2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

14 February 2013

All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.57%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar Sudip Roy Barman
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF UPA
Leader since 1998 2013
Leader's seat Dhanpur Agartala
Last election 48.01%, 46 seats 36.38%, 10 seats
Seats won 49 10
Seat change 3
Popular vote 1,059,327 804,457
Percentage 48.11% 36.53%
Swing 0.1 pp 0.15 pp

Seatwise map of the election results

Structure of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

CM-elect

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on 14 February 2013. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

[1]

NumPartytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties - Other States
6AIFBAll India Forward Bloc
7JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
9SPSamajwadi Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10AMBAmra Bangalee
11CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
12INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
13IPFTIndigenous People's Front of Tripura
14SUCISocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Independents
15INDIndependent

No. of Constituencies

[1]

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 30 10 20 60

Electors

[1]

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 1,201,209 1,157,284 2,358,493
No.of Electors who Voted 1,089,860 1,075,622 2,165,482
Polling Percentage 90.73% 92.94% 91.82%

Performance of Women Candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 234 15 249
Elected 55 05 60

[1]

Background

The previous elections to the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.[2][3] February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.

The Left Front, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election.[4]

Campaign

The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term. A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election.