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% (Increase2.svg 2.35 pp)
 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

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg
Seatwise map of the election results

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Structure of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

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

Contesting parties

249 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 UPA 48
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lotos flower symbol.svg NDA 50
Independents (IND)23
Amra Bangali Candle.svg 16
Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) Indian Election symbol Dao.svg 17
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) Saw.svg 12
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Flag Logo of CPIML.png 10
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 6
Samajwadi Party
Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
4
Nationalist Congress Party Clock symbol of NCP.png 2
Janata Dal (United) Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg 1
Total249

Highlights

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

Participating Political Parties

[1]

NumPartytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBharatiya Janata 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
13IPFTIndigenous 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

[1]

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

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [9]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Simna 93.65% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 17,06354.36%Rabindra Debbarma INPT 13,24442.19%3,819
2 Mohanpur 94.8% Ratan Lal Nath INC 19,14349.12%Subhas Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 18,36847.13%775
3 Bamutia 95.61%Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 19,74452.35% Prakash Chandra Das INC 16,99445.06%2,750
4 Barjala 94.64%Jitendra Sarkar INC 17,72849.25%Jitendra Das CPI(M) 17,46748.52%261
5 Khayerpur 95.37% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 20,97250.72%Baptu Chakraborty INC 19,67547.59%1,297
6 Agartala 92.14% Sudip Roy Barman INC 22,16052.29%Sankar Prasad Datta CPI(M) 19,39845.77%2,762
7 Ramnagar 89.85%Ratan Das CPI(M) 18,06049.19%Surajit Datta INC 17,99549.02%65
8 Town Bordowali 86.86% Ashish Kumar Saha INC 22,47457.45%Shyamal Roy AIFB 15,41439.41%7,060
9 Banamalipur 86.78% Gopal Chandra Roy INC 19,46457.28%Yudhisthir Das CPI 13,70240.32%5,762
10 Majlishpur 96.36% Manik Dey CPI(M) 21,30452.43%Bibekananda Chowdhury INC 18,37545.22%2,929
11 Mandaibazar 93.06% Manoranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 19,27550.35%Jagadish Debbarma INPT 17,45045.58%1,825
12 Takarjala 91.91% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 17,31549.87% Rajeshwar Debbarma INPT 16,10846.4%1,207
13 Pratapgarh 22.82% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 23,97751.38%Ranjit Kumar Das INC 21,84546.81%2,132
14 Badharghat 93.7% Dilip Sarkar INC 24,30949.29%Samar Das RSP 23,66647.98%643
15 Kamalasagar 94.76%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 19,80856.13%Dipak Kumar Roy INC 14,39340.79%5,415
16 Bishalgarh 95.73% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 20,98751.02% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 19,26346.83%1,724
17 Golaghati 94.08% Kesab Debbarma CPI(M) 19,18155.55%Manab Debbarma INPT 14,64842.42%4,533
18 Suryamaninagar 95.62%Rajkumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 21,61350.47%Avijit Deb INC 19,97946.66%1,634
19 Charilam 93.8% Ramendra Narayan Debbarma CPI(M) 16,47950.94%Himani Debbarma INC 15,13846.79%1,341
20 Boxanagar 96.3%Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 17,10053.21% Billal Miah INC 14,57945.36%2,521
21 Nalchar 96.46%Tapan Chandra Das CPI(M) 21,96959.96%Uttam Das INC 13,86237.83%8,107
22 Sonamura 95.13% Shyamal Chakraborty CPI(M) 18,04352.21%Subal Bhowmik INC 16,51747.79%1,526
23 Dhanpur 96.07% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 21,28657.1%Shah Alam INC 15,26940.96%6,017
