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2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly elections were held on 16 February 2023 to elect all 60 members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 March 2023.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won a simple majority, defeating its rivals Secular Democratic Forces and the Tipra Motha Party. [2] Tipra Motha Party won 13 seats at its debut and became the largest opposition party in Tripura. [3]
The tenure of 12th Tripura Assembly is scheduled to end on 22 March 2023. [4] The previous assembly elections were held in February 2018. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Biplab Kumar Deb becoming the Chief Minister. [5]
Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from Chief Minister post on 14 May 2022 [6] and he was succeeded by Manik Saha as the new chief minister. [7]
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections were held in April 2021, in which a new Tripuri outfit, the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, formed by a scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, won an astounding victory, drubbing both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), with the TIPRA and its ally the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra winning a total of 18 out of the 28 elected council seats. The BJP was restricted to 9 seats and the CPI(M) was completely washed out, unable to win any seats, losing their supermajority of 100% seats in the council. [8]
In 2022, 8 National Democratic Alliance (5 Bharatiya Janata Party and 3 Indigenous People's Front of Tripura) MLAs resigned and left the BJP, out of which 4 joined TIPRA, 3 joined the Indian National Congress, and 1 joined the Trinamool Congress (albeit later resigned from the party). [9] [10] There have been defections in the TTAADC where BJP MDC leader Hangsha Kumar Tripura joined TIPRA. [11] [12]
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 18 January 2023. [13]
Poll Event | Schedule |
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Notification Date | 21 January 2023 |
Last Date for filing nomination | 30 January 2023 |
Scrutiny of nomination | 31 January 2023 |
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 2 February 2023 |
Date of Poll | 16 February 2023 |
Date of Counting of Votes | 2 March 2023 |
Date of Oath taking | 8 March 2023 |
1st Cabinet Meeting | 9 March 2023 |
Reports emerged in late January in which the Tipra Motha Party was in talks for a possible alliance with the BJP and IPFT. During this time the Tipra Motha Party and the IPFT held talks for a possible merger. However last minute reports later stated that BJP talks with TMP fell off while BJP announced to continue alliance with IPFT, BJP announced that the party was still against IPFT's demand for Tipraland and that the party would be allotted 6 seats as per the alliance agreement. [14] [15] [16]
Party [17] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested [18] [19] | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Manik Saha | 55 | |||
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | Prem Kumar Reang | 6 | |||
Total | 61 [lower-alpha 1] |
