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]
Lok Sabha elections
editThe 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 | |||
| 1962 | 3rd Lok Sabha | 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 | Janata Party[5] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | ||||
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | ||||
Vidhan Sabha Elections
edit| 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 | -
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| 1972 | 2nd Legislative Assembly | INC | 41 | 44.83% | CPI(M) | 16 | 37.82% | Sachindra Lal Singh | -
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| 1977 | 3rd Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 51 | 47.00% | TUS | 4 | 7.93% | Nripen Chakraborty | -
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| 1983 | 4th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 37 | 46.78% | INC | 12 | 30.51% | Nripen Chakraborty | -
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| 1988 | 5th Legislative Assembly | INC | 32 | 47.85% | CPI(M) | 26 | 45.82% | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Samir Ranjan Barman |
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| 1993 | 6th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 44 | 44.78% | INC | 10 | 32.73% | Dasarath Deb | -
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| 1998 | 7th Legislative Assembly | CPI(M) | 38 | 45.49% | INC | 13 | 33.96% | Manik Sarkar | -
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| 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% | TMP | 13 | 19.69% | Manik Saha | Animesh Debbarma | ||
References
edit- ^ Bhattacharyya, Harihar (2018). Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21116-7.
- ^ a b Bareh, Hamlet (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-795-5.
- ^ a b "Brief History of the Tripura Legislative Assembly". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Members of Lok Sabha elected from Tripura". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "General Election, 1977". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.