2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.[1]

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

26 Feb 2003

All 60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar Birajit Sinha
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Kailasahar
Last election 38 13
Seats won 38 13
Seat change - -
Popular vote 711,119 498,749
Percentage 46.82% 32.84%

Tripura District Map

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected CM

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura[2]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003. 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)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties
6AITCAll India Trinamool Congress
7INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
State Parties - Other States
9CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
10FBLAll India Forward Bloc
11JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
12AMBAmra Bangalee
13LJNSPLok Jan Shakti Party
Independents
14INDIndependent

[3]

No. of Constituencies

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

[4]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 1,000,309 931,411 1,931,720
No.of Electors who Voted 809,492 710,925 1,520,417
Polling Percentage 80.92% 76.33% 78.71%

[5]

Performance of Women Candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 235 19 254
Elected 58 02 60

[6]

Results

Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes  % of Votes 1998 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 21 0 20,032 1.32% 0
Communist Party of India 2 1 23,443 1.54% 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 38 711,119 46.82% 38
Indian National Congress 42 13 498,749 32.84% 13
Nationalist Congress Party 12 0 4,553 0.30% 0
All India Trinamool Congress 18 0 6,493 0.43% 0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 18 6 189,186 12.46% 4
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 28,688 1.89% 2
Independents 52 0 12,788 0.84% 2
Total 254 60 1,518,789
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 %
1Simna73.91%Pranab DebbarmaCPI(M)10,68651.32%Rabindra DebbarmaINPT9,66646.42%1,020
2Mohanpur76.99%Ratan Lal NathINC12,94756.95%Sanjit DebnathCPI(M)8,97439.48%3,973
3Bamutia81.45%Prakash Chandra DasINC13,17050.46%Haricharan SarkarCPI(M)12,53948.04%631
4Barjala81.96%Dipak Kumar RoyINC18,85150.26%Kalyani Dey(Mitra)CPI(M)17,82147.51%1,030
5Khayerpur79.5%Pabitra KarCPI(M)16,42957.01%Lakhsmi NagINC12,39042.99%4,039
6Agartala75.88%Sudip Roy BarmanINC18,65652.24%Sankar DasCPI(M)16,04644.94%2,610
7Ramnagar75.89%Surajit DattaINC14,43154.1%Samir ChakrabortyCPI(M)11,60843.51%2,823
8Town Bordowali73.74%Ashok Kumar BhattacharyaINC12,01053.16%Brajagopal RoyAIFB9,84443.57%2,166
9Banamalipur73.4%Gopal Chandra RoyINC10,43752.03%Prashanta KapaliCPI8,90744.4%1,530
10Majlishpur81.93%Manik DeyCPI(M)14,90853.8%Dipak NagINC12,14443.83%2,764
11Mandaibazar69.73%Manoranjan DebbarmaCPI(M)13,44852.85%Jagadish DebbarmaINPT11,99847.15%1,450
12Takarjala62.11%Rajeshwar DebbarmaINPT12,78477.75%Baijayanti KalaiCPI(M)3,10118.86%9,683
13Pratapgarh80.96%Anil SarkarCPI(M)24,63854.26%Narayan DasINC18,78441.37%5,854
14Badharghat80.01%Subrata ChakrabortyCPI(M)22,77349.21%Dilip SarkarINC21,82547.16%948
15Kamalasagar82.1%Narayan Chandra ChowdhuryCPI(M)13,93654.86%Arun BhowmikINC10,61541.79%3,321
16Bishalgarh83.33%Samir Ranjan BarmanINC12,41451.24%Bhanu Lal SahaCPI(M)10,82044.66%1,594
17Golaghati71.86%Ashok DebbarmaINC10,08048.55%Niranjan DebbarmaCPI(M)10,07948.54%1
18Charilam74.2%Narayan RupiniCPI(M)10,57348.07%Narendra Chandra DebbarmaINPT10,51747.81%56
19Boxanagar86.2%Sahid ChowdhuryCPI(M)13,05153.5%Billal MiahINC10,73544.01%2,316