In early January reports emerged that the Congress and CPI(M) had begun talks of a possible alliance between the parties to unitedly defeat the incumbent government (NDA). Congress and CPI(M) had initially held talks with the Tipra Motha Party however both parties later backed out of the talks as each party did not want to change its ideological stance for the alliance with each other. [20] [21] The TMP later announced it would be contesting alone in the upcoming election while on 14 January 2023, the CPI(M) and the Congress announced to enter into seat sharing agreement for the upcoming assembly elections. [22] General Secretary of the CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury said the main purpose of organising this united front between opposition parties was to defeat the BJP. [23] [24] [25] On 25 January 2023, Left Front convenor Narayan Kar announced seat sharing formula : CPI(M) - 43 seats, Congress - 13 seats, CPI - 1 seat, RSP - 1 seat, AIFB - 1 seat and independent - 1 seat. After the Congress announced candidates for 17 seats, Left Front filled candidates in all 60 seats (CPIM - 56, CPI - 1, RSP - 1, AIFB - 1, Independent -1). Later after CPI(M) stated it would withdraw 13 candidates and allot the seats to the INC, however INC stated they were looking for 17 seats. Post discussions INC agreed to 13 seats however they were given preference in choosing the seats in which they want to contest. [26] [27]
Purushuttam Roy Barman, independent candidate of SDF from Ramnagar was also supported by the Tipra Motha Party against the BJP. [28]
Party [29] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Bloc(s) | Seats contested [18] [19] | |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jitendra Chaudhury [30] | LF | 43 | |||
Indian National Congress | Birajit Sinha | UPA | 13 | |||
Communist Party of India | Judhisthir Das [31] | LF | 1 | |||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | Dipak Deb [32] | LF | 1 | |||
All India Forward Bloc | Paresh Chandra Sarkar [32] | LF | 1 | |||
Independent | Purushuttam Roy Barman | LF | 1 | |||
Total | 60 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested | |
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Tipra Motha Party | Pradyot Deb Barma | 42 [18] [19] |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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All India Trinamool Congress | Pijush Kanti Biswas [33] | 28 [18] [19] | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | Partha Karmakar [34] | 1 [19] |
District | Constituency | NDA | SDF | TMP | |||||||
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No. | Name | Party | Candidate [35] [36] [37] [38] | Party | Candidate [39] [40] [41] [38] | Party | Candidate [42] [43] [38] | ||||
West Tripura | 1 | Simna (ST) | BJP | Binod Debbarma | CPI(M) | Kumodh Debbarma | TMP | Brishaketu Debbarma | |||
2 | Mohanpur | BJP | Ratan Lal Nath | INC | Prasanta Sen Chowdhury | TMP | Tapas Dey | ||||
3 | Bamutia (SC) | BJP | Krishnadhan Das | CPI(M) | Nayan Sarkar | TMP | Nitai Sarkar | ||||
4 | Barjala (SC) | BJP | Dilip Kumar Das | CPI(M) | Sudip Sarkar | ||||||
5 | Khayerpur | BJP | Ratan Chakraborty | CPI(M) | Pabitra Kar | ||||||
6 | Agartala | BJP | Papiya Datta | INC | Sudip Roy Barman | ||||||
7 | Ramnagar | BJP | Surajit Datta | IND | Purushuttam Roy Barman | TMP supports IND | |||||
8 | Town Bordowali | BJP | Manik Saha | INC | Ashish Kumar Saha | ||||||
9 | Banamalipur | BJP | Rajib Bhattacharjee | INC | Gopal Roy | ||||||
10 | Majlishpur | BJP | Sushanta Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Sanjoy Das | TMP | Samir Basu | ||||
11 | Mandaibazar (ST) | BJP | Tarit Debbarma | CPI(M) | Radhacharan Debbarma | TMP | Swapna Debbarma | ||||
Sipahijala | 12 | Takarjala (ST) | IPFT | Bidhan Debbarma | CPI(M) | Shyamal Debbarma | TMP | Biswajit Kalai | |||
West Tripura | 13 | Pratapgarh (SC) | BJP | Rebati Mohan Das | CPI(M) | Ramu Das | |||||
14 | Badharghat (SC) | BJP | Mina Rani Sarkar | AIFB | Partha Ranjan Sarkar | ||||||
Sipahijala | 15 | Kamalasagar | BJP | Antara Sarkar Deb | CPI(M) | Hiranmoy Narayan Debnath | TMP | Ashish Das | |||
