Chief Minister of Tripura

Chief Minister of Tripura
Emblem of Tripura
Incumbent Manik Saha since 15 May 2022
Government of Tripura
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Tripura Legislative Assembly& Tripura Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Tripura
Appointer	Governor of Tripura
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Inaugural holder	Sachindra Lal Singh
Formation	1 July 1963 (62 years ago) (1963-07-01)
Deputy	Vacant

The chief minister of Tripura , an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. ^[1]

Since 1963, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as chief minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha, who succeeded Biplab Kumar Deb both are from Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[2]

List

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

Union Territory of Tripura (1963–1972)

#	Portrait	Name (born –died) Constituency	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry
				From	To	Time in office
1		Sachindra Lal Singh (1907–2000) MLA for Agartala Sadar II	1963 (1st) [a]	1 July 1963	1 November 1971	8 years, 123 days		Indian National Congress	Singh I
			1967 (2nd)						Singh II
Position vacant (1 November 1971 –20 January 1972) President's rule was imposed during this period [b]

Tripura state (1972–present)

#	Portrait	Name (born –died) Constituency	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry
				From	To	Time in office
Position vacant (21 January–20 March 1972) [c] President's rule was imposed during this period [b]
2		Sukhamoy Sen Gupta (1919–1995) MLA for Agartala Town III	1972 (3rd)	20 March 1972	1 April 1977	5 years, 12 days		Indian National Congress	Sen Gupta
3		Prafulla Kumar Das (1930–?) MLA for Bamutia		1 April 1977	26 July 1977	116 days		Congress for Democracy	Das
4		Radhika Ranjan Gupta (?–1998) MLA for Fatikroy		26 July 1977	4 November 1977	101 days		Janata Party	Gupta
Position vacant (5 November 1977–5 January 1978) President's rule was imposed during this period [b]
5		Nripen Chakraborty (1905–2004) MLA for Pramodnagar	1977 (4th)	5 January 1978	5 February 1988	10 years, 31 days		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Chakraborty I
			1983 (5th)						Chakraborty II
6		Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar (1939–2009) MLA for Town Bordowali	1988 (6th)	5 February 1988	19 February 1992	4 years, 14 days		Indian National Congress	Majumdar
7		Samir Ranjan Barman (born 1942) MLA for Bishalgarh		19 February 1992	10 March 1993	1 year, 19 days			Barman
Position vacant (11 March–10 April 1993) President's rule was imposed during this period [b]
8		Dasarath Deb (1916–1998) MLA for Ramchandraghat	1993 (7th)	10 April 1993	11 March 1998	4 years, 335 days		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Dasarath Deb
9		Manik Sarkar (born 1949) MLA for Dhanpur	1998 (8th)	11 March 1998	9 March 2018	19 years, 363 days			Sarkar I
			2003 (9th)						Sarkar II
			2008 (10th)						Sarkar III
			2013 (11th)						Sarkar IV
10		Biplab Kumar Deb (born 1971) MLA for Banamalipur	2018 (12th)	9 March 2018	15 May 2022	4 years, 67 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Biplab Deb
11		Manik Saha (born 1953) MLA for Town Bordowali		15 May 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 105 days			Saha I
			2023 (13th)						Saha II

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	19 years, 363 days	19 years, 363 days
2	Nripen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	10 years, 31 days	10 years, 31 days
3	Sachindra Lal Singh		INC	8 years, 123 days	8 years, 123 days
4	Sukhamoy Sen Gupta		INC	5 years, 12 days	5 years, 12 days
5	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	4 years, 335 days	4 years, 335 days
6	Biplab Kumar Deb		BJP	4 years, 67 days	4 years, 67 days
7	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar		INC(I)	4 years, 14 days	4 years, 14 days
8	Manik Saha *		BJP*	3 years, 105 days*	3 years, 105 days*
9	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC(I)	1 year, 19 days	1 year, 19 days
10	Prafulla Kumar Das		CFD	116 days	116 days
11	Radhika Ranjan Gupta		JP	101 days	101 days

Notes

1. On 1 July 1963, the Territorial Council of Union Territory of Tripura was dissolved and the first Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Tripura was constituted. Members of the dissolved Territorial Council became members of the first assembly and permitted to continue for the remainder of their original five year term.
2. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. ^[3]
3. Continued since 1 November 1971. Statehood granted on 21 January 1972.

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN   978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Tripura as well.
2. "Manik Saha to become new CM of Tripura". google.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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