20Nalchar82.98%Sukumar BarmanCPI(M)13,22056.18%Nani Gopal DasINC9,64841.%3,572
21Sonamura85.83%Subal RudraCPI(M)13,45552.3%Sudhir Ranjan MajumderINC11,70445.49%1,751
22Dhanpur84.23%Manik SarkarCPI(M)15,61355.85%Dipak ChakrabortyINC11,11139.74%4,502
23Ramchandraghat76.59%Padma Kumar DebbarmaCPI(M)9,00360.03%Ananta DebbarmaINPT5,56937.13%3,434
24Khowai85.7%Samir Deb SarkarCPI(M)13,51155.78%Arun Kumar KarINC10,08441.63%3,427
25Asharambari76.07%Sachindra DebbarmaCPI(M)9,92454.05%Amiya Kumar DebbarmaINPT8,43845.95%1,486
26Pramodenagar73.08%Animesh DebbarmaINPT10,60748.52%Aghore DebbarmaCPI(M)10,22046.75%387
27Kalyanpur76.43%Kajal Chandra DasINC10,29050.64%Manindra Chandra DasCPI(M)9,11044.83%1,180
28Krishnapur69.98%Khagendra JamatiaCPI(M)9,92250.09%Sabda Kumar JamatiaINPT8,88544.86%1,037
29Teliamura78.%Ashok Kumar BaidyaINC12,57951.7%Jitendra SarkarCPI(M)10,85644.62%1,723
30Bagma80.52%Gunapada JamatiaCPI(M)12,58850.15%Rati Mohan JamaitiaINPT12,51349.85%75
31Salgarh84.27%Gopal Chandra DasRSP15,75658.3%Mira DasINC10,64339.38%5,113
32Radhakishorpur83.96%Joy Gobinda Deb RoyRSP12,93250.21%Pranjit Singha RoyINC12,04846.78%884
33Matarbari85.66%Madhab Chandra SahaCPI(M)14,30452.61%Kashiram ReangINC12,33345.36%1,971
34Kakraban84.21%Kashab Chandra MajumderCPI(M)15,73662.8%Rajib SamaddarINC8,57334.21%7,163
35Rajnagar87.02%Sudhan DasCPI(M)19,46261.93%Bikash Chandra DasINC10,72734.13%8,735
36Belonia84.65%Basudev MajumderCPI(M)15,41959.13%Babul MajumderINC9,46936.31%5,950
37Santirbazar80.38%Manindra ReangCPI14,53653.04%Rana Kishore ReangINPT12,10644.17%2,430
38Hrishyamukh87.37%Badal ChowdhuryCPI(M)18,05266.76%Dilip ChowdhuryINC7,98729.54%10,065
39Jolaibari81.21%Jashabir TripuraCPI(M)11,32459.52%Mever Kumar JamatiaINPT6,82035.85%4,504
40Manu85.%Jitendra ChaudhuryCPI(M)17,35855.31%Chandan TripuraINPT13,25342.23%4,105
41Sabroom85.64%Gour Kanti GoswamiCPI(M)16,44558.54%Sankar MallaINC10,86138.67%5,584
42Ampinagar76.05%Nagendra JamatiaINPT11,43951.04%Nakshatra JamatiaCPI(M)10,97548.96%464
43Birganj83.67%Ranjit DebnathCPI(M)16,31054.59%Jawhar ShahaINC13,07043.74%3,240
44Raima Valley74.13%Rabindra DebbarmaINPT13,48347.98%Lalit Mohan TripuraCPI(M)13,33447.45%149
45Kamalpur83.38%Bijoy Lakshmi SinghaCPI(M)11,20854.86%Manoj Kanti DebINC8,63942.28%2,569
46Surma80.21%Sudhir DasCPI(M)12,86555.74%Harendra Chandra DasINC9,62641.71%3,239
47Salema80.71%Prasanta DebbarmaCPI(M)13,00759.02%Ajit DebbarmaINPT8,28537.59%4,722
48Kulai71.53%Bijoy Kumar HrangkhawlINPT12,77255.07%Bijoy Kumar DebbarmaCPI(M)8,79237.91%3,980
49Chawamanu65.97%Shyama Charan TripuraINPT10,35254.3%Gajendra TripuraCPI(M)7,27738.17%3,075
50Pabiachhara72.47%Bidhu Bhusan MalakarCPI(M)12,69650.25%Swapna DasINC10,72942.46%1,967
51Fatikroy78.96%Bijoy RoyCPI(M)11,38149.91%Sujit PaulINC10,14444.48%1,237
52Chandipur82.56%Tapan ChakrabortyCPI(M)14,01055.72%Debasish SenINC10,27740.88%3,733
53Kailashahar80.57%Birajit SinhaINC14,75152.5%Inuch Mia KhadimCPI(M)12,75045.38%2,001
54Kurti81.37%Faizur RahamanCPI(M)12,49550.41%Abdul Matin ChowdhuryINC11,48446.33%1,011
55Kadamtala77.89%Jyotirmoy NathINC9,84742.46%Subodh NathCPI(M)9,79542.24%52
56Dharmanagar73.%Amitabha DattaCPI(M)11,81146.29%Sima Pal ChowdhuryINC11,34544.47%466
57Jubarajnagar80.33%Ramendra Chandra DebnathCPI(M)11,96749.61%Biva Rani NathINC11,36347.1%604
58Pencharthal71.49%Arun Kumar ChakmaCPI(M)12,86348.51%Nirupama ChakmaINC10,79040.69%2,073
59Panisagar75.78%Subodh Chandra DasCPI(M)10,93148.57%Bikash SharmaINC9,13840.61%1,793
60Kanchanpur64.25%Rajendra ReangCPI(M)9,70044.37%Rajendra ReangINPT9,69944.36%1

Government Formation

The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003.[9]

References

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