16 | Bishalgarh | BJP | Sushanta Deb | CPI(M) | Partha Pratim Majumder | TMP | Md Shah Alam Miah | ||||
17 | Golaghati (ST) | BJP | Himani Debbarma | CPI(M) | Brinda Debbarma | TMP | Manav Debbarma | ||||
West Tripura | 18 | Suryamaninagar | BJP | Ram Prasad Paul | INC | Susanta Chakraborty | |||||
Sipahijala | 19 | Charilam (ST) | BJP | Jishnu Deb Barman | INC | Ashok Debbarma | TMP | Subodh (Khatung) Debbarma | |||
20 | Boxanagar | BJP | Taffajal Hossain | CPI(M) | Samsul Haque | TMP | Abu Khayer Miah | ||||
21 | Nalchar (SC) | BJP | Kishor Barman | CPI(M) | Tapan Das | ||||||
22 | Sonamura | BJP | Debabrata Bhattacharjee | CPI(M) | Shyamal Chakraborty | ||||||
23 | Dhanpur | BJP | Pratima Bhoumik | CPI(M) | Koushik Chanda | TMP | Amiya Noatia | ||||
Khowai | 24 | Ramchandraghat (ST) | IPFT | Prasanta Debbarma | CPI(M) | Ranjit Debbarma | TMP | Ranjit Debbarma | |||
25 | Khowai | BJP | Subrata Majumdar | CPI(M) | Nirmal Biswas | ||||||
26 | Asharambari (ST) | IPFT | Jayanti Debbarma | CPI(M) | Dilip Debbarma | TMP | Animesh Debbarma | ||||
27 | Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar | BJP | Pinaki Das Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Manindra Das | TMP | Manihar Debbarma | ||||
28 | Teliamura | BJP | Kalyani Roy | INC | Ashok Kumar Baidya | TMP | Abhijit Sarkar | ||||
29 | Krishnapur (ST) | BJP | Bikash Debbarma | CPI(M) | Swasthi Debbarma | TMP | Mahendra Debbarma | ||||
Gomati | 30 | Bagma (ST) | BJP | Ram Pada Jamatia | CPI(M) | Naresh Jamatia | TMP | Purna Chandra Jamatia | |||
31 | Radhakishorpur | BJP | Pranjit Singha Roy | RSP | Srikanta Datta | ||||||
32 | Matarbari | BJP | Abhishek Debroy | INC | Pranajit Roy | TMP | Bir Noatia | ||||
33 | Kakraban-Salgarh (SC) | BJP | Jitendra Majumdar | CPI(M) | Ratan Kumar Bhowmik | TMP | Kshir Mohan Das | ||||
South Tripura | 34 | Rajnagar (SC) | BJP | Swapna Majumdar | CPI(M) | Sudhan Das | TMP | Abhijit Malakar | |||
35 | Belonia | BJP | Gautam Sarkar | CPI(M) | Dipankar Sen | ||||||
36 | Santirbazar (ST) | BJP | Pramod Reang | CPI | Satyajit Reang | TMP | Harendra Reang | ||||
37 | Hrishyamukh | BJP | Dipayan Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Asoke Chandra Mitra | TMP | Arup Deb | ||||
38 | Jolaibari (ST) | IPFT | Sukla Charan Noatia | CPI(M) | Debendra Tripura | TMP | Gaurab (Shihanu) Mog | ||||
39 | Manu (ST) | BJP | Mailafru Mog | CPI(M) | Pravat Chowdhury | TMP | Dhananjoy Tripura | ||||
40 | Sabroom | BJP | Sankar Roy | CPI(M) | Jitendra Chaudhury | ||||||
Gomati | 41 | Ampinagar (ST) | BJP | Patal Kanya Jamatiya [lower-alpha 1] | CPI(M) | Parikshit Kalai | TMP | Pathan Lal Jamatia | |||
IPFT | Sindhu Chandra Jamatia [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
42 | Amarpur | BJP | Ranjit Das | CPI(M) | Parimal Debnath | TMP | Ashi Ram Reang | ||||
43 | Karbook (ST) | BJP | Ashim Tripura | CPI(M) | Priyamani Debbarma | TMP | Sanjay Manik Tripura | ||||
Dhalai | 44 | Raima Valley (ST) | BJP | Bikas Chakma | CPI(M) | Pabin Tripura | TMP | Nandita Debbarma Reang | |||
45 | Kamalpur | BJP | Manoj Kanti Deb | INC | Rubi Ghosh | TMP | Meri Debbarma | ||||
46 | Surma (SC) | BJP | Swapna Das Paul | CPI(M) | Anjan Das | TMP | Shyamal Sarkar | ||||
47 | Ambassa (ST) | BJP | Suchitra Debbarma | CPI(M) | Amalendu Debbarma | TMP | Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | ||||
48 | Karamcherra (ST) | BJP | Brajalal Debnath | INC | Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl | TMP | Paul Dangshu | ||||
49 | Chawamanu (ST) | BJP | Sambhu Lal Chakma | CPI(M) | Jiban Mohan Tripura | TMP | Hongsa Kumar Tripura | ||||
Unakoti | 50 | Pabiachhara (SC) | BJP | Bhagaban Chandra Das | INC | Satyaban Das | TMP | Gobinda Das | |||
