Elections in Tripura have been conducted since 1952.
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 Council was enlarged to 60 members as a result of Tripura attaining statehood. [3]
The Lok Sabha election results for Tripura are as follows: [4]
Year | Lok Sabha Election | Tripura West | Tripura East | ||
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1952 | 1st Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India | Communist Party of India | ||
1957 | 2nd Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Communist Party of India | ||
1962 | 3rd Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India | Communist Party of India | ||
1967 | 4th Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | ||
1971 | 5th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1977 | 6th Lok Sabha | Bharatiya Lok Dal [5] | Indian National Congress | ||
1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | ||
1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | ||
1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Vidhan sabha election | Winner | Runner-up | Chief Minister | Leader of Opposition | |||||
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Year | # | Party | Seats | Vote % | Party | Seats | Vote % | ||
1967 | 1st Legislative Assembly | INC | 27 | 57.95% | CPI(M) | 2 | 21.61% | Sachindra Lal Singh | - |
1972 | 2nd Legislative Assembly | INC | 41 | 44.83% | CPI(M) | 16 | 37.82% | Sachindra Lal Singh | - |
1977 | 3rd Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 51 | 47.00% | TUS | 4 | 7.93% | Nripen Chakraborty | - |
1983 | 4th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 37 | 46.78% | INC | 12 | 30.51% | Nripen Chakraborty | - |
1988 | 5th Legislative Assembly | INC+ | 32 | 47.85% | CPI(M) | 26 | 45.82% | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Samir Ranjan Barman | - |
1993 | 6th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 44 | 44.78% | INC | 10 | 32.73% | Dasarath Deb | - |
1998 | 7th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 38 | 45.49% | INC | 13 | 33.96% | Manik Sarkar | - |
2003 | 8th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 38 | 46.82% | INC | 13 | 32.84% | Manik Sarkar | Samir Ranjan Barman |
2008 | 9th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 46 | 48.01% | INC | 10 | 36.38% | Manik Sarkar | Samir Ranjan Barman |
2013 | 10th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 49 | 48.11% | INC | 6 | 36.53% | Manik Sarkar | Sudip Roy Barman |
2018 | 11th Legislative Assembly | BJP | 36 | 43.59% | CPI(M) | 16 | 42.22% | Biplab Kumar Deb | Manik Sarkar |
2023 | 12th Legislative Assembly | BJP | 32 | 38.97% | CPI(M) | 11 | 24.62% | Manik Saha | Animesh Debverma |
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