1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Tripura was recognized as a state in India on January 21, 1972. Before that, Tripura was a Union Territory. The first Legislative Assembly Election as a state was held on March 11, 1972.[1] The 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[2]

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

11 March 1972

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sukhamoy Sen Gupta -
Party INC CPI(M)
Leader's seat Agartala Town III -
Last election 27/30 2/30
Seats won 41 16
Seat change - -
Popular vote 224,821 189,667
Percentage 44.83% 37.82%

Tripura District Map

CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

Sukhamoy Sen Gupta
INC

Indian National Congress led by Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, won 41 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on March 11, 1972. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating political parties

# Type Abbreviation Party
1 National Party BJSBharatiya Jan Sangh
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5 State Party FBLAll India Forward Bloc
6 Registered (Unrecognised) Party TUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
7IndependentsINDIndependent

[3]

No. of constituencies

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 36 5 19 60

[4]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 406,712 359,381 766,093
No.of Electors who Voted 284,765 231,288 516,053
Polling Percentage 70.02% 64.36% 67.36%

[5]

Performance of women candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 230 04 328
Elected 60 00 60

[6]

Result

Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes  % of Votes 1967 Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 345 0.07% 0
Communist Party of India 11 1 15,226 3.04% 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 57 16 189,667 37.82% 2
Indian National Congress 59 41 224,821 44.83% 27
All India Forward Bloc 9 0 5,739 1.14% -
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 0 5,883 1.17% -
Independents 85 2 59,792 11.92% 0
Total 234 60 501,473
Source: ECI[7]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[8]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Simna75.04%Bhadramani DebbarmaCPI(M)4,59453.02%S. B. Kishore DebbarmanINC3,65642.2%938
2Mohanpur66.05%Radharaman DebnathCPI(M)4,27751.58%Pram D. Ranjan DasguptaINC3,59243.32%685
3Bamutia71.4%Prafulla Kumar DasINC4,86261.72%Brajendra BiswasCPI(M)3,01538.28%1,847
4Barjala67.67%Basana ChakrabortyINC3,73355.67%Gouri BhattacharjeeCPI(M)2,30734.4%1,426
5Kunjaban65.46%Ashok Kumar BhattacharyaINC7,03352.38%Kanu GhoshCPI(M)5,63341.95%1,400
6Pratapgarh62.8%Madhusudan DasINC3,86249.%Jadab Chandra MajumderCPI(M)3,59345.59%269
7Agartala Town III59.74%Sukhamoy Sen GuptaINC4,41549.44%Supriyo BhowmikCPI(M)2,96333.18%1,452
8Ananda Nagar68.21%Tarit Mohan DasguptaINC4,34145.07%Khagen DasCPI(M)4,15943.18%182
9Agartala Town I64.27%Ajoy BiswasIndependent3,81050.28%Renuka ChakrabortyINC2,74236.19%1,068
10Agartala Town II65.01%Krishnadas BhattacharjeeINC3,00948.01%Ashoke ChakrabortyCPI(M)2,32237.05%687
11Old Agartala70.44%Sailesh Chandra SomeINC5,09856.76%Jagadish Chandra DeyCPI(M)2,21724.69%2,881
12Majlishpur70.59%Jatindra Kumar MajumderINC3,72454.79%Bhanu GoshCPI(M)3,07345.21%651
13Mandaibazar65.98%Kalidas DebbarmaCPI(M)4,71766.28%Bagala Prasad DebbarmaINC1,66423.38%3,053
14Uttar Debendranagar69.%Sabhiram DebbarmaCPI(M)4,20856.51%Rabindra K. DebbarmaINC1,94926.18%2,259
15Ishanchandranagar69.56%Naresh Chandra RoyINC3,34946.62%Mati Lal SarkarCPI(M)3,32846.33%21
16Takarjala65.21%Gunapada JamatiaCPI(M)3,46141.37%Mahendra DebbarmaINC3,04936.45%412
17Kamalasagar75.41%Bichitra Mohan SahaINC3,93652.56%Nagendra DebCPI(M)2,31630.93%1,620
18Bishalgarh73.54%Samir Ranjan BarmanINC2,77732.32%Babul SenguptaCPI(M)2,63830.7%139
19Charilam67.03%Niranjan DebCPI(M)2,80536.78%Monmohan DebbarmaINC2,47432.44%331
20Bishramganj69.65%Sudhanwa DebbarmaCPI(M)2,74535.12%Deuan Chandra TripuraINC2,47931.72%266
21Boxanagar74.34%Munsur AliINC3,78754.69%Phani Bhushan BhaktaCPI(M)2,09730.29%1,690
