Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
General Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury
Headquarters Melarmath, Agartala
Newspaper Daily Desher Katha
Student wing
Youth wing
Women's wing All India Democratic Women's Association
Labour wing Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing
Ideology Communism [1]
Political position Left-wing [2]
Alliance Left Front (Tripura)
Secular Democratic Forces
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in  Tripura Legislative Assembly
10 / 60
Seats in  Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
0 / 30
Election symbol
CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Party flag
CPI-M-flag.svg
Website
cpim.org

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) , or simply, CPI(M) Tripura; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at Melarmath, Agartala. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee is Jitendra Chaudhury.

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Election results

Tripura Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats wonChange
in seats
Outcome
1967
2 / 30
Increase2.svg NewOpposition
1972
16 / 60
Increase2.svg 14Opposition
1977 Nripen Chakraborty
51 / 60
Increase2.svg35Government
1983
37 / 60
Decrease2.svg 14Government
1988
26 / 60
Decrease2.svg11Opposition
1993 Dasarath Deb
44 / 60
Increase2.svg18Government
1998 Manik Sarkar
38 / 60
Decrease2.svg6Government
2003
38 / 60
Steady2.svgGovernment
2008
46 / 60
Increase2.svg8Government
2013
49 / 60
Increase2.svg3Government
2018
16 / 60
Decrease2.svg33Opposition
2023 Jitendra Chaudhury
11 / 60
Decrease2.svg5Opposition

Lok Sabha

YearParty leaderSeats wonChange
in seats
Outcome
1967 Puchalapalli Sundarayya
0 / 2
NewOpposition
1971
2 / 2
Increase2.svg2Opposition
1977
0 / 2
Decrease2.svg2Government
1980 E. M. S. Namboodiripad
2 / 2
Increase2.svg2Opposition
1984
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1989
0 / 2
Decrease2.svg2Outside support to National Front government
1991
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1996 Harkishan Singh Surjeet
2 / 2
Increase2.svg2Opposition, later government
1998
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1999
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
2004
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOutside support to UPA government
2009 Prakash Karat
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
2014
2 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
2019 Sitaram Yechury
0 / 2
Decrease2.svg2Opposition
2024
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition

List of Chief ministers of Tripura from CPI(M)

NamePortraitTerm(s)Tenure(s)
Nripen Chakraborty Nripen Chakraborty.jpg 25 January 19785 February 1988(10 years, 31 days)
Dasarath Deb Dasarath Deb1946.jpg 110 April 199311 March 1998(4 years, 335 days)
Manik Sarkar Manik Sarkar.jpg 411 March 19989 March 2018(19 years, 363 days)

State Secretary List

List of Current Members in Tripura Legislative Assembly

No.ConstituencyNamePartyWin Margin
3 Bamutia (SC)Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,026
4 Barjala (SC)Sudip Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,789
13 Pratapgarh (SC)Ramu Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,086
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,415
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,040
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 403
37 Hrishyamukh Asoke Chandra Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,418
40 Sabroom Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) 396
54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,892
57 Jubarajnagar Sailendra Chandra Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 296

See also

References

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