51 | Fatikroy (SC) | BJP | Sudhangshu Das | CPI(M) | Subrata Das | TMP | Bilas Malakar | ||||
52 | Chandipur | BJP | Tinku Roy | CPI(M) | Krishnendu Chowdhury | TMP | Ranjan Sinha | ||||
53 | Kailashahar | BJP | Moboshar Ali | INC | Birajit Sinha | ||||||
North Tripura | |||||||||||
54 | Kadamtala-Kurti | BJP | Dilip Tanti | CPI(M) | Islam Uddin | ||||||
55 | Bagbassa | BJP | Jadab Lal Nath | CPI(M) | Bijita Nath | TMP | Kalpana Sinha | ||||
56 | Dharmanagar | BJP | Biswa Bandhu Sen | INC | Chayan Bhattacharya | ||||||
57 | Jubarajnagar | BJP | Malina Debnath | CPI(M) | Shailendra Chandra Debnath | ||||||
58 | Panisagar | BJP | Binay Bhushan Das | CPI(M) | Shital Das | TMP | Joy Chung Halam | ||||
59 | Pencharthal (ST) | BJP | Santana Chakma | CPI(M) | Sadhan Kumar Chakma | TMP | Hollywood Chakma | ||||
60 | Kanchanpur (ST) | IPFT | Prem Kumar Reang | CPI(M) | Rajendra Reang | TMP | Phillip Kumar Reang | ||||
In 2017, a Tripura High Court order was confirmed by a Supreme Court bench that declared the recruitment of teachers in batches between 2010 and 2013 to be "unconstitutional" because of a policy that gave preference to poor and senior candidates. The confirmation had happened a few months before the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election and the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised that the teachers would be retained if they came to power and their jobs would be saved even if they had to resort to amending the constitution. The teachers, numbering 10,323 extended their support to the BJP in the election and were moved to a contractual status for about two years but were then terminated and replaced with new hires. The teachers faced economic hardships after the sacking and many of them have become indebted and have resorted to menial jobs. Of those sacked, 150 have died with 8 of them confirmed to be suicides, including Rumi Debbarma, a master's degree gold medalist, who was forcefully evicted from an indefinite roadside protest and couldn't take the humiliation of termination. [44] [45]
The teachers had held hundreds of protests, demonstration and rallies, and met with several chief ministers and their cabinets. The protests were met with harsh police actions and cases lodged against several of the teachers. The BJP government in Tripura has shifted its position and refused to reinstate the teachers, one minister Ratan Lal Nath had called them unqualified. [44] [45]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) have extended their support to the teachers and promised to reinstate them in its manifesto. To give assurances to their promise, The Left Front has fielded two of the teachers Sudip Sarkar (CPIM) and Satyajit Reang (CPI) as its own candidates from the constituencies of Barjala and Santirbazar respectively. Former chief minister Manik Sarkar has stated that the order was "most unfortunate" as it overturned a policy that they had introduced to help the weaker sections of society and even alleged that the bench was linked to the Sangh Parivar. [44] [45] The Tipra Motha Party and lawyer Kapil Sibal, an independent MP have also extended their support to the teachers. [46]
The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) has demanded a separate state for the Kokborok-speaking Tripuri population called Tipraland to be created out of the Bengali Hindu majority state from the areas included under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. However the ruling party BJP refuses to bifurcate the state. [47] TIPRA party also has won elections in 2021 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election. The TTADC areas have 20 of the 60 Assembly seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly.
