1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1988 15 February 1993 1998  

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader Dasarath Deb -
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Ramchandraghat -
Last election2625
Seats won4410
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 18Decrease2.svg 15
Popular vote599,943438,561
Percentage44.78%32.73%

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Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Dasarath Deb
CPI(M)

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Tripura

The 1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 15 February 1993 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. [1]

Contents

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Dasarath Deb, won 44 seats and formed a Government in Tripura

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

National Parties

State Parties

[2]

No. of constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3372060

[3]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors855,052817,9761,673,028
No.of Electors who Voted707,725650,5191,358,244
Polling Percentage82.77%79.53%81.18%

[4]

Performance of women candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants39314407
Elected590160

[5]

Result

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1988 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 38027,0782.02%0
Communist Party of India 2018,0581.35%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5144599,94344.78%26
Indian National Congress 4610438,56132.73%25
Janata Dal(B) 2120,9811.57%-
All India Forward Block 1110,6580.80%0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2221,2351.58%2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 141100,7427.52%-
Amra Bangali 42019,5921.46%-
Independents 207182,5416.16%0
Total407601,339,838
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 81.26% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 12,15663.56%Rabindra Debbarma TUS 6,27432.81%5,882
2 Mohanpur 81.41% Ratan Lal Nath INC 9,71746.25%Akhil Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 9,65745.96%60
3 Bamutia 83.61%Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 11,68351.28% Prakash Chandra Das INC 10,64546.73%1,038
4 Barjala 78.26%Arun Bhowmik JD 13,48343.98%Dipak Kumar Roy INC 10,70934.93%2,774
5 Khayerpur 83.28% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 13,02250.07%Ratan Lal Ghosh INC 12,56548.32%457
6 Agartala 77.73% Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) 15,79252.11% Sudip Roy Barman INC 12,86342.44%2,929
7 Ramnagar 77.52%Surajit Datta INC 12,86253.67%Chhaya Baul CPI(M) 10,01841.8%2,844
8 Town Bordowali 75.94% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 10,65851.66%Purnima Bhattacharjee INC 9,40445.58%1,254
9 Banamalipur 74.66%Ratan Chakraborty INC 8,58349.17%Dulal Das Gupta JD 7,49842.96%1,085
10 Majlishpur 81.52%Dipak Nag INC 11,72950.7% Manik Dey CPI(M) 11,01847.62%711
11 Mandaibazar 75.79% Rashiram Debbarma CPI(M) 14,14261.52%Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 7,47132.5%6,671
12 Takarjala 79.44%Kartik Kanya Debbarma CPI(M) 10,78351.42%Sukhendu Debbarma TUS 5,71527.25%5,068
13 Pratapgarh 81.32% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 21,62957.45%Madhusudan Das INC 14,58138.73%7,048
14 Badharghat 80.62%Jadab Majumder CPI(M) 19,56351.55% Dilip Sarkar INC 17,09645.05%2,467
15 Kamalasagar 80.16% Matilal Sarkar INC 10,81352.53%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 9,33945.37%1,474
16 Bishalgarh 85.25% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 16,40474.83% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 4,63421.14%11,770
17 Golaghati 77.87% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 10,46550.29% Budha Debbarma TUS 7,25134.85%3,214
18 Charilam 76.84%Ahok Debbarma INC 10,29247.09%Aghore Debbarma CPI 9,62844.05%664
19 Boxanagar 84.48%Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 11,16156.71%Tahera Begum INC 6,85834.85%4,303
20 Nalchar 85.31% Sukumar Barman CPI(M) 10,52652.65%Narayan Das INC 9,10845.56%1,418
21 Sonamura 85.55%Subal Rudra CPI(M) 11,18154.22%Rashik Lal Roy INC 8,21839.85%2,963
22 Dhanpur 84.55%Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 13,32758.43%Gopal Chandra Roy INC 9,21240.39%4,115
