1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1972 31 December 1977 1983  

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First party
  Nripen Chakraborty.jpg
Leader Nripen Chakraborty
Party CPI(M)
Leader's seat Pramodenagar
Last election16
Seats won51
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 35
Popular vote352,652
Percentage47.00%
Alliance seats56

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Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

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Tripura

The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies in Tripura, India. [1]

Contents

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led Left Front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1CPICommunist Party of India
2CPI-MCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
3INCIndian National Congress
4JNPJanata Party
State Parties
5FBLAll India Forward Bloc
6RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised ) Parties
7PBIProutist Bloc of India
8TCDCongress for Democracy
9TUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10INDIndependentS

[2]

No. of Constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3471960

[3]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors495,342466,656961,998
No.of Electors who Voted406,052358,878764,930
Polling Percentage81.97%76.90%79.51%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants32206328
Elected590160

[5]

Result

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes% of Votes1972 Seats
Communist Party of India 1006,2660.84%1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5551352,65247.00%16
Indian National Congress 600133,24017.76%41
Janata Party 59078,47910.46%-
All India Forward Bloc 117,8001.04%0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2212,4461.66%-
Proutist Bloc of India 602,1390.29%-
Congress for Democracy 59066,9139.08%-
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 28459,4747.93%0
Independents 48230,8624.11%2
Total32860750,271
Source: ECI [6]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [7]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Simna 83.98%Abhiram Debbarma CPI(M) 6,80054.13%Maharajkumar Sahadev Bikram Kishore Dev Barman JP 2,73921.8%4,061
2 Mohanpur 81.74%Radharaman Debnath CPI(M) 4,59936.51%Ambika Deb Congress for Democracy 2,79722.21%1,802
3 Bamutia 83.52%Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 6,19549.7%Parfulla Kumar Das Congress for Democracy 5,27642.33%919
4 Barjala 82.1%Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 8,17858.79%Reserwar Datta Congress for Democracy 3,31723.84%4,861
5 Khayerpur 78.93%Akhil Debnath CPI(M) 5,83345.4%Amar Ranjan Gupta INC 2,16816.87%3,665
6 Agartala 78.14% Ajoy Biswas Independent 10,68268.2%Kamal Kumar Singha Congress for Democracy 2,02112.9%8,661
7 Ramnagar 78.72%Biren Datta CPI(M) 8,42063.41%Apanshu Mohan Lodh INC 2,55319.23%5,867
8 Town Bordowali 77.93% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 7,80062.76%Dwijen Dey JP 2,03416.37%5,766
9 Banamalipur 79.01%Bibekananda Bhowmik Independent 6,73464.43%Priya Lal Paul Congress for Democracy 1,74516.7%4,989
10 Majlishpur 84.67% Khagen Das CPI(M) 4,43737.07%Jatindra Kumar Majumdar Congress for Democracy 2,42520.26%2,012
11 Mandaibazar 78.24% Rashiram Debbarma CPI(M) 6,91550.72%Kshirode Debbarma TUS 3,60626.45%3,309
12 Takarjala 76.36% Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI(M) 5,35841.5%Biswa Kumar Debbarma TUS 4,07531.56%1,283
13 Pratapgarh 82.27% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 10,86966.44%Madhusudan Das INC 3,39720.76%7,472
14 Badharghat 80.06%Jadab Majumder CPI(M) 10,81674.83%Sachindra Lal Singha Congress for Democracy 1,84412.76%8,972
15 Kamalasagar 79.99% Matilal Sarkar CPI(M) 7,04158.12%Manoranjan Laskar JP 2,45120.23%4,590
16 Bishalgarh 81.89%Gautam Prasad Dutta CPI(M) 5,38445.47% Samir Ranjan Barman JP 3,54629.95%1,838
17 Golaghati 80.92% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 4,25431.85% Budha Debbarma TUS 3,17123.74%1,083
18 Charilam 79.78% Harinath Debbarma TUS 4,25933.2%Durga Prasad Sikdar CPI(M) 3,23125.18%1,028
19 Boxanagar 84.81%Arabar Rahaman CPI(M) 5,25547.1%Munsur Ali INC 4,11436.88%1,141
20 Nalchar 83.37%Sumanta Kumar Das CPI(M) 6,43352.69%Bir Chandra Barman INC 2,94524.12%3,488
21 Sonamura 84.%Subal Rudra CPI(M) 6,46953.88%Debendra Kishore Chowdhury INC 4,38936.55%2,080
22 Dhanpur 83.08%Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,24448.79%Brojendra Ghosh JP 3,10024.22%3,144