24 Ramchandraghat 93.07% Padma Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 19,50459.15%Animesh Debbarma Independent 11,61335.22%7,891
25 Khowai 96.17% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 22,69260.82%Dipak Majumder INC 13,85937.15%8,833
26 Asharambari 92.92% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 17,82659.55%Amiya Kumar Debbarma INPT 10,60935.44%7,217
27 Kalyanpur–Pramodenagar 93.87%Manindra Chandra Das CPI(M) 19,75553.78%Kajal Chandra Das INC 15,97543.49%3,780
28 Teliamura 93.51%Gouri Das CPI(M) 18,35750.2%Gourisankar Roy INC 17,04446.61%1,313
29 Krishnapur 93.75% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 17,12558.32%Sabda Kumar Jamatia INC 11,08337.74%6,042
30 Bagma 95.04%Naresh Chandra Jamatia CPI(M) 23,60053.49%Jyotish Jamatia INPT 19,52544.25%4,075
31 Radhakishorpur 94.7% Pranjit Singha Roy INC 20,14050.23%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy RSP 19,30348.15%837
32 Matarbari 95.78%Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 22,17850.09%Biplab Kumar Ghosh INC 20,86847.13%1,310
33 Kakraban–Salgarh 94.98% Ratan Kumar Bhowmik CPI(M) 24,94757.07%Rajib Samaddar INC 17,75740.62%7,190
34 Rajnagar 95.1%Sudhan Das CPI(M) 23,94263.61%Manik Chandra Das INC 12,54533.33%11,397
35 Belonia 95.73%Basudev Majumder CPI(M) 20,58555.6%Amal Mallik INC 15,76142.57%4,824
36 Santirbazar 94.88% Manindra Reang CPI 20,79852.87%Gouri Sankar Reang INC 17,04243.32%3,756
37 Hrishyamukh 96.22% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 25,00965.42%Susankar Bhowmik INC 12,58032.91%12,429
38 Jolaibari 95.31% Jashabir Tripura CPI(M) 24,29561.9%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury INC 14,95238.1%9,343
39 Manu 96.01% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 21,32058.07%Chandi Charan Tripura INC 14,42439.29%6,896
40 Sabroom 95.68%Rita Kar (Majumder) CPI(M) 21,40455.87%Premtosh Nath INC 16,19742.28%5,207
41 Ampinagar 93.06% Daniel Jamatia CPI(M) 15,71452.69% Nagendra Jamatia INPT 12,93043.36%2,784
42 Amarpur 95.7%Manoranjan Acharjee CPI(M) 19,07554.72%Niranjan Barman INC 15,05343.18%4,022
43 Karbook 94.17% Priyamani Debbarma CPI(M) 15,52653.4%Dharjaroy Tripura INPT 12,09141.59%3,435
44 Raima Valley 92.51% Lalit Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 18,52751.99%Nakshatra Jamatia INPT 15,65143.92%2,876
45 Kamalpur 92.72%Bijoy Lakshmi Singha CPI(M) 19,20451.15%Manoj Kanti Deb INC 17,69047.12%1,514
46 Surma 92.66%Sudhir Das CPI(M) 18,64850.51%Sukha Ranjan Das INC 16,78645.47%1,862
47 Ambassa 92.82% Lalit Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 18,75549.11%Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl INPT 17,70146.35%1,054
48 Karamcherra 91.1% Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl INC 15,41149.77%Gajendra Tripura CPI(M) 14,03945.34%1,372
49 Chawamanu 89.96% Nirajoy Tripura CPI(M) 15,87050.8%Zaidami Tripura INC 14,37546.01%1,495
50 Pabiachhara 92.74%Samiran Malakar CPI(M) 18,50449.81%Satyaban Das INC 17,25446.44%1,250
51 Fatikroy 92.52%Tunubala Malakar CPI(M) 17,89951.18%Jugal Malakar INC 16,03445.84%1,865
52 Chandipur 91.92%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 21,00958.43%Nirmalendu Deb INC 13,38037.21%7,629
53 Kailashahar 91.27% Birajit Sinha INC 18,85749.55%Moboshar Ali CPI(M) 18,37248.28%485
54 Kadamtala–Kurti 91.22%Fayzur Rahaman CPI(M) 14,51442.64%Abdul Matin Chowdhury INC 12,58536.98%1,929
55 Bagbassa 90.53%Bijita Nath CPI(M) 17,99151.26%Jyotirmoy Nath INC 15,05942.91%2,932
56 Dharmanagar 91.45% Biswa Bandhu Sen INC 17,99150.99%Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 16,14745.77%1,844
57 Jubarajnagar 94.% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 18,60253.19%Ranadhir Nath INC 15,72444.96%2,878
58 Panisagar 92.13%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 15,19651.45%Radhika Ranjan Das INC 13,28544.98%1,911
59 Pencharthal 91.41% Arun Kumar Chakma CPI(M) 16,60150.46%Purnita Chakma INC 15,58447.36%1,017
60 Kanchanpur 90.59% Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician) CPI(M) 17,18650.13% Drao Kumar Reang INPT 16,10546.98%1,081

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