1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
60 seats in the Assembly; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Tripura district map
Chief Minister before election; Nripen Chakraborty ; CPI(M)	Elected Chief Minister ; Nripen Chakraborty ; CPI(M)

Last updated March 27, 2024

The 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 1 May 1983, to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura, India.^[1]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 15, 1993. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bhartiya Janta Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	ICS	Indian Congress (Socialist)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JNP	Janata Party
State Parties
7	FBL	All India Forward BlocK
8	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
9	TUS	Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10	IND	Independent

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No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	33	7	20	60

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Electors

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	579,123	555,134	1,134,257
No.of Electors who Voted	495,281	446,504	941,785
Polling Percentage	85.52%	80.43%	83.03%

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Performance of Women Candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	195	11	206
Elected	56	04	60

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Result


Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	578	0.06%	-
Communist Party of India	1	0	7,657	0.83%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	56	37	433,608	46.78%	51
Indian Congress Secular	3	0	540	0.06%	-
Indian National Congress	45	12	282,859	30.51%	0
Janata Party	5	0	515	0.06%	0
All India Forward Block	1	0	6,549	0.71%	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	15,218	1.64%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	6	97,039	10.47%	4
Independents	75	3	82,443	8.89%	2
Total	206	60	927,006
Source: ECI^[6]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[7]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Simna	83.41%	Abhiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,206	65.23%	Kripa Rani Debbarma		TUS	4,828	34.21%	4,378
2	Mohanpur	80.89%	Dhirendra Chandra Debnath		INC	6,568	45.07%	Radharaman Debnath		CPI(M)	5,953	40.85%	615
3	Bamutia	85.47%	Haricharan Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,417	50.79%	Prafulla Kumar Das		INC	7,023	48.09%	394
4	Barjala	83.66%	Gouri Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	8,160	49.3%	Basana Chakraborty		Independent	4,904	29.63%	3,256
5	Khayerpur	83.34%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder		INC	8,539	52.98%	Akhil Debnath		CPI(M)	7,321	45.43%	1,218
6	Agartala	80.44%	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	10,623	52.18%	Promode Ranjandas Gupta		INC	9,485	46.59%	1,138
7	Ramnagar	80.24%	Biren Dutta		CPI(M)	8,026	50.8%	Amar Ranjan Gupta		INC	7,640	48.35%	386
8	Town Bordowali	79.31%	Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya		INC	7,689	52.95%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	6,549	45.1%	1,140
9	Banamalipur	82.11%	Sukhamoy Sen Gupta		INC	6,883	52.43%	Bibekananda Bhowmik		CPI(M)	5,913	45.04%	970
10	Majlishpur	83.16%	Khagen Das		CPI(M)	6,397	44.21%	Ranjit Saha		INC	4,901	33.87%	1,496
11	Mandaibazar	81.%	Rashiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,861	56.04%	Amiya Kumar Debbarma		TUS	7,594	43.16%	2,267
12	Takarjala	79.35%	Sudhanwa Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,029	59.83%	Suriya Kumar Debbarma		TUS	5,930	39.29%	3,099
13	Pratapgarh	85.63%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	12,736	58.4%	Monomohan Das		INC	8,758	40.16%	3,978
14	Badharghat	82.65%	Jadab Majumder		CPI(M)	11,244	56.37%	Niranjan Paul		INC	8,551	42.87%	2,693
15	Kamalasagar	84.88%	Matilal Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,601	50.85%	Monoranjan Laskar		INC	7,170	47.97%	431
16	Bishalgarh	84.65%	Bhanu Lal Saha		CPI(M)	7,340	51.54%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	6,900	48.46%	440
17	Golaghati	81.76%	Budha Debbarma		TUS	8,011	50.18%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,198	45.09%	813
18	Charilam	83.44%	Parimal Chandra Saha		INC	8,528	52.7%	Braja Gopal Bhowmik		CPI(M)	7,302	45.12%	1,226
19	Boxanagar	88.79%	Araber Rahaman		CPI(M)	7,022	51.21%	Munsur Ali		INC	6,648	48.49%	374
20	Nalchar	89.03%	Narayan Das		INC	7,420	49.94%	Sumanta Kumar Das		CPI(M)	7,210	48.53%	210
21	Sonamura	87.97%	Rashik Lal Roy		INC	7,264	51.55%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	6,623	47.%	641
22	Dhanpur	89.26%	Samar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	8,795	54.02%	Brajendra Kumar Ghosh		INC	7,487	45.98%	1,308
23	Ramchandraghat	87.55%	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	11,451	86.89%	Bathsailyamani Jamatia		TUS	1,728	13.11%	9,723
24	Khowai	88.15%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	5,777	45.18%	Sukhamoy Kar		INC	3,587	28.05%	2,190
25	Asharambari	85.91%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		CPI(M)	11,360	79.67%	Kishalaya Kanti Debbarma		INC	1,591	11.16%	9,769