Ruling BJP has offered talk with the TIPRA party for their demand. Former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb stated that demands by TIPRA are not possible without BJP. [48] But Chief Minister, Manik Saha said that Tipraland is not possible. [49]
Home Ministry on 25 January 2023 called upon TIPRA leadership to discuss the issue of Greater Tipraland. The talk however did not result in any announcement as the delegates did not reach to any agreement. [50] [51]
Bru refugees who are living in shelters are demanding food and monetary help. They are demanding faster rehabilitation. [52]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Agartala, Tripura on 18 December 2022 and addressed a public meeting. He was welcomed by his supporters at the city. He praised the work done by the BJP government and said that Tripura is becoming logistics hub of northeast India. [53] [54]
Manifesto [55]
CPI(M) launched door-to-door campaign against the ‘propaganda’ of BJP's ‘Good Governance’ on 25 December 2022 and urged people not to establish the BJP government. [56] On 8 January 2023, CPIM leaders appealed people to oust the incumbent government mentioning BJP's 2018 poll promises as 'jumla' (false promise) in a public meeting organised by Centre of Indian Trade Unions. [57]
Manifesto
CPI(M) released its manifesto on 3 February 2023. [58] [59] [60] [61]
The Indian National Congress organised a mega rally in Agartala on 29 December 2022 in which BJP MLA Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl along with 1 BJP & AITC leader joined the Congress. AICC in-charge for Tripura Ajoy Kumar said at the rally, "BJP has so many fathers but we have only one father of the nation - Mahatma Gandhi,". Kumar alleged that the BJP is giving money to young people to join their "Bike Bahini" to unleash panic and assault opposition party leaders and workers. [10]
Manifesto [63]
TIPRA chief Pradyot Deb Barma in a rally in Agartala on 12 November 2022 said that 2023 is a fight to achieve a permanent constitutional solution in the form of Greater Tipraland. He slammed the BJP for its communal politics. He asserted that regional parties can bring about change and that his party wanted to give a constitutional solution, education, healthcare and jobs to all sections of people. [64] Manikya also emphasized that since when the party had come to power in the TTAADC last year, it has focused on bring real development in the neglected regions. [65]
Manifesto
On 4 February 2023, the Tipra Motha Party released its manifesto. [66]
Indian National Congress
On 18 January 2023, the Congress claimed 15 of its workers and functionaries were attacked in Jirania allegedly by BJP workers who pelted stones. The attacked included AICC state-incharge Ajoy Kumar and many others. [67] [68]
Tipra Motha Party
On 19 January 2023, TIPRA Motha worker Pranajit Namasudra died after being attacked by unidentified miscreants in Dhalai. It has been reported that Namasudra and friends were travelling in a car through Bamancherra area when miscreants stopped them then dragged him out and assaulted him. [69] [70] Five persons were arrested by police in relation to the incident. [71]
Election Commission of India had banned opinion polls and exit polls from 14 February till 7:00 pm of 27 February 2023. [72] [73] Controversy erupted in Tripura on 27 February during the polling an exit poll was circulated in social media which favoured BJP, Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman asked ECI to probe and Tipra Motha Party leader Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma called the exit poll BJP-paid. [74]
