Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or simply, CPI(M) Tripura; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at Melarmath, Agartala. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee is Jitendra Chaudhury.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
General SecretaryJitendra Chaudhury
HeadquartersMelarmath, Agartala
NewspaperDaily Desher Katha
Student wing
Youth wing
Women's wingAll India Democratic Women's Association
Labour wingCentre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing
IdeologyCommunism[1]
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
AllianceLeft Front (Tripura)
Secular Democratic Forces
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly
10 / 60
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
0 / 30
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
cpim.org

Election results

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Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats
Outcome
1967
2 / 30
  New Opposition
1972
16 / 60
  14 Opposition
1977 Nripen Chakraborty
51 / 60
 35 Government
1983
37 / 60
  14 Government
1988
26 / 60
 11 Opposition
1993 Dasarath Deb
44 / 60
 18 Government
1998 Manik Sarkar
38 / 60
 6 Government
2003
38 / 60
  Government
2008
46 / 60
 8 Government
2013
49 / 60
 3 Government
2018
16 / 60
 33 Opposition
2023 Jitendra Chaudhury
11 / 60
 5 Opposition

Lok Sabha

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Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats
Outcome
1967 Puchalapalli Sundarayya
0 / 2
New Opposition
1971
2 / 2
 2 Opposition
1977
0 / 2
 2 Government
1980 E. M. S. Namboodiripad
2 / 2
 2 Opposition
1984
2 / 2
  Opposition
1989
0 / 2
 2 Outside support to National Front government
1991
0 / 2
  Opposition
1996 Harkishan Singh Surjeet
2 / 2
 2 Opposition, later government
1998
2 / 2
  Opposition
1999
2 / 2
  Opposition
2004
2 / 2
  Outside support to UPA government
2009 Prakash Karat
2 / 2
  Opposition
2014
2 / 2
  Opposition
2019 Sitaram Yechury
0 / 2
 2 Opposition
2024
0 / 2
  Opposition

List of Chief ministers of Tripura from CPI(M)

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Name Portrait Term(s) Tenure(s)
Nripen Chakraborty   2 5 January 19785 February 1988 (10 years, 31 days)
Dasarath Deb   1 10 April 199311 March 1998 (4 years, 335 days)
Manik Sarkar   4 11 March 19989 March 2018 (19 years, 363 days)

State Secretary List

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  • Jithendra Chowdhary : 2021-incumbent
  • Goutham Das : 2018-2021
  • Bijen Dhar : 2008-2018
  • Baidhyanath Manjumdhar : 1998-2008
  • Manik Sarkar : 1993-1998
  • Desarath Deb : 1988-1993

List of Current Members in Tripura Legislative Assembly

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No. Constituency Name Party Win Margin
3 Bamutia (SC) Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,026
4 Barjala (SC) Sudip Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,789
13 Pratapgarh (SC) Ramu Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,086
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,415
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,040
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 403
37 Hrishyamukh Asoke Chandra Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,418
40 Sabroom Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) 396
54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,892
57 Jubarajnagar Sailendra Chandra Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 296

See also

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References

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    "Manipur: CPI State Secretary, Blogger Arrested over CAA Protests". The Wire. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
    Choudhury, Shubhadeep (4 May 2020). "West Bengal has the highest mortality rate of COVID-19 patients: IMCT". The Tribune.
    Nandi, Proshanta (2005). "Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal". Sociological Bulletin. 54 (2): 171–194. doi:10.1177/0038022920050202. ISSN 0038-0229. JSTOR 23620496. S2CID 157014751.
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