2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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Leader Manik Sarkar Samir Ranjan Barman
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Bishalgarh
Seats before3813
Seats won4610
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote903,009684,207
Percentage48.01%36.38%
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Chief Minister before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority. [1] This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term. [2]

CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers. [3]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 23, 2008. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

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
6INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
State Parties - Other States
7AIFBAll India Forward Bloc
8AITCAll India Trinamool Congress
9CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
11LJPLok Jan Shakti Party
12RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
13AMBAmra Bangalee
14PDSParty For Democratic Socialism
Independents
15INDIndependent

[4]

No. of Constituencies

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3372060

[4]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors1,038,782999,2192,038,001
No.of Electors who Voted942,604916,5181,859,122
Polling Percentage90.74%91.72%91.22%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants28231313
Elected570360

[4]

Background

Except for a one term period of Congress government between 1988 and 1993, the CPI(M) was the dominant governing party in the state since 1978.

The previous elections to the 9th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 19 March 2008. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections for the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 constituencies for the 2008 election, 20 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes and seven reserved for Scheduled Castes. Elections in all polling stations were held using electronic voting machines.

The CPI(M), headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 9th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2003. The Left Front had won 41 of the 60 seats. [5]

Campaign

A total of 313 candidates contested this election.

Election Day

Election Day (23 Feb 2008) was peaceful and passed without any incidents of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. Unprecedented security arrangements were in place for this election - 20,000 paramilitary personnel from the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force supported by air surveillance. [6]

Voter turnout across the state was over 90%, a record high for any state in India. This beat the previous record of around 86% set in Sikkim during the Assembly Elections in 2002. [7] [8]

Results

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes % in Seats contestedSeats Forfeited2003 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 49028,1021.49%1.79%490
Communist Party of India 2127,8911.48%48.65%01
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5646903,00948.01%51.21%038
Indian National Congress 4810684,20736.38%44.38%113
Nationalist Congress Party 501,8820.10%0.92%50
All India Forward Bloc 1202,9610.16%0.74%120
All India Trinamool Congress 2206,6200.35%0.92%220
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 1405,2610.28%1.11%140
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 111116,7616.21%38.23%26
Janata Dal (United) 201,0810.06%1.74%20
Lok Janshakti Party 802,7380.15%1.07%80
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2231,7171.69%52.58%02
Amra Bangalee 1905,5320.29%0.96%190
Party of Democratic Socialism 102,0620.11%6.13%10
Independents 62061,0103.24%4.94%580
Total313601,880,834193
Source: ECI [5]