23 Ramchandraghat 89.22% Dasarath Deb CPI(M) 9,58581.57%Nand Kumar Debbarma JP 1,1669.92%8,419
24 Khowai 84.66% Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha CPI(M) 5,71551.25%Arun Kar Congress for Democracy 3,21528.83%2,500
25 Asharambari 82.94% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 9,50677.7%Dayanand Debbarma INC 1,1259.19%8,381
26 Pramodenagar 82.3%Nirpen Chakraborty CPI(M) 8,78657.53%Upendra Chandra Debnath INC 2,56516.79%6,221
27 Kalyanpur 83.94%Makhan Lal Chakraborty CPI(M) 5,21141.27%Ashoke Kumar Bhattacharya INC 2,84222.51%2,369
28 Krishnapur 67.32%Manindra Debbarma CPI(M) 6,11657.3%Maharajkumar Nakshatra Bikram INC 1,70315.95%4,413
29 Teliamura 78.97%Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 5,76942.31%Ratan Chakraborty INC 3,38724.84%2,382
30 Bagma 79.66%Rati Mohan Jamaitia TUS 5,65245.26%Ganapada Jamatia CPI(M) 5,19441.59%458
31 Salgarh 82.49%Gopal Chandra Das RSP 6,96860.32%Jitendra Chandra Das INC 1,62014.02%5,348
32 Radhakishorpur 80.8%Jogesh Chakraborty RSP 5,47854.62% Usha Ranjan Sen INC 1,75517.5%3,723
33 Matarbari 82.2%Naresh Chandra Ghosh CPI(M) 6,37250.91%Anil Sarkar INC 2,41819.32%3,954
34 Kakraban 82.71%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 6,78153.7%Ajit Ranjan Ghosh INC 3,00623.8%3,775
35 Rajnagar 78.8%Nakul Das CPI(M) 7,82855.49%Upendra Kumar Das INC 5,10036.15%2,728
36 Belonia 81.72%Jyotirmoy Das CPI(M) 5,46041.65%Manoranjan Majumder INC 5,34140.74%119
37 Santirbazar 78.29% Drao Kumar Reang TUS 4,39730.08%Subodh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 3,90226.69%495
38 Hrishyamukh 83.22% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 7,55256.01%Arun Chandra Bhowmik INC 5,20938.63%2,343
39 Jolaibari 76.69% Brajamohan Jamatia CPI(M) 3,60336.57%Kashi Ram Reang INC 3,07131.17%532
40 Manu 78.9%Matahari Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,29242.65%Angju Mog INC 5,09834.56%1,194
41 Sabroom 83.94%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,53746.94%Rabindra Kumar Patari INC 3,71226.66%2,825
42 Ampinagar 73.6% Nagendra Jamatia TUS 5,74445.17%Madhu Sudan Kalai CPI(M) 4,81437.86%930
43 Birganj 77.9%Syamal Saha CPI(M) 5,74539.5%Kanai Lal Sarkar INC 4,21228.96%1,533
44 Raima Valley 67.65%Baju Ban Riyan CPI(M) 7,66172.65%Monojay Roaja TUS 1,58815.06%6,073
45 Kamalpur 84.04%Bimal Singha CPI(M) 7,63470.06%Brajakishore Singha INC 1,15610.61%6,478
46 Surma 83.58%Rudrewar Das CPI(M) 7,40357.83%Jogendra Das INC 2,09616.37%5,307
47 Salema 81.29%Dinesh Debbarma CPI(M) 6,89053.24%Madan Mohan Debbarma INC 3,30225.52%3,588
48 Kulai 76.7%Kamini Debbarma CPI(M) 6,05046.34%Prafulla Roaja INC 2,66420.41%3,386
49 Chawamanu 68.48% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 4,61349.9% Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 1,58717.17%3,026
50 Pabiachhara 75.96%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 6,27053.84%Brajendra Das INC 2,77823.85%3,492
51 Fatikroy 82.67%Tarani Mohan Singha CPI(M) 6,05744.21%Gopesh Ranjan Deb INC 3,36524.56%2,692
52 Chandipur 82.56%Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 9,19764.38%Manindralal Bhowmik INC 3,26022.82%5,937
53 Kailashahar 78.54%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 7,11153.36%Abdul Shahid INC 3,95429.67%3,157
54 Kurti 76.51%Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 5,50048.28%Gopendra Kumar Das JP 1,23310.82%4,267
55 Kadamtala 73.02%Umesh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 5,57556.06%Luthfur Rahaman Chowdhury JP 1,73117.41%3,844
56 Dharmanagar 79.12%Amarendra Sarma CPI(M) 6,64053.94%Debiprasad Purkayastha INC 2,96324.07%3,677
57 Jubarajnagar 80.62%Ram Kumar Nath CPI(M) 6,37956.21%Manoranjan Nath Congress for Democracy 2,25519.87%4,124
58 Pencharthal 70.29%Mohan Lal Chakma CPI(M) 4,97742.47%Sushil Kumar Chakma INC 2,96625.31%2,011
59 Panisagar 75.21%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 5,58858.4%Debendra Chandra Nath Independent 7818.16%4,807
60 Kanchanpur 65.06%Mandida Reang CPI(M) 5,60855.81%Sukadayal Jamatia TUS 2,01220.02%3,596

Government Formation

The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978. [8]

References

  1. "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  2. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  3. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  4. "Total No.of Electors".
  5. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  6. "1977 Tripura Election result".
  7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 13 June 2018.
  8. "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.