Polling agency | ||||
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NDA | SDF | TMP | Others | |
Zee News-Matrize [75] [76] | 29–36 | 13–21 | 11–16 | 0–3 |
India Today-Axis My India [76] | 36–45 | 6–11 | 9–16 | 1 |
Times Now-ETG [77] | 21–27 | 18–24 | 12–17 | 1–2 |
India News-Jan Ki Baat | 29–40 | 9–16 | 10–14 | 0–1 |
Poll of Polls (Average) [78] | 32 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
Actual Result | 33 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
Alliance | Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | |||||||||
NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 985,797 | 38.97 | 4.62 | 55 | 32 | 4 | |||||||
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | 31,838 | 1.26 | 6.12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
Total | 1,017,635 | 40.23 | 10.78 | 60 [lower-alpha 1] | 33 | 11 | ||||||||
SDF | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 622,829 | 24.62 | 17.6 | 43 | 11 | 5 | |||||||
Indian National Congress | 216,637 | 8.56 | 6.77 | 13 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
All India Forward Bloc | 26,138 | 1.03 | 0.47 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 17,007 | 0.67 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Independent | 16,558 | 0.65 | N/A | 1 | 0 | N/A | ||||||||
Communist Party of India | 12,063 | 0.48 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 911,232 | 36.01 | 10.08 | 60 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||
None | Tipra Motha Party | 498,182 | 19.69 | 19.7 | 42 | 13 | New | |||||||
Trinamool Congress | 22,316 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
Independents | 40279 | 1.6 | TBD | 0 | ||||||||||
Others | 0.23 | TBD | 0 | |||||||||||
NOTA | 34,449 | 1.36 | 0.33 | |||||||||||
Total | 100% | |||||||||||||
Valid votes | 2,495,210 | |||||||||||||
Invalid votes | ||||||||||||||
Votes cast/ turnout | 2,537,769 | 89.83% | ||||||||||||
Abstentions | ||||||||||||||
Registered voters | 2,824,928 |
District | Seats | NDA | SDF | TMP |
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West Tripura | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Sipahijala | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Khowai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Gomati | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
South Tripura | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Dhalai | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Unakoti | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
North Tripura | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 60 | 33 | 14 | 13 |
Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
West Tripura | ||||||||||||
1 | Simna (ST) | Brishaketu Debbarma | TMP | 22,757 | 64.89 | Kumodh Debbarma | CPI(M) | 5,811 | 16.57 | 16,946 | ||
2 | Mohanpur | Ratan Lal Nath | BJP | 19,663 | 45.34 | Tapas Dey | TMP | 12,278 | 28.31 | 7,385 | ||
3 | Bamutia (SC) | Nayan Sarkar | CPI(M) | 20,119 | 46.39 | Krishnadhan Das | BJP | 18,093 | 41.72 | 2,026 | ||
4 | Barjala (SC) | Sudip Sarkar | CPI(M) | 21,486 | 50.93 | Dr. Dilip Kumar Das | BJP | 19,697 | 46.69 | 1,789 | ||
5 | Khayerpur | Ratan Chakraborty | BJP | 22,453 | 47.48 | Pabitra Kar | CPI(M) | 18,343 | 38.79 | 4,110 | ||
6 | Agartala | Sudip Roy Barman | INC | 26,435 | 57.35 | Papiya Dutta | BJP | 18,273 | 39.64 | 8,162 | ||
7 | Ramnagar | Surajit Datta | BJP | 17,455 | 46.20 | Purushuttam Roy Barman | IND | 16,558 | 43.83 | 897 | ||
8 | Town Bordowali | Manik Saha | BJP | 19,586 | 49.77 | Ashish Kumar Saha | INC | 18,329 | 46.60 | 1,257 | ||
