2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1998 26 Feb 2003 2008  

All 60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Manik Sarkar Birajit Sinha
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Kailasahar
Last election3813
Seats won3813
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote711,119498,749
Percentage46.82%32.84%

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Tripura District Map

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected CM

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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Tripura

The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies in Tripura, India. The counting of votes occurred on 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day. [1]

Contents

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed the government in Tripura [2]

Contesting parties

254 candidates registered to contest the election.

PartySymbolAllianceSeats contested
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg Left Front 55
Communist Party of India (CPI) CPI symbol.svg Left Front 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png Left Front 2
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg Left Front 1
Indian National Congress (INC) Hand INC.svg Congress Alliance 42
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lotos flower symbol.svg NDA 21
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) Saw.svg 18
All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress symbol.svg 18
Nationalist Congress Party Clock symbol of NCP.png Congress Alliance 12
Lok Janshakti Party 10
Amra Bangali Candle.svg 9
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Flag Logo of CPIML.png 8
Janata Dal (United) Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg NDA 4
Independents (IND)52
Total254

Highlights

Election to all 60 constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003, in a single phase.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties
6AITCAll India Trinamool Congress
7INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
State Parties - Other States
9CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
10FBLAll India Forward Bloc
11JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
12AMBAmra Bangalee
13LJNSPLok Jan Shakti Party
Independents
14INDIndependent

[3]

No. of Constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3372060

[4]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors1,000,309931,4111,931,720
No.of Electors who Voted809,492710,9251,520,417
Polling Percentage80.92%76.33%78.71%

[5]

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants23519254
Elected580260

[6]

