2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  2008 14 February 2013 2018  

All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.57%
 First partySecond party
 
Manik Sarkar.jpg
Shri Sudip Roy Burman.jpg
Leader Manik Sarkar Sudip Roy Barman
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF UPA
Leader since19982013
Leader's seat Dhanpur Agartala
Last election48.01%, 46 seats36.38%, 10 seats
Seats won4910
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg
Popular vote1,059,327804,457
Percentage48.11%36.53%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.1 pp Decrease2.svg 0.15 pp

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Tripura District Map

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

CM-elect

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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Tripura

The 2013Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

Contents

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on 14 February 2013. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

[1]

NumPartytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties - Other States
6AIFBAll India Forward Bloc
7JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
9SPSamajwadi Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10AMBAmra Bangalee
11CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
12INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
13IPFTIndigenousn People's Front of Tripura
14SUCISocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Independents
15INDIndependent

No. of Constituencies

[1]

Type of ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies30102060

Electors

[1]

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors1,201,2091,157,2842,358,493
No.of Electors who Voted1,089,8601,075,6222,165,482
Polling Percentage90.73%92.94%91.82%

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants23415249
Elected550560

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Background

The previous elections to the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes. [2] [3] February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.[ citation needed ]

The Left Front, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election. [4]

Campaign

The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term. A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election. [5]

Election Day

Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. [6]

According to the report by Times of India , the chief election officer of the state told that the voter turnout across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout. [7] This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election. [6] Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent. [7] There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty. [5]

Results

Summary of the 14 February 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election results [8]
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Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)1,059,32748.11Increase2.svg0.1049Increase2.svg3
Indian National Congress (INC)804,45736.53Increase2.svg0.1510Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (CPI)34,5001.57Increase2.svg0.091Steady2.svg
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)167,0787.59Increase2.svg1.380Decrease2.svg1
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)31,7171.95Increase2.svg0.260Decrease2.svg2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)33,8081.54Increase2.svg0.050Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)21,1260.96Decrease2.svg2.280Steady2.svg
Others50,0521.75Increase2.svg0.250Steady2.svg
Total2,202,065100.0060±0

Winners by Constituency

AC NoAssembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1Simna (ST) Pranab Debbarma MCPM
2MohanpurRatan Lal NathMINC
3Bamutia (SC)Haricharan SarkarMCPM
4Barjala (SC)Jitendra SarkarMINC
5KhayerpurPabitra KarMCPM
6Agartala Sudip Roy Barman MINC
7RamnagarRatan DasMCPM
8Town BordowaliAsish Kumar SahaMINC
9BanamalipurGopal Chandra RoyMINC
10MajlishpurManik DeyMCPM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Monoranjan DebbarmaMCPM
12Takarjala (ST)Niranjan DebbarmaMCPM
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil SarkarMCPM
14Badharghat (SC)Dilip SarkarMINC
15KamalasagarNarayan Chandra ChowdhuriMCPM
16BishalgarhBhanulal SahaMCPM
17Golaghati (ST)Keshab DebbarmaMCPM
18SuryamaninagarRaj Kumar ChaudhuriMCPM
19Charilam (ST)Ramendra Narayan DebbarmaMCPM
20BoxanagarSahid ChoudhuriMCPM
21Nalchar (SC)Tapan Chandra DasMCPM
22SonamuraShyamal ChakrabortyMCPM
23Dhanpur Manik Sarkar MCPM
24Ramchandraghat (ST)Padma Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
25KhowaiSamir DebsarkarMCPM
26Asharambari (ST)Aghore DebbarmaMCPM
27Kalyanpur-PramodenagarManindra Chandra DasMCPM
28TeliamuraGouri DasFCPM
29Krishnapur (ST)Khagendra JamatiaMCPM
30Bagma (ST)Naresh Chandra JamatiaMCPM
31RadhakishorepurPranajit Singha RoyMINC
32MatarbariMadhab Chandra SahaMCPM
33Kakraban-Salgarh (SC)Ratan BhowmikMCPM
34Rajnagar (SC)Sudhan DasMCPM
35BeloniaBasudev MajumderMCPM
36Santirbazar (ST)Manindra ReangMCPI
37HrishyamukhBadal ChoudhuryMCPM
38Jolaibari (ST)Jashabir TripuraMCPM
39Manu (ST) Jitendra Chaudhury MCPM
40SabroomRita Kar (Majumder)FCPM
41Ampinagar (ST)Daniel JamatiaMCPM
42AmarpurManoranjan AcharjeeMCPM
43Karbook (ST)Priyamani DebbarmaMCPM
44Raima Valley (ST)Lalit Mohan TripuraMCPM
45KamalpurBijoy Lakshmi SinghaFCPM
46Surma (SC)Sudhir DasMCPM
47Ambassa (ST)Lalit Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
48Karmachhara (ST)Diba Chandra HrangkhawlMINC
49Chawamanu (ST)Nirajoy TripuraMCPM
50Pabiachhara (SC)Samiran MalakarMCPM
51Fatikroy (SC)Tunubala MalakarFCPM
52ChandipurTapan ChakrabartiMCPM
53KailashaharBirajit SinhaMINC
54Kadamtala-KurtiFayzur RohamanMCPM
55Bagbassa Bijita Nath FCPM
56DharmanagarBiswabandhu SenMINC
57JubarajnagarRamendra Chandra DebnathMCPM
58PanisagarSubodh DasMCPM
59Pencharthal (ST)Arun Kumar ChakmaMCPM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Rajendra ReangMCPM

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