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]
| Chief Minister of Tripura | |
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| Government of Tripura | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Head of government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| 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 |
| Formation | 1 July 1963 |
| Deputy | Vacant |
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
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| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[3] | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sachindra Lal Singh | Agartala Sadar II | 1 July 1963 | 1 November 1971 | 8 years, 123 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2nd | |||||||||
| – | 
|
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 days | 3rd | 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 | |||
| – |
|
Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 5 November 1977 | 5 January 1978 | 61 days | – | N/A | |
| 5 | 
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Nripen Chakraborty | Pramodnagar | 5 January 1978 | 5 February 1988 | 10 years, 31 days | 4th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 5th | |||||||||
| 6 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | Town Bordowali | 5 February 1988 | 19 February 1992 | 4 years, 14 days | 6th | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 7 | Samir Ranjan Barman | Bishalgarh | 19 February 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 1 year, 19 days | ||||
| – |
|
Vacant[c] (President's rule) |
N/A | 11 March 1993 | 10 April 1993 | 30 days | – | N/A | |
| 8 | 
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Dasarath Debbarma | Ramchandraghat | 10 April 1993 | 11 March 1998 | 4 years, 335 days | 7th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 9 | 
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Manik Sarkar | Dhanpur | 11 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | 19 years, 363 days | 8th | ||
| 7 March 2003 | 10 March 2008 | 9th | |||||||
| 10 March 2008 | 6 March 2013 | 10th | |||||||
| 6 March 2013 | 9 March 2018[5] | 11th | |||||||
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Biplab Kumar Deb | Banamalipur | 9 March 2018 | 15 May 2022 | 4 years, 67 days | 12th (2018 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 11 | 
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Manik Saha | Town Bordowali | 15 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 197 days | |||
| 13th | |||||||||
Statistics
editList by chief minister
editFraction 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 Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | Manik Sarkar | CPI(M) | 19 years, 363 days | 19 years, 363 days | |
| 2 | Nripen Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 10 years, 31 days | 10 years, 31 days | |
| 3 | Sachindra Lal Singh | INC | 8 years, 123 days | 8 years, 123 days | |
| 4 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta | INC | 5 years, 12 days | 5 years, 12 days | |
| 5 | Dasarath Deb | CPI(M) | 4 years, 335 days | 4 years, 335 days | |
| 6 | Biplab Kumar Deb | BJP | 4 years, 67 days | 4 years, 67 days | |
| 7 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | INC(I) | 4 years, 14 days | 4 years, 14 days | |
| 8 | Manik Saha* | BJP* | 2 years, 197 days* | 2 years, 197 days* | |
| 9 | Samir Ranjan Barman | INC(I) | 1 year, 19 days | 1 year, 19 days | |
| 10 | Prafulla Kumar Das | CFD | 116 days | 116 days | |
| 11 | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | JP | 101 days | 101 days | |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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]
- ^ On 1 February 1972, State of Tripura came into existence constituted from the erstwhile Union Territory of Tripura.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Manik Saha to become new CM of Tripura". google.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul (4 March 2018). "Manik Sarkar resigns in Tripura, BJP to take over on March 8". The Hindu.
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