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [9]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Simna 92.82% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 14,43954.86%Rabindra Debbarma INPT 11,10842.2%3,331
2 Mohanpur 92.85% Ratan Lal Nath INC 14,34950.74%Subhas Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 12,99345.95%1,356
3 Bamutia 93.91%Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 17,32452.07% Prakash Chandra Das INC 14,94444.91%2,380
4 Barjala 93.47% Sankar Prasad Datta CPI(M) 24,85348.93%Dipak Kumar Roy INC 24,25547.76%598
5 Khayerpur 92.35% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 18,83349.67% Ratan Chakraborty INC 17,83247.03%1,001
6 Agartala 88.15% Sudip Roy Barman INC 21,01950.82%Bikash Roy CPI(M) 19,19446.41%1,825
7 Ramnagar 89.19%Surajit Datta INC 16,56952.22%Ratan Das CPI(M) 14,19844.74%2,371
8 Town Bordowali 89.3% Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar INC 14,19054.43%Dr. Sudhir Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 10,96542.06%3,225
9 Banamalipur 87.44% Gopal Chandra Roy INC 12,35454.68%Prasanta Kapali CPI 9,54642.25%2,808
10 Majlishpur 94.06% Manik Dey CPI(M) 17,74550.88%Dipak Nag INC 16,49747.3%1,248
11 Mandaibazar 90.67% Manoranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 16,60549.44%Jagadish Debbarma INPT 15,63846.56%967
12 Takarjala 90.79% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 12,47050.9% Rajeshwar Debbarma INPT 11,00844.93%1,462
13 Pratapgarh 92.75% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 32,10553.79%Bimal Chandra Barman INC 25,05541.97%7,050
14 Badharghat 92.96% Dilip Sarkar INC 29,72448.43%Subrata Chakraborty CPI(M) 29,34947.82%375
15 Kamalasagar 94.13%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 17,04252.52% Matilal Sarkar INC 14,20943.79%2,833
16 Bishalgarh 94.52% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 15,45750.5% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 14,54347.51%914
17 Golaghati 93.29% Kesab Debbarma CPI(M) 13,99054.04% Ashok Debbarma INC 11,00342.51%2,987
18 Charilam 92.28%Narayan Rupini CPI(M) 14,21649.44%Narendra Chandra Debbarma INPT 13,72947.75%487
19 Boxanagar 94.46%Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 13,79149.55% Billal Miah INC 13,09947.06%692
20 Nalchar 95.09% Sukumar Barman CPI(M) 14,74852.4%Sukla Das INC 12,21643.4%2,532
21 Sonamura 95.22%Subal Bhowmik INC 14,83750.24%Subal Rudra CPI(M) 14,00847.43%829
22 Dhanpur 94.83% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 17,99252.91%Shah Alam INC 15,07444.32%2,918
23 Ramchandraghat 91.85% Padma Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 11,61159.22%Animesh Debbarma Independent 5,10826.05%6,503
24 Khowai 95.86% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 15,38554.33% Arun Kumar Kar INC 12,06242.59%3,323
25 Asharambari 92.5%Sachindra Debbarma CPI(M) 13,76556.78%Amiya Kumar Debbarma INPT 9,23438.09%4,531
26 Pramodenagar 93.23% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 14,97254.% Animesh Debbarma Independent 10,15336.62%4,819
27 Kalyanpur 93.75%Manindra Chandra Das CPI(M) 12,65350.13%Kajal Chandra Das INC 11,79146.72%862
28 Krishnapur 90.36% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 13,32551.57%Sabda Kumar Jamatia INC 11,50844.54%1,817
29 Teliamura 92.68%Gouri Das CPI(M) 14,81650.1%Ashok Kumar Baidya INC 13,64746.15%1,169
30 Bagma 93.21%Naresh Chandra Jamatia CPI(M) 14,97952.05%Rati Mohan Jamaitia INC 13,06445.39%1,915
31 Salgarh 94.62%Partha Das RSP 17,23555.6%Mira Das INC 12,28439.63%4,951
32 Radhakishorpur 94.67%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy RSP 14,48249.39% Pranjit Singha Roy INC 14,01547.8%467
33 Matarbari 95.31%Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 15,60150.18%Bibhu Kumari Devi INC 14,38146.26%1,220
34 Kakraban 93.81%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 16,65958.87%Rajib Samaddar INC 10,63837.6%6,021
35 Rajnagar 94.17%Sudhan Das CPI(M) 22,11156.58%Bikash Chandra Das INC 14,84337.98%7,268
36 Belonia 95.25%Basudev Majumder CPI(M) 15,97150.47%Amal Mallik INC 14,65246.3%1,319
37 Santirbazar 93.86% Manindra Reang CPI 18,34552.81%Gouri Sankar Reang INC 15,56244.8%2,783
38 Hrishyamukh 95.24% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 19,61060.16%Dilip Chowdhury INC 11,84936.35%7,761
39 Jolaibari 93.49% Jashabir Tripura CPI(M) 13,86459.44%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury INC 8,35635.82%5,508
40 Manu 94.45% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 21,10056.07%Thaikhai Mog INC 14,94039.7%6,160
41 Sabroom 93.86%Rita Kar (Majumder) CPI(M) 19,18157.05%Premtosh Nath Independent 10,87432.34%8,307
42 Ampinagar 91.28% Daniel Jamatia CPI(M) 14,28453.26% Nagendra Jamatia INPT 11,34042.28%2,944
43 Birganj 95.62%Manoranjan Acharjee CPI(M) 18,26252.05%Jawhar Saha INC 15,60744.48%2,655
44 Raima Valley 92.39% Lalit Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 19,12052.58%Rabindra Debbarma INPT 15,25641.95%3,864
45 Kamalpur 93.19%Manoj Kanti Deb INC 11,83948.2%Bijoy Lakshmi Singha CPI(M) 11,70447.65%135
46 Surma 91.5%Sudhir Das CPI(M) 14,35951.88%Sukha Ranjan Das INC 11,71142.31%2,648
47 Salema 91.28%Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) 14,35454.17%Jadu Mohan Tripura INC 10,55939.85%3,795
48 Kulai 90.72%Bijoy Kumar Harngkhawl INPT 14,94446.87%Sabitri Debbarma CPI(M) 14,82946.51%115
49 Chawamanu 87.99% Nirajoy Tripura CPI(M) 12,32948.17% Shyama Charan Tripura INPT 11,22843.86%1,101
50 Pabiachhara 92.17%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 17,35451.1%Phanindra Das INC 14,88843.84%2,466
51 Fatikroy 92.51%Bijoy Roy CPI(M) 14,45751.04%Sunil Chandra Das INC 12,14442.88%2,313
52 Chandipur 92.38%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 17,56556.44%Rudrendu Bhattacharjee INC 11,53137.05%6,034
53 Kailashahar 91.83% Birajit Sinha INC 17,01949.86%Jayanta Chakraborty CPI(M) 16,08847.13%931
54 Kurti 89.58%Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 14,33749.79%Abdul Matin Chowdhury Independent 11,10938.58%3,228
55 Kadamtala 88.07%Bijita Nath CPI(M) 12,65645.16%Jyotirmoy Nath INC 12,52844.7%128
56 Dharmanagar 90.05% Biswa Bandhu Sen INC 15,98751.65%Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 13,57743.86%2,410
57 Jubarajnagar 92.95% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 14,71051.22%Biva Rani Nath INC 13,09445.59%1,616
58 Pencharthal 89.79% Arun Kumar Chakma CPI(M) 17,21050.54%Sushil Kumar Chakma INC 14,46042.47%2,750
59 Panisagar 89.26%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 13,94249.8%Radhika Ranjan Das INC 12,23443.7%1,708
60 Kanchanpur 88.57% Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician) CPI(M) 13,95248.06%Sanjit Kumar Reang INC 13,44946.33%503

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