9 | Banamalipur | Gopal Chandra Roy | INC | 17,128 | 49.58 | Rajib Bhattacharjee | BJP | 15,759 | 45.61 | 1,369 | ||
10 | Majlishpur | Sushanta Chowdhury | BJP | 21,349 | 46.80 | Sanjoy Das | CPI(M) | 16,177 | 35.46 | 5,172 | ||
11 | Mandaibazar (ST) | Swapna Debbarma | TMP | 28,726 | 66.35 | Radhacharan Debbarma | CPI(M) | 7,077 | 16.35 | 21,649 | ||
Sipahijala district | ||||||||||||
12 | Takarjala (ST) | Biswajit Kalai | TMP | 34,717 | 86.81 | Bidhan Debbarma | IPFT | 2,262 | 5.66 | 32,455 | ||
West Tripura | ||||||||||||
13 | Pratapgarh (SC) | Ramu Das | CPI(M) | 26,422 | 49.61 | Rebati Mohan Das | BJP | 24,336 | 45.70 | 2,086 | ||
14 | Badharghat (SC) | Mina Rani Sarkar | BJP | 27,427 | 48.94 | Partha Ranjan Sarkar | AIFB | 26,138 | 46.64 | 1,289 | ||
Sipahijala district | ||||||||||||
15 | Kamalasagar | Antara Sarkar Deb | BJP | 19,052 | 47.39 | Hiranmay Narayan Debnath | CPI(M) | 17,308 | 43.06 | 1,744 | ||
16 | Bishalgarh | Sushanta Deb | BJP | 22,314 | 48.52 | Partha Pratim Majumder | CPI(M) | 20,988 | 45.64 | 1,326 | ||
17 | Golaghati (ST) | Manab Debbarma | TMP | 19,800 | 50.79 | Himani Debbarma | BJP | 10,602 | 27.20 | 9,198 | ||
West Tripura district | ||||||||||||
18 | Suryamaninagar | Ram Prasad Paul | BJP | 24,991 | 49.92 | Susanta Chakraborty | INC | 23,083 | 46.11 | 1,908 | ||
Sipahijala | ||||||||||||
19 | Charilam (ST) | Subodh Deb Barma | TMP | 13,657 | 37.34 | Jishnu Dev Varma | BJP | 12,799 | 34.99 | 858 | ||
20 | Boxanagar | Samsul Haque | CPI(M) | 19,404 | 50.34 | Tafajjal Hossain | BJP | 14,555 | 37.76 | 4,849 | ||
21 | Nalchar (SC) | Kishor Barman | BJP | 20,836 | 49.95 | Tapan Chandra Das | CPI(M) | 18,452 | 44.24 | 2,384 | ||
22 | Sonamura | Shyamal Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 20,039 | 50.47 | Debabrata Bhattacharjee | BJP | 17,624 | 44.39 | 2,415 | ||
23 | Dhanpur | Pratima Bhoumik | BJP | 19,148 | 42.25 | Kaushik Chanda | CPI(M) | 15,648 | 34.53 | 3,500 | ||
Khowai | ||||||||||||
24 | Ramchandraghat (ST) | Ranjit Debbarma | TMP | 23,143 | 60.87 | Ranjit Debbarma | CPI(M) | 6,941 | 18.26 | 16,202 | ||
25 | Khowai | Nirmal Biswas | CPI(M) | 19,696 | 49.73 | Subrata Majumdar | BJP | 18,656 | 47.10 | 1,040 | ||
26 | Asharambari (ST) | Animesh Debbarma | TMP | 23,838 | 66.56 | Jayanti Deb Barma | IPFT | 5,510 | 15.38 | 18,328 | ||
27 | Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar | Pinaki Das Chowdhury | BJP | 17,903 | 43.59 | Manihar Debbarma | TMP | 11,290 | 27.49 | 6,613 | ||
28 | Teliamura | Kalyani Saha Roy | BJP | 16,755 | 42.10 | Ashok Kumar Baidya | INC | 12,603 | 31.67 | 4,152 | ||
29 | Krishnapur (ST) | Bikash Debbarma | BJP | 13,800 | 39.97 | Mahendra Debbarma | TMP | 11,162 | 32.33 | 2,638 | ||
Gomati district | ||||||||||||
30 | Bagma (ST) | Ram Pada Jamatia | BJP | 19,482 | 38.74 | Purna Chandra Jamatia | TMP | 17,399 | 34.60 | 2,083 | ||
31 | Radhakishorpur | Pranajit Singha Roy | BJP | 24,421 | 56.07 | Srikanta Datta | RSP | 17,007 | 39.05 | 7,414 | ||
32 | Matarbari | Abhishek Debroy | BJP | 25,494 | 51.06 | Pranajit Roy | INC | 16,453 | 32.95 | 9,041 | ||
33 | Kakraban-Salgarh (SC) | Jitendra Majumder | BJP | 23,625 | 48.17 | Ratan Kr. Bhowmik | CPI(M) | 18,574 | 37.87 | 5,051 | ||
South Tripura | ||||||||||||
34 | Rajnagar (SC) | Swapna Majumder | BJP | 20,849 | 48.07 | Sudhan Das | CPI(M) | 19,514 | 45.00 | 1,335 | ||
35 | Belonia | Dipankar Sen | CPI(M) | 20,016 | 48.27 | Goutam Sarkar | BJP | 19,613 | 47.30 | 403 | ||
36 | Santirbazar (ST) | Pramod Reang | BJP | 18,709 | 40.04 | Harendra Reang | TMP | 14,615 | 31.28 | 4,094 | ||
37 | Hrishyamukh | Asoke Chandra Mitra | CPI(M) | 19,986 | 46.37 | Dipayan Choudhury | BJP | 18,568 | 43.08 | 1,418 | ||