26	Pramodenagar	87.6%	Nripen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	10,845	60.87%	Siromani Roy		Independent	5,212	29.25%	5,633
27	Kalyanpur	84.93%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,064	49.%	Debabrata Datta		Independent	4,566	31.67%	2,498
28	Krishnapur	71.86%	Kali Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,267	54.29%	Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore Debbarma		INC	5,059	37.8%	2,208
29	Teliamura	83.15%	Gita Chowdhury		INC	6,835	42.48%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	5,984	37.19%	851
30	Bagma	81.6%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	10,157	62.93%	Gunapada Jamatia		CPI(M)	5,506	34.11%	4,651
31	Salgarh	87.11%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	8,148	53.21%	Kamini Kumar Das		INC	7,032	45.92%	1,116
32	Radhakishorpur	84.17%	Jogesh Chakraborty		RSP	7,070	51.44%	Bhanu Gopal Baisnab		INC	6,590	47.95%	480
33	Matarbari	86.26%	Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi		INC	9,195	57.41%	Madhab Saha		CPI(M)	6,625	41.36%	2,570
34	Kakraban	87.28%	Keshab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	8,256	52.%	Nanik Chandra Das		INC	7,521	47.37%	735
35	Rajnagar	87.29%	Nakul Das		CPI(M)	10,144	54.83%	Bhuban Mohan Das		INC	7,951	42.98%	2,193
36	Belonia	87.18%	Manoranjan Majumder		Independent	8,081	50.75%	Jitendra Lal Das		CPI	7,657	48.08%	424
37	Santirbazar	83.85%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	10,478	55.63%	Narayan Chandra Kar		CPI(M)	7,759	41.19%	2,719
38	Hrishyamukh	90.43%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	9,204	53.87%	Amal Mallik		INC	7,703	45.08%	1,501
39	Jolaibari	83.61%	Kashi Ram Reang		INC	6,718	51.9%	Brajamohan Jamatia		CPI(M)	6,227	48.1%	491
40	Manu	83.5%	Angju Mog		INC	10,304	55.2%	Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	8,362	44.8%	1,942
41	Sabroom	87.5%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	9,118	52.55%	Adhir Chandra Bhaumik		INC	7,981	46.%	1,137
42	Ampinagar	75.29%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	9,449	58.99%	Madhu Sudan Kalai		CPI(M)	4,941	30.84%	4,508
43	Birganj	79.77%	Jawhar Saha		Independent	8,747	48.54%	Syjmal Kanti Saha		CPI(M)	6,352	35.25%	2,395
44	Raima Valley	71.66%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	7,772	51.82%	Anand Mohan Reaja		CPI(M)	7,225	48.18%	547
45	Kamalpur	89.17%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	7,674	59.48%	Kanak Ranjan Ghosh		INC	5,161	40.%	2,513
46	Surma	86.82%	Rudreswar Das		CPI(M)	7,763	51.45%	Harendra Chandra Das		INC	6,215	41.19%	1,548
47	Salema	84.5%	Dinesh Debbarma		CPI(M)	8,032	51.65%	Bijoy Kumar Jamatia		TUS	6,761	43.48%	1,271
48	Kulai	78.96%	Diba Chandra Harangkhal		TUS	8,419	50.78%	Kamini Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,480	45.12%	939
49	Chawamanu	75.94%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	6,662	50.24%	Jadumohan Tripura		TUS	6,598	49.76%	64
50	Pabiachhara	81.19%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	7,544	50.6%	Subal Chandra Biswas		INC	6,413	43.02%	1,131
51	Fatikroy	86.31%	Tarani Mohan Singha		CPI(M)	7,580	51.65%	Radhika Ranjan Gupta		INC	5,898	40.19%	1,682
52	Chandipur	88.38%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	9,066	54.64%	Birajit Sinha		INC	7,398	44.59%	1,668
53	Kailashahar	83.9%	Syed Basit Ali		INC	8,116	50.82%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,487	46.88%	629
54	Kurti	79.5%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	7,738	57.78%	Abdul Razak Bisharad		INC	4,794	35.79%	2,944
55	Kadamtala	76.63%	Samir Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	5,061	40.81%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	4,727	38.11%	334
56	Dharmanagar	79.09%	Amarendra Sarma		CPI(M)	7,309	51.59%	Binay Bhushan Ray		INC	5,570	39.31%	1,739
57	Jubarajnagar	84.5%	Ram Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	6,074	45.23%	Prasanna Kumar Nath		Independent	4,225	31.46%	1,849
58	Pencharthal	77.93%	Ratna Prava Das		Independent	5,343	34.84%	Mohan Lal Chakma		CPI(M)	5,000	32.6%	343
59	Panisagar	79.32%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	6,642	53.45%	Bibekananda Chakraborty		Independent	3,047	24.52%	3,595
60	Kanchanpur	72.88%	Len Prasad Malsai		CPI(M)	6,052	43.21%	Drao Kumar Reang		TUS	4,321	30.85%	1,731

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 37 out of 60 seats in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister.^[8]

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References

↑ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
↑ "List of Participating Political Parties".
↑ "Constituencies-Tripura".
↑ "Total No.of Electors".
↑ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
↑ "1983 Tripura Election result".
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
↑ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.

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[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] "1983 Tripura Election result".

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[8] "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.

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