Results

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes% of Votes1998 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 21020,0321.32%0
Communist Party of India 2123,4431.54%1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5538711,11946.82%38
Indian National Congress 4213498,74932.84%13
Nationalist Congress Party 1204,5530.30%0
All India Trinamool Congress 1806,4930.43%0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 186189,18612.46%4
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2228,6881.89%2
Independents 52012,7880.84%2
Total254601,518,789
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 73.91% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 10,68651.32%Rabindra Debbarma INPT 9,66646.42%1,020
2 Mohanpur 76.99% Ratan Lal Nath INC 12,94756.95%Sanjit Debnath CPI(M) 8,97439.48%3,973
3 Bamutia 81.45% Prakash Chandra Das INC 13,17050.46%Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 12,53948.04%631
4 Barjala 81.96%Dipak Kumar Roy INC 18,85150.26%Kalyani Dey(Mitra) CPI(M) 17,82147.51%1,030
5 Khayerpur 79.5% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 16,42957.01%Lakhsmi Nag INC 12,39042.99%4,039
6 Agartala 75.88% Sudip Roy Barman INC 18,65652.24%Sankar Das CPI(M) 16,04644.94%2,610
7 Ramnagar 75.89%Surajit Datta INC 14,43154.1%Samir Chakraborty CPI(M) 11,60843.51%2,823
8 Town Bordowali 73.74%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 12,01053.16% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 9,84443.57%2,166
9 Banamalipur 73.4% Gopal Chandra Roy INC 10,43752.03%Prashanta Kapali CPI 8,90744.4%1,530
10 Majlishpur 81.93% Manik Dey CPI(M) 14,90853.8%Dipak Nag INC 12,14443.83%2,764
11 Mandaibazar 69.73% Manoranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 13,44852.85%Jagadish Debbarma INPT 11,99847.15%1,450
12 Takarjala 62.11% Rajeshwar Debbarma INPT 12,78477.75%Baijayanti Kalai CPI(M) 3,10118.86%9,683
13 Pratapgarh 80.96% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 24,63854.26%Narayan Das INC 18,78441.37%5,854
14 Badharghat 80.01%Subrata Chakraborty CPI(M) 22,77349.21% Dilip Sarkar INC 21,82547.16%948
15 Kamalasagar 82.1%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 13,93654.86%Arun Bhowmik INC 10,61541.79%3,321
16 Bishalgarh 83.33% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 12,41451.24% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 10,82044.66%1,594
17 Golaghati 71.86% Ashok Debbarma INC 10,08048.55% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 10,07948.54%1
18 Charilam 74.2%Narayan Rupini CPI(M) 10,57348.07%Narendra Chandra Debbarma INPT 10,51747.81%56
19 Boxanagar 86.2%Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 13,05153.5% Billal Miah INC 10,73544.01%2,316
20 Nalchar 82.98% Sukumar Barman CPI(M) 13,22056.18%Nani Gopal Das INC 9,64841.%3,572
21 Sonamura 85.83%Subal Rudra CPI(M) 13,45552.3%Sudhir Ranjan Majumder INC 11,70445.49%1,751
22 Dhanpur 84.23% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 15,61355.85%Dipak Chakraborty INC 11,11139.74%4,502
23 Ramchandraghat 76.59% Padma Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 9,00360.03%Ananta Debbarma INPT 5,56937.13%3,434
24 Khowai 85.7% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 13,51155.78% Arun Kumar Kar INC 10,08441.63%3,427
25 Asharambari 76.07%Sachindra Debbarma CPI(M) 9,92454.05%Amiya Kumar Debbarma INPT 8,43845.95%1,486
26 Pramodenagar 73.08% Animesh Debbarma INPT 10,60748.52% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 10,22046.75%387
27 Kalyanpur 76.43%Kajal Chandra Das INC 10,29050.64%Manindra Chandra Das CPI(M) 9,11044.83%1,180
28 Krishnapur 69.98% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 9,92250.09%Sabda Kumar Jamatia INPT 8,88544.86%1,037
29 Teliamura 78.%Ashok Kumar Baidya INC 12,57951.7%Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 10,85644.62%1,723
30 Bagma 80.52%Gunapada Jamatia CPI(M) 12,58850.15%Rati Mohan Jamaitia INPT 12,51349.85%75
31 Salgarh 84.27%Gopal Chandra Das RSP 15,75658.3%Mira Das INC 10,64339.38%5,113
32 Radhakishorpur 83.96%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy RSP 12,93250.21% Pranjit Singha Roy INC 12,04846.78%884
33 Matarbari 85.66%Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 14,30452.61%Kashiram Reang INC 12,33345.36%1,971
34 Kakraban 84.21%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 15,73662.8%Rajib Samaddar INC 8,57334.21%7,163
35 Rajnagar 87.02%Sudhan Das CPI(M) 19,46261.93%Bikash Chandra Das INC 10,72734.13%8,735
36 Belonia 84.65%Basudev Majumder CPI(M) 15,41959.13%Babul Majumder INC 9,46936.31%5,950
37 Santirbazar 80.38% Manindra Reang CPI 14,53653.04%Rana Kishore Reang INPT 12,10644.17%2,430
38 Hrishyamukh 87.37% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 18,05266.76%Dilip Chowdhury INC 7,98729.54%10,065
39 Jolaibari 81.21% Jashabir Tripura CPI(M) 11,32459.52%Mever Kumar Jamatia INPT 6,82035.85%4,504
40 Manu 85.% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 17,35855.31%Chandan Tripura INPT 13,25342.23%4,105
41 Sabroom 85.64%Gour Kanti Goswami CPI(M) 16,44558.54%Sankar Malla INC 10,86138.67%5,584
42 Ampinagar 76.05% Nagendra Jamatia INPT 11,43951.04%Nakshatra Jamatia CPI(M) 10,97548.96%464
43 Birganj 83.67%Ranjit Debnath CPI(M) 16,31054.59%Jawhar Shaha INC 13,07043.74%3,240
44 Raima Valley 74.13%Rabindra Debbarma INPT 13,48347.98% Lalit Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 13,33447.45%149
45 Kamalpur 83.38%Bijoy Lakshmi Singha CPI(M) 11,20854.86%Manoj Kanti Deb INC 8,63942.28%2,569
46 Surma 80.21%Sudhir Das CPI(M) 12,86555.74%Harendra Chandra Das INC 9,62641.71%3,239
47 Salema 80.71%Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) 13,00759.02%Ajit Debbarma INPT 8,28537.59%4,722
48 Kulai 71.53%Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl INPT 12,77255.07%Bijoy Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 8,79237.91%3,980
49 Chawamanu 65.97% Shyama Charan Tripura INPT 10,35254.3%Gajendra Tripura CPI(M) 7,27738.17%3,075
50 Pabiachhara 72.47%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 12,69650.25%Swapna Das INC 10,72942.46%1,967
51 Fatikroy 78.96%Bijoy Roy CPI(M) 11,38149.91%Sujit Paul INC 10,14444.48%1,237
52 Chandipur 82.56%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 14,01055.72%Debasish Sen INC 10,27740.88%3,733
53 Kailashahar 80.57% Birajit Sinha INC 14,75152.5%Inuch Mia Khadim CPI(M) 12,75045.38%2,001
54 Kurti 81.37%Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 12,49550.41%Abdul Matin Chowdhury INC 11,48446.33%1,011
55 Kadamtala 77.89%Jyotirmoy Nath INC 9,84742.46%Subodh Nath CPI(M) 9,79542.24%52
56 Dharmanagar 73.%Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 11,81146.29%Sima Pal Chowdhury INC 11,34544.47%466
57 Jubarajnagar 80.33% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 11,96749.61%Biva Rani Nath INC 11,36347.1%604
58 Pencharthal 71.49% Arun Kumar Chakma CPI(M) 12,86348.51%Nirupama Chakma INC 10,79040.69%2,073
59 Panisagar 75.78%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 10,93148.57%Bikash Sharma INC 9,13840.61%1,793
60 Kanchanpur 64.25% Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician) CPI(M) 9,70044.37%Rajendra Reang INPT 9,69944.36%1

Government Formation

The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003. [9]

References

  1. "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  2. "Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com.
  3. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. "Total No.of Electors".
  6. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. "Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI".
  8. "Form 20 | Final Result Sheet | General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2003" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "State of Politics in Tripura | IPCS". www.ipcs.org.