38 | Jolaibari (ST) | Sukla Charan Noatia | IPFT | 17,621 | 38.54 | Debendra Tripura | CPI(M) | 17,246 | 37.72 | 375 | ||
39 | Manu (ST) | Mailafru Mog | BJP | 15,469 | 34.50 | Pravat Chowdhury | CPI(M) | 14,922 | 33.28 | 547 | ||
40 | Sabroom | Jitendra Chaudhury | CPI(M) | 21,801 | 49.02 | Sankar Roy | BJP | 21,405 | 48.13 | 396 | ||
Gomati | ||||||||||||
41 | Ampinagar (ST) | Pathan Lal Jamatia | TMP | 21,525 | 57.03 | Patal Kanya Jamatia | BJP | 9,339 | 24.74 | 12,186 | ||
42 | Amarpur | Ranjit Das | BJP | 17,989 | 44.21 | Parimal Debnath | CPI(M) | 13,395 | 32.92 | 4,594 | ||
43 | Karbook (ST) | Sanjoy Manik Tripura | TMP | 16,647 | 44.88 | Ashim Kumar Tripura | BJP | 12,200 | 32.89 | 4,447 | ||
Dhalai | ||||||||||||
44 | Raima Valley (ST) | Nandita Debbarma Reang | TMP | 19,269 | 40.66 | Bikash Chakma | BJP | 15,827 | 33.40 | 3,442 | ||
45 | Kamalpur | Manoj Kanti Deb | BJP | 18,287 | 45.16 | Rubi Ghosh | INC | 13,027 | 32.17 | 5,260 | ||
46 | Surma (SC) | Swapna Das Paul | BJP | 17,313 | 40.30 | Anjan Das | CPI(M) | 12,475 | 29.04 | 4,838 | ||
47 | Ambassa (ST) | Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | TMP | 15,317 | 33.27 | Suchitra Debbarma | BJP | 14,824 | 32.19 | 493 | ||
48 | Karamcherra (ST) | Paul Dangshu | TMP | 20,496 | 52.73 | Braja Lal Tripura | BJP | 9,901 | 25.47 | 10,595 | ||
49 | Chawamanu (ST) | Sambhu Lal Chakma | BJP | 16,644 | 41.85 | Hangsa Kumar Tripura | TMP | 13,745 | 34.56 | 2,899 | ||
Unakoti | ||||||||||||
50 | Pabiachhara (SC) | Bhagaban Das | BJP | 19,542 | 44.46 | Satyaban Das | INC | 19,134 | 43.53 | 408 | ||
51 | Fatikroy (SC) | Sudhangshu Das | BJP | 19,570 | 49.96 | Subrata Das | CPI(M) | 14,458 | 36.91 | 5,112 | ||
52 | Chandipur | Tinku Roy | BJP | 17,395 | 42.68 | Krishnendu Choudhury | CPI(M) | 16,818 | 41.26 | 577 | ||
53 | Kailashahar | Birajit Sinha | INC | 25,300 | 59.62 | Moboshor Ali | BJP | 15,614 | 36.80 | 9,686 | ||
North Tripura | ||||||||||||
54 | Kadamtala-Kurti | Islam Uddin | CPI(M) | 20,012 | 49.65 | Dilip Tanti | BJP | 18,120 | 44.95 | 1,892 | ||
55 | Bagbassa | Jadab Lal Debnath | BJP | 18,905 | 47.41 | Bijita Nath | CPI(M) | 17,444 | 43.74 | 1,461 | ||
56 | Dharmanagar | Biswa Bandhu Sen | BJP | 18,684 | 49.35 | Chayan Bhattacharya | INC | 17,586 | 46.45 | 1,098 | ||
57 | Jubarajnagar | Sailendra Chandra Nath | CPI(M) | 19,386 | 49.29 | Malina Debnath | BJP | 19,090 | 48.54 | 296 | ||
58 | Panisagar | Binay Bhushan Das | BJP | 15,745 | 41.61 | Sital Das | CPI(M) | 13,247 | 35.01 | 2,498 | ||
59 | Pencharthal (ST) | Santana Chakma | BJP | 17,781 | 45.50 | Sadhan Kumar Chakma | CPI(M) | 9,808 | 25.10 | 7,973 | ||
60 | Kanchanpur (ST) | Philip Kumar Reang | TMP | 15,413 | 36.44 | Rajendra Reang | CPI(M) | 10,522 | 24.88 | 4,891 |
Incumbent Chief Minister Manik Saha gave resignation to Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya and staked claim new government with support of 33 MLAs (32 BJP and 1 IPFT). [82] [83]
After the poll results, violent attacks were unleashed on the workers of Left Front and Congress, allegedly by BJP. The CPI(M) demanded a judicial inquiry into the violence and also wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking intervention in the matter. [84] [85] Partido Comunista Português expressed its solidarity with CPI(M), CPI and other democratic and progressive forces in Tripura. [86] A delegation composed of Member of Parliaments from CPI(M), CPI and Congress visited Tripura on 10 March 2023 and met with the affected families and administration officials to assess the situation on the ground. [85]
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