22Nalchar67.01%Benode Behari DasINC4,07848.77%Hari Madhab BhowmikCPI(M)3,19938.26%879
23Sonamura65.74%Debendra Kishore ChowdhuryINC3,34055.44%Sultan MiahIndependent1,50424.97%1,836
24Dhanpur67.66%Samar ChowdhuryCPI(M)3,53048.64%Dhirendra Kumar SenguptaINC2,75737.99%773
25Salgarh69.29%Tapash DeyINC3,96648.67%Abani Mohan BhowmikCPI(M)2,90735.67%1,059
26Kakraban69.4%Ajit Ranjan GhoshINC3,38743.19%Kashab Chandra MajumderCPI(M)2,84936.33%538
27Radhakishorpur72.7%Usha Ranjan SenINC4,88848.37%Sushil MukerjeeCPI(M)3,50934.73%1,379
28Matarbari67.34%Nishi Kanta SarkarINC3,85145.7%Naresh Chandra GhoshCPI(M)3,21538.16%636
29Rajnagar63.83%Lakshmi NagINC3,26534.63%Badal ChowdhuryCPI(M)2,90830.85%357
30Belonia58.79%Jitendra Lal DasCPI3,99243.57%Suresh Chandra ChowdhuryINC3,62739.59%365
31Hrishyamukh63.1%Chandra Sekhar DuttaINC5,91166.14%Amalendu ChakrabortyCPI(M)2,61329.24%3,298
32Muhuripur58.6%Achaichhi MogINC4,39455.93%Brajmohan JamatiaCPI(M)2,58332.88%1,811
33Manu67.92%Hari Chanran ChoudhruryINC4,76454.25%Thaingya MogCPI(M)3,15735.95%1,607
34Sabroom72.9%Kalipada BanerjiINC6,18066.31%Sunil Kumar ChowdhuryCPI(M)3,14033.69%3,040
35Chellagong59.33%Baju Ban RiyanCPI(M)3,03241.25%Panji Ham ReangINC2,98940.67%43
36Birganj66.57%Sushil Ranjan SahaINC3,64546.61%Syamal KantisahaCPI(M)3,14240.17%503
37Dumburnagar53.6%Pakhi TripuraCPI(M)3,27260.15%Rajprasad ChowdhuryINC1,66430.59%1,608
38Ampinagar59.63%Bullu KukiCPI(M)3,66357.84%Gopinath JamatiaIndependent2,14033.79%1,523
39Teliamura73.05%Anil SarkarCPI(M)5,45851.19%Bir Chandra BarmanINC3,84736.08%1,611
40Mohar Chhera72.83%Ananta Hari JamatiaINC5,35151.36%Joy Mohan DebbarmaCPI(M)3,69135.43%1,660
41Kalyanpur84.55%Bidya Chandra DebbarmaCPI(M)10,27377.36%Krishna Kumar DebbarmaINC3,00622.64%7,267
42Pramodenagar79.25%Manindra DebbarmaCPI(M)7,43961.25%Nanda Kumar DebbarmaINC4,70738.75%2,732
43Khowai76.52%J Prasanna BhattacharjeeINC5,06956.35%KaminisinghCPI(M)3,16235.15%1,907
44Asharambari82.01%Nripen ChakrabortyCPI(M)6,29058.92%Arun KarINC4,13738.75%2,153
45Kamalpur75.44%Sunil Chandra DattaINC4,42249.45%Makhan DattaCPI(M)3,76842.14%654
46Surma77.2%Kshitish Chandra DasINC4,73748.73%Rudreswar DasCPI(M)4,20243.23%535
47Kulaihower67.21%Mongchabai MogINC6,38055.81%Dinesh DebbarmaCPI(M)4,66240.78%1,718
48Chawamanu50.4%Purna Mohan TripuraCPI(M)3,16448.03%Ghanshyam DewanINC2,18933.23%975
49Fatikroy67.29%Radhika Ranjan GuptaINC4,01938.55%Tarani Mohan SinghaCPI(M)2,96628.45%1,053
50Pabiachhara60.46%Gopi Nath TripuraINC3,97350.09%K. Mohan DebbarmaCPI(M)3,27941.34%694
51Chandipur77.71%Manindralal BhowmikINC3,41848.94%Baidyanath MajumdarCPI(M)3,13844.93%280
52Kailashahar70.73%Moulana Abdul RatifINC4,29955.43%Bonode DeyIndependent1,72022.18%2,579
53 Bilaspur 70.01% Subal Chandra Biswas INC 4,228 56.82% Barindra Malaker CPI(M) 2,230 29.97% 1,998
54Jubarajnagar65.03%Monoranjan NathINC3,77751.37%Ram Kumar NathCPI(M)2,18029.65%1,597
55Longai57.45%Hangshadhwaz DewanINC3,69046.41%Indu Madhav ChakmaCPI(M)2,15627.12%1,534
56Kanchanpur48.99%Raimuni Reang ChowdhuryINC3,12646.66%Len Prasad ReangCPI(M)2,13831.92%988
57Deocherra62.76%Abdul WazidINC3,39944.97%Karunamoy Nath ChowdhuryIndependent1,87024.74%1,529
58Dharmanagar66.35%Amarendra SarmaIndependent3,72847.21%Debiprasad PurkayasthaINC3,48944.19%239
59Kadamtala61.99%Benoy Bhushan BanerjeeINC2,68440.74%Abdul RupIndependent1,71726.06%967
60Sonichera61.18%Radha Raman NathINC2,63733.61%Abdul Matin ChowdhuryIndependent1,55119.77%1,086

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) won 41 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sukhamoy Sen Gupta of the INC formed a government as Chief Minister on March 20, 1972.

Prafulla Kumar Das formed a government as Chief Minister on April 1, 1977.

Radhika Ranjan Gupta formed a coalition government with the Janata Party (JP) and the Left Front (LF) on July 26, 1977. Chief Minister Radhika Ranjan Gupta resigned, and the state of Tripura was placed under presidential rule from November 5, 1977 to January 5, 1978.[9]

References

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