23 Ramchandraghat 84.22% Dasarath Deb CPI(M) 12,79078.54%Dinesh Debbarma TUS 2,37414.58%10,416
24 Khowai 88.54% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 9,57949.97%Sukhamoy Kar INC 8,98646.88%593
25 Asharambari 81.43% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 14,82080.26%Sudhir Debbarma INC 2,40713.04%12,413
26 Pramodenagar 82.77% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 15,01365.75%Biswajit Deb Rankhal INC 7,56933.15%7,444
27 Kalyanpur 82.9%Makhan Lal Chakraborty CPI(M) 9,83249.23%Kajal Chandra Das INC 8,69543.54%1,137
28 Krishnapur 78.12% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 13,85070.38%Karna Singh Jamatia TUS 5,05125.67%8,799
29 Teliamura 81.45%Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 11,02849.91%Ashok Kumar Baidya INC 7,09232.1%3,936
30 Bagma 84.33%Rati Mohan Jamaitia TUS 9,89945.65%Saral Pada Jamatia Independent 9,05641.76%843
31 Salgarh 84.74%Gopal Chandra Das RSP 11,28650.97%Kamini Kumar Das INC 10,08045.52%1,206
32 Radhakishorpur 82.41%Pannalal Ghosh RSP 9,94949.15%Ranjit Singha Roy Independent 5,57327.53%4,376
33 Matarbari 86.34%Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 11,56649.94%Kashiram Reang INC 10,24744.25%1,319
34 Kakraban 83.02%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 11,20254.1%Subrata Dhar INC 5,78227.93%5,420
35 Rajnagar 86.1%Sudhan Das CPI(M) 14,96454.57%Sefali Das INC 12,06744.%2,897
36 Belonia 86.92%Amal Mallik INC 14,98562.3%Sunil Baran Das Gupta CPI 8,43035.05%6,555
37 Santirbazar 82.16% Baju Ban Riyan CPI(M) 13,24250.46%Gouri Sankar Reang TUS 12,87949.07%363
38 Hrishyamukh 86.16%Dilip Chowdhury INC 15,42064.26% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 8,42235.1%6,998
39 Jolaibari 82.45%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury INC 9,38551.9% Gitamohan Tripura CPI(M) 8,35746.21%1,028
40 Manu 85.01% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 14,88654.93%Angju Mog INC 12,21245.07%2,674
41 Sabroom 86.5%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 12,71452.%Parimal Nandy INC 11,45146.83%1,263
42 Ampinagar 79.67%Debabrata Koloy Independent 11,48853.19% Nagendra Jamatia TUS 9,06041.95%2,428
43 Birganj 85.51%Ranjit Debnath CPI(M) 12,70448.64%Jawhar Shaha INC 11,04642.29%1,658
44 Raima Valley 80.5%Ananda Mohan Roaja CPI(M) 13,42654.22%Rabindra Debbarma TUS 11,13444.97%2,292
45 Kamalpur 87.58%Bimal Singha CPI(M) 10,10055.74%Saroj Kumar Charkaborty INC 7,15939.51%2,941
46 Surma 84.25%Sudhir Das CPI(M) 11,47756.64%Sushendra Malakar INC 7,90138.99%3,576
47 Salema 81.98%Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) 12,68361.9%Mangal Prasad Debbarma TUS 6,13829.96%6,545
48 Kulai 78.17%Hasmai Reang CPI(M) 13,01057.61%Diba Chandra Hiangkhwal TUS 7,31932.41%5,691
49 Chawamanu 74.65% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 10,44260.87% Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 4,42825.81%6,014
50 Pabiachhara 75.51%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 13,32259.78%Brajendra Das INC 8,10236.36%5,220
51 Fatikroy 81.96%Bhudeb Bhattacharya CPI(M) 11,74257.61%Sunil Chandra Das INC 6,70632.9%5,036
52 Chandipur 83.41%Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 12,65658.43%Nirode Baran Das INC 7,66235.38%4,994
53 Kailashahar 83.61%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 11,59249.% Birajit Sinha INC 11,12647.03%466
54 Kurti 76.31%Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 10,35252.89%Abdul Rokib INC 4,92925.18%5,423
55 Kadamtala 75.37%Umesh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 6,79235.2%Jyotirmoy Nath INC 4,90925.44%1,883
56 Dharmanagar 77.35%Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 10,31046.37%Kalidas Dutta INC 7,74534.83%2,565
57 Jubarajnagar 82.79% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 10,22851.24%Biva Nath INC 7,73238.74%2,496
58 Pencharthal 73.35%Anil Chakma CPI(M) 8,99041.76%Sushil Kumar Chakma INC 5,11023.74%3,880
59 Panisagar 74.27%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 8,52847.82%Ashutosh Das INC 6,64337.25%1,885
60 Kanchanpur 73.79%Len Prasad Malsai CPI(M) 9,22846.95% Drao Kumar Reang TUS 5,74929.25%3,479

Government formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Dasarath Deb, won 44 seats and formed a Government in Tripura. [8]

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