Salema Assembly constituency

Salema
Former constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Total electors	29,114

Salema was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tripura.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Dinesh Debbarma		Communist Party of India
1983
1988
1993	Prasanta Debbarma
1998
2003
2008

Election results

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Debbarma	14,354	54.17%	4.85
	INC	Jadu Mohan Tripura	10,559	39.85%	New
	BJP	Mahendra Debbarma	605	2.28%	New
	Independent	Radha Charan Debbarma	595	2.25%	New
	AIFB	Bipul Debbarma	222	0.84%	New
	LJP	Bishu Debbarma	164	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			3,795	14.32%	7.11
Turnout			26,499	91.28%	10.48
Registered electors			29,114		6.40
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.85

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Debbarma	13,007	59.02%	6.45
	INPT	Ajit Debbarma	8,285	37.59%	New
	AMB	Jyotsnamoy Dewan	746	3.39%	2.29
Margin of victory			4,722	21.43%	8.85
Turnout			22,038	80.71%	1.83
Registered electors			27,362		13.27
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.45

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Debbarma	9,996	52.57%	9.33
	TUS	Sachindra Debbarma	7,604	39.99%	10.03
	BJP	Haimanti Debbarma	1,205	6.34%	New
	AMB	Ranita Sangma	209	1.10%	3.61
Margin of victory			2,392	12.58%	19.37
Turnout			19,014	80.99%	2.38
Registered electors			24,156
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.33

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Debbarma	12,683	61.90%	12.32
	TUS	Mangal Prasad Debbarma	6,138	29.96%	16.23
	AMB	Ranita Sangma	965	4.71%	New
	Independent	Gupta Narayan Debbarma	626	3.06%	New
Margin of victory			6,545	31.95%	28.55
Turnout			20,488	81.98%	5.20
Registered electors			25,264
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	12.32

Assembly Election 1988

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dinesh Debbarma	9,047	49.59%	2.06
	TUS	Mangal Prasad Debbarma	8,428	46.19%	2.72
	Independent	Parimal Chowdhury	729	4.00%	New
Margin of victory			619	3.39%	4.78
Turnout			18,245	87.34%	2.95
Registered electors			21,142		13.31
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dinesh Debbarma	8,032	51.65%	1.59
	TUS	Bijoy Kumar Jamatia	6,761	43.48%	New
	Independent	Ratna Prava Das	758	4.87%	New
Margin of victory			1,271	8.17%	19.55
Turnout			15,551	84.50%	3.94
Registered electors			18,659		14.49
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election  : Salema ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dinesh Debbarma	6,890	53.24%	New
	INC	Madan Mohan Debbarma	3,302	25.52%	New
	TPCC	Binanda Kishore Debbarma	1,567	12.11%	New
	CPI	Dharmaroy Debbarma	871	6.73%	New
	JP	Mangal Chandra Debbarma	241	1.86%	New
	Independent	Himangshu Daring	70	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			3,588	27.73%
Turnout			12,941	81.29%
Registered electors			16,297
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
2. "Form 20 | Final Result Sheet | General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2003" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1988 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 13 June 2018.

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