Elections in Tripura

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Elections in Tripura have been conducted since 1952.

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For the first Indian general election of 1951-52, voters in Tripura directly elected two members of the Lok Sabha and elected 30 members of an Electoral College which subsequently convened to elect a single member for the Rajya Sabha. [1]

For elections in 1957 and 1962, voters in Tripura elected 30 members to a Territorial Council (with an extra two members appointed). [2] In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly. [3] The first elections to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967. [2] In March 1972, the Legislative Assembly was enlarged to 60 members as a result of Tripura attaining statehood. [3]

Lok Sabha elections

The Lok Sabha election results for Tripura are as follows: [4]

YearLok Sabha Tripura West Tripura East
1952 1st Communist Party of India Communist Party of India
1957 2nd Indian National Congress
1962 3rd Communist Party of India
1967 4th Indian National Congress Indian National Congress
1971 5th Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 6th Janata Party [5] Indian National Congress
1980 7th Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984 8th
1989 9th Indian National Congress Indian National Congress
1991 10th
1996 11th Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998 12th
1999 13th
2004 14th
2009 15th
2014 16th
2019 17th Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 18th

Legislative Assembly Elections

Legislative assembly electionWinnerRunner-upChief MinisterLeader of Opposition
Year#PartySeatsVote %PartySeatsVote %
1967 2nd INC 2757.95% CPI(M) 221.61% Sachindra Lal Singh Bidya Debbarma
1972 3rd INC 4144.83% CPI(M) 1637.82%
1977 4th CPI(M) 5147.00% TUS 47.93% Nripen Chakraborty Drao Kumar Reang
1983 5th CPI(M) 3746.78% INC 1230.51% Nripen Chakraborty
1988 6th INC 3247.85% CPI(M) 2645.82%
1993 7th CPI(M) 4444.78% INC 1032.73% Dasarath Deb Samir Ranjan Barman
1998 8th CPI(M) 3845.49% INC 1333.96% Manik Sarkar
2003 9th CPI(M) 3846.82% INC 1332.84% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath
2008 10th CPI(M) 4648.01% INC 1036.38% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath
2013 11th CPI(M) 4948.11% INC 636.53% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath
2018 12th BJP 3643.59% CPI(M) 1642.22% Biplab Kumar Deb Manik Sarkar
2023 13th BJP 3238.97% TMP 1319.69% Manik Saha

References

  1. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Harihar (2018). Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-21116-7.
  2. 1 2 Bareh, Hamlet (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura. Mittal Publications. ISBN   978-81-7099-795-5.
  3. 1 2 "Brief History of the Tripura Legislative Assembly". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Members of Lok Sabha elected from Tripura". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "General Election, 1977". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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