II 65.01%Krishnadas Bhattacharjee INC 3,00948.01%Ashoke Chakraborty CPI(M) 2,32237.05%687
11 Old Agartala 70.44%Sailesh Chandra Some INC 5,09856.76%Jagadish Chandra Dey CPI(M) 2,21724.69%2,881
12 Majlishpur 70.59%Jatindra Kumar Majumder INC 3,72454.79%Bhanu Gosh CPI(M) 3,07345.21%651
13 Mandaibazar 65.98%Kalidas Debbarma CPI(M) 4,71766.28%Bagala Prasad Debbarma INC 1,66423.38%3,053
14 Uttar Debendranagar 69.%Sabhiram Debbarma CPI(M) 4,20856.51%Rabindra K. Debbarma INC 1,94926.18%2,259
15 Ishanchandranagar 69.56%Naresh Chandra Roy INC 3,34946.62%Mati Lal Sarkar CPI(M) 3,32846.33%21
16 Takarjala 65.21%Gunapada Jamatia CPI(M) 3,46141.37%Mahendra Debbarma INC 3,04936.45%412
17 Kamalasagar 75.41%Bichitra Mohan Saha INC 3,93652.56%Nagendra Deb CPI(M) 2,31630.93%1,620
18 Bishalgarh 73.54% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 2,77732.32%Babul Sengupta CPI(M) 2,63830.7%139
19 Charilam 67.03%Niranjan Deb CPI(M) 2,80536.78%Monmohan Debbarma INC 2,47432.44%331
20 Bishramganj 69.65%Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI(M) 2,74535.12%Deuan Chandra Tripura INC 2,47931.72%266
21 Boxanagar 74.34%Munsur Ali INC 3,78754.69%Phani Bhushan Bhakta CPI(M) 2,09730.29%1,690
22 Nalchar 67.01%Benode Behari Das INC 4,07848.77%Hari Madhab Bhowmik CPI(M) 3,19938.26%879
23 Sonamura 65.74%Debendra Kishore Chowdhury INC 3,34055.44%Sultan Miah Independent 1,50424.97%1,836
24 Dhanpur 67.66%Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 3,53048.64%Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta INC 2,75737.99%773
25 Salgarh 69.29%Tapash Dey INC 3,96648.67%Abani Mohan Bhowmik CPI(M) 2,90735.67%1,059
26 Kakraban 69.4%Ajit Ranjan Ghosh INC 3,38743.19%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 2,84936.33%538
27 Radhakishorpur 72.7% Usha Ranjan Sen INC 4,88848.37%Sushil Mukerjee CPI(M) 3,50934.73%1,379
28 Matarbari 67.34%Nishi Kanta Sarkar INC 3,85145.7%Naresh Chandra Ghosh CPI(M) 3,21538.16%636
29 Rajnagar 63.83%Lakshmi Nag INC 3,26534.63%Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 2,90830.85%357
30 Belonia 58.79% Jitendra Lal Das CPI 3,99243.57%Suresh Chandra Chowdhury INC 3,62739.59%365
31 Hrishyamukh 63.1%Chandra Sekhar Dutta INC 5,91166.14%Amalendu Chakraborty CPI(M) 2,61329.24%3,298
32 Muhuripur 58.6%Achaichhi Mog INC 4,39455.93%Brajmohan Jamatia CPI(M) 2,58332.88%1,811
33 Manu 67.92%Hari Chanran Choudhrury INC 4,76454.25%Thaingya Mog CPI(M) 3,15735.95%1,607
34 Sabroom 72.9%Kalipada Banerji INC 6,18066.31%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 3,14033.69%3,040
35 Chellagong 59.33%Baju Ban Riyan CPI(M) 3,03241.25%Panji Ham Reang INC 2,98940.67%43
36 Birganj 66.57%Sushil Ranjan Saha INC 3,64546.61%Syamal Kantisaha CPI(M) 3,14240.17%503
37 Dumburnagar 53.6%Pakhi Tripura CPI(M) 3,27260.15%Rajprasad Chowdhury INC 1,66430.59%1,608
38 Ampinagar 59.63%Bullu Kuki CPI(M) 3,66357.84%Gopinath Jamatia Independent 2,14033.79%1,523
39 Teliamura 73.05% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 5,45851.19%Bir Chandra Barman INC 3,84736.08%1,611
40 Mohar Chhera 72.83%Ananta Hari Jamatia INC 5,35151.36%Joy Mohan Debbarma CPI(M) 3,69135.43%1,660
41 Kalyanpur 84.55%Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 10,27377.36%Krishna Kumar Debbarma INC 3,00622.64%7,267
42 Pramodenagar 79.25%Manindra Debbarma CPI(M) 7,43961.25%Nanda Kumar Debbarma INC 4,70738.75%2,732
43 Khowai 76.52%J Prasanna Bhattacharjee INC 5,06956.35%Kaminisingh CPI(M) 3,16235.15%1,907
44 Asharambari 82.01% Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) 6,29058.92%Arun Kar INC 4,13738.75%2,153
45 Kamalpur 75.44%Sunil Chandra Datta INC 4,42249.45%Makhan Datta CPI(M) 3,76842.14%654
46 Surma 77.2%Kshitish Chandra Das INC 4,73748.73%Rudreswar Das CPI(M) 4,20243.23%535
47 Kulaihower 67.21%Mongchabai Mog INC 6,38055.81%Dinesh Debbarma CPI(M) 4,66240.78%1,718
48 Chawamanu 50.4% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 3,16448.03%Ghanshyam Dewan INC 2,18933.23%975
49 Fatikroy 67.29%Radhika Ranjan Gupta INC 4,01938.55%Tarani Mohan Singha CPI(M) 2,96628.45%1,053
50 Pabiachhara 60.46%Gopi Nath Tripura INC 3,97350.09%K. Mohan Debbarma CPI(M) 3,27941.34%694
51 Chandipur 77.71%Manindralal Bhowmik INC 3,41848.94%Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 3,13844.93%280
52 Kailashahar 70.73%Moulana Abdul Ratif INC 4,29955.43%Bonode Dey Independent 1,72022.18%2,579
53 Bilaspur 70.01%Subal Chandra Biswas INC 4,22856.82%Barindra Malaker CPI(M) 2,23029.97%1,998
54 Jubarajnagar 65.03%Monoranjan Nath INC 3,77751.37%Ram Kumar Nath CPI(M) 2,18029.65%1,597
55 Longai 57.45%Hangshadhwaz Dewan INC 3,69046.41%Indu Madhav Chakma CPI(M) 2,15627.12%1,534
56 Kanchanpur 48.99%Raimuni Reang Chowdhury INC 3,12646.66%Len Prasad Reang CPI(M) 2,13831.92%988
57 Deocherra 62.76%Abdul Wazid INC 3,39944.97%Karunamoy Nath Chowdhury Independent 1,87024.74%1,529
58 Dharmanagar 66.35%Amarendra Sarma Independent 3,72847.21%Debiprasad Purkayastha INC 3,48944.19%239
59 Kadamtala 61.99%Benoy Bhushan Banerjee INC 2,68440.74%Abdul Rup Independent 1,71726.06%967
60 Sonichera 61.18%Radha Raman Nath INC 2,63733.61%Abdul Matin Chowdhury Independent 1,55119.77%1,086

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]

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. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  9. "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.