1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 1 May 1983, to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura, India.[1]

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1 May 1983

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nripen Chakraborty - -
Party CPI(M) INC TUS
Leader's seat Pramodenagar - -
Last election 51 0 4
Seats won 37 12 6
Seat change 14 12 2
Popular vote 433,608 282,859 97,039
Percentage 46.78% 30.51% 10.47%

Tripura district map

Chief Minister before election

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Nripen Chakraborty, won 37 seats and formed the Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 15, 1993. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)
5INCIndian National Congress
6JNPJanata Party
State Parties
7FBLAll India Forward BlocK
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
9TUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10INDIndependent

[2]

No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

[3]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 579,123 555,134 1,134,257
No.of Electors who Voted 495,281 446,504 941,785
Polling Percentage 85.52% 80.43% 83.03%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 195 11 206
Elected 56 04 60

[5]

Result

Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes  % of Votes 1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 578 0.06% -
Communist Party of India 1 0 7,657 0.83% 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 37 433,608 46.78% 51
Indian Congress Secular 3 0 540 0.06% -
Indian National Congress 45 12 282,859 30.51% 0
Janata Party 5 0 515 0.06% 0
All India Forward Block 1 0 6,549 0.71% 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 15,218 1.64% 2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 6 97,039 10.47% 4
Independents 75 3 82,443 8.89% 2
Total 206 60 927,006
Source: ECI[6]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[7]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Simna83.41%Abhiram DebbarmaCPI(M)9,20665.23%Kripa Rani DebbarmaTUS4,82834.21%4,378
2Mohanpur80.89%Dhirendra Chandra DebnathINC6,56845.07%Radharaman DebnathCPI(M)5,95340.85%615
3Bamutia85.47%Haricharan SarkarCPI(M)7,41750.79%Prafulla Kumar DasINC7,02348.09%394
4Barjala83.66%Gouri BhattacharjeeCPI(M)8,16049.3%Basana ChakrabortyIndependent4,90429.63%3,256
5Khayerpur83.34%Sudhir Ranjan MajumderINC8,53952.98%Akhil DebnathCPI(M)7,32145.43%1,218
6Agartala80.44%Manik SarkarCPI(M)10,62352.18%Promode Ranjandas GuptaINC9,48546.59%1,138
7Ramnagar80.24%Biren DuttaCPI(M)8,02650.8%Amar Ranjan GuptaINC7,64048.35%386
8Town Bordowali79.31%Ashok Kumar BhattacharyaINC7,68952.95%Brajagopal RoyAIFB6,54945.1%1,140
9Banamalipur82.11%Sukhamoy Sen GuptaINC6,88352.43%Bibekananda BhowmikCPI(M)5,91345.04%970
10Majlishpur83.16%Khagen DasCPI(M)6,39744.21%Ranjit SahaINC4,90133.87%1,496
11Mandaibazar81.%Rashiram DebbarmaCPI(M)9,86156.04%Amiya Kumar DebbarmaTUS7,59443.16%2,267
12Takarjala79.35%Sudhanwa DebbarmaCPI(M)9,02959.83%Suriya Kumar DebbarmaTUS5,93039.29%3,099
13Pratapgarh85.63%Anil SarkarCPI(M)12,73658.4%Monomohan DasINC8,75840.16%3,978
14Badharghat82.65%Jadab MajumderCPI(M)11,24456.37%Niranjan PaulINC8,55142.87%2,693
15Kamalasagar84.88%Matilal SarkarCPI(M)7,60150.85%Monoranjan LaskarINC7,17047.97%431
16Bishalgarh84.65%Bhanu Lal SahaCPI(M)7,34051.54%Samir Ranjan BarmanINC6,90048.46%440
17Golaghati81.76%Budha DebbarmaTUS8,01150.18%Niranjan DebbarmaCPI(M)7,19845.09%813
18Charilam83.44%Parimal Chandra SahaINC8,52852.7%Braja Gopal BhowmikCPI(M)7,30245.12%1,226
19Boxanagar88.79%Araber RahamanCPI(M)7,02251.21%Munsur AliINC6,64848.49%374
20Nalchar89.03%Narayan DasINC7,42049.94%Sumanta Kumar DasCPI(M)7,21048.53%210
