List of chief ministers of Tripura

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Chief Minister of Tripura
Seal of Tripura.svg
Emblem of Tripura
Manik Saha Official Portrait 2023.jpg
Incumbent
Manik Saha
since 15 May 2022
Government of Tripura
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status Head of government
AbbreviationCM
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
Formation1 July 1963
(61 years ago) (1963-07-01)
DeputyVacant

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]

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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]

Chief ministers of Tripura

Colour key for parties
   Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   Congress for Democracy
   Indian National Congress
   Indian National Congress (I)
   Janata Party
   Bharatiya Janata Party
  N/A (President's rule)
NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm [3] Assembly

(election)

Party [a]
1 Sachindra Lal Singh Agartala Sadar II 1 July 1963 1 November 1971 8 years, 123 days1st

(1963 election) [b]

Indian National Congress
2nd

(1967 election)

– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]
(President's rule) 		N/A 1 November 1971 20 March 1972 140 days–N/A
2 Sukhamoy Sen Gupta Agartala Town III 20 March 1972 1 April 1977 5 years, 12 days3rd

(1972 election) [d]

Indian National Congress
3 Prafulla Kumar Das Bamutia 1 April 1977 26 July 1977 116 days Congress for Democracy
4 Radhika Ranjan Gupta Fatikroy 26 July 1977 4 November 1977 101 days Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]
(President's rule) 		N/A 5 November 1977 5 January 1978 61 days–N/A
5 Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Nripen Chakraborty Pramodnagar 5 January 1978 5 February 1988 10 years, 31 days4th

(1977 election)

 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5th

(1983 election)

6 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Town Bordowali 5 February 1988 19 February 1992 4 years, 14 days6th

(1988 election)

 Indian National Congress (I)
7 Samir Ranjan Barman Bishalgarh 19 February 1992 10 March 1993 1 year, 19 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]
(President's rule) 		N/A 11 March 1993 10 April 1993 30 days–N/A
8 Dasarathdeb160*150.jpg Dasarath Debbarma Ramchandraghat 10 April 1993 11 March 1998 4 years, 335 days7th

(1993 election)

 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9 Manik Sarkar Official Portrait.jpg Manik Sarkar Dhanpur 11 March 1998 7 March 2003 19 years, 363 days8th

(1998 election)

7 March 200310 March 20089th

(2003 election)

10 March 20086 March 201310th

(2008 election)

6 March 20139 March 2018 [5] 11th

(2013 election)

10 Biplab Kumar Deb (cropped).png Biplab Kumar Deb Banamalipur 9 March 2018 15 May 2022 4 years, 67 days 12th
(2018 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Manik Saha Invitation for HWC 2023.jpg Manik Saha Town Bordowali 15 May 2022 Incumbent2 years, 180 days
13th

(2023 election)

Statistics

List by chief minister

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party in Tripura (as of October 2024)

   Communist Party of India (Marxist) (57.83%)
   Indian National Congress (30.43%)
   Bharatiya Janata Party (10.89%)
   Congress for Democracy (0.52%)
   Janata Party (0.46%)
#Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of chief ministership
1 Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 19 years, 363 days19 years, 363 days
2 Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) 10 years, 31 days10 years, 31 days
3 Sachindra Lal Singh INC 8 years, 123 days8 years, 123 days
4 Sukhamoy Sen Gupta INC 5 years, 12 days5 years, 12 days
5 Dasarath Deb CPI(M) 4 years, 335 days4 years, 335 days
6 Biplab Kumar Deb BJP 4 years, 67 days4 years, 67 days
7 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar INC(I) 4 years, 14 days4 years, 14 days
8 Manik Saha * BJP*2 years, 180 days*2 years, 180 days*
9 Samir Ranjan Barman INC(I) 1 year, 19 days1 year, 19 days
10 Prafulla Kumar Das CFD 116 days116 days
11 Radhika Ranjan Gupta JP 101 days101 days

Notes

  1. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. [4]
  4. ↑ On 1 February 1972, State of Tripura came into existence constituted from the erstwhile Union Territory of Tripura.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Karmakar, Rahul (4 March 2018). "Manik Sarkar resigns in Tripura, BJP to take over on March 8". The Hindu.
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