21Sonamura87.97%Rashik Lal RoyINC7,26451.55%Subal RudraCPI(M)6,62347.%641
22Dhanpur89.26%Samar ChowdhuryCPI(M)8,79554.02%Brajendra Kumar GhoshINC7,48745.98%1,308
23Ramchandraghat87.55%Dasarath DebCPI(M)11,45186.89%Bathsailyamani JamatiaTUS1,72813.11%9,723
24Khowai88.15%Samir Deb SarkarCPI(M)5,77745.18%Sukhamoy KarINC3,58728.05%2,190
25Asharambari85.91%Bidya Chandra DebbarmaCPI(M)11,36079.67%Kishalaya Kanti DebbarmaINC1,59111.16%9,769
26Pramodenagar87.6%Nripen ChakrabortyCPI(M)10,84560.87%Siromani RoyIndependent5,21229.25%5,633
27Kalyanpur84.93%Makhan Lal ChakrabortyCPI(M)7,06449.%Debabrata DattaIndependent4,56631.67%2,498
28Krishnapur71.86%Kali Kumar DebbarmaCPI(M)7,26754.29%Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore DebbarmaINC5,05937.8%2,208
29Teliamura83.15%Gita ChowdhuryINC6,83542.48%Jitendra SarkarCPI(M)5,98437.19%851
30Bagma81.6%Rati Mohan JamaitiaTUS10,15762.93%Gunapada JamatiaCPI(M)5,50634.11%4,651
31Salgarh87.11%Gopal Chandra DasRSP8,14853.21%Kamini Kumar DasINC7,03245.92%1,116
32Radhakishorpur84.17%Jogesh ChakrabortyRSP7,07051.44%Bhanu Gopal BaisnabINC6,59047.95%480
33Matarbari86.26%Maharani Bibhu Kumari DeviINC9,19557.41%Madhab SahaCPI(M)6,62541.36%2,570
34Kakraban87.28%Keshab Chandra MajumderCPI(M)8,25652.%Nanik Chandra DasINC7,52147.37%735
35Rajnagar87.29%Nakul DasCPI(M)10,14454.83%Bhuban Mohan DasINC7,95142.98%2,193
36Belonia87.18%Manoranjan MajumderIndependent8,08150.75%Jitendra Lal DasCPI7,65748.08%424
37Santirbazar83.85%Shyama Charan TripuraTUS10,47855.63%Narayan Chandra KarCPI(M)7,75941.19%2,719
38Hrishyamukh90.43%Badal ChowdhuryCPI(M)9,20453.87%Amal MallikINC7,70345.08%1,501
39Jolaibari83.61%Kashi Ram ReangINC6,71851.9%Brajamohan JamatiaCPI(M)6,22748.1%491
40Manu83.5%Angju MogINC10,30455.2%Jitendra Kumar ChowdhuryCPI(M)8,36244.8%1,942
41Sabroom87.5%Sunil Kumar ChowdhuryCPI(M)9,11852.55%Adhir Chandra BhaumikINC7,98146.%1,137
42Ampinagar75.29%Nagendra JamatiaTUS9,44958.99%Madhu Sudan KalaiCPI(M)4,94130.84%4,508
43Birganj79.77%Jawhar SahaIndependent8,74748.54%Syjmal Kanti SahaCPI(M)6,35235.25%2,395
44Raima Valley71.66%Rabindra DebbarmaTUS7,77251.82%Anand Mohan ReajaCPI(M)7,22548.18%547
45Kamalpur89.17%Bimal SinghaCPI(M)7,67459.48%Kanak Ranjan GhoshINC5,16140.%2,513
46Surma86.82%Rudreswar DasCPI(M)7,76351.45%Harendra Chandra DasINC6,21541.19%1,548
47Salema84.5%Dinesh DebbarmaCPI(M)8,03251.65%Bijoy Kumar JamatiaTUS6,76143.48%1,271
48Kulai78.96%Diba Chandra HarangkhalTUS8,41950.78%Kamini DebbarmaCPI(M)7,48045.12%939
49Chawamanu75.94%Purna Mohan TripuraCPI(M)6,66250.24%Jadumohan TripuraTUS6,59849.76%64
50Pabiachhara81.19%Bidhu Bhusan MalakarCPI(M)7,54450.6%Subal Chandra BiswasINC6,41343.02%1,131
51Fatikroy86.31%Tarani Mohan SinghaCPI(M)7,58051.65%Radhika Ranjan GuptaINC5,89840.19%1,682
52Chandipur88.38%Baidyanath MajumdarCPI(M)9,06654.64%Birajit SinhaINC7,39844.59%1,668
53Kailashahar83.9%Syed Basit AliINC8,11650.82%Tapan ChakrabortyCPI(M)7,48746.88%629
54Kurti79.5%Faizur RahamanCPI(M)7,73857.78%Abdul Razak BisharadINC4,79435.79%2,944
55Kadamtala76.63%Samir Kumar NathCPI(M)5,06140.81%Jyotirmoy NathINC4,72738.11%334
56Dharmanagar79.09%Amarendra SarmaCPI(M)7,30951.59%Binay Bhushan RayINC5,57039.31%1,739
57Jubarajnagar84.5%Ram Kumar NathCPI(M)6,07445.23%Prasanna Kumar NathIndependent4,22531.46%1,849
58Pencharthal77.93%Ratna Prava DasIndependent5,34334.84%Mohan Lal ChakmaCPI(M)5,00032.6%343
59Panisagar79.32%Subodh Chandra DasCPI(M)6,64253.45%Bibekananda ChakrabortyIndependent3,04724.52%3,595
60Kanchanpur72.88%Len Prasad MalsaiCPI(M)6,05243.21%Drao Kumar ReangTUS4,32130.85%1,731

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 37 out of 60 seats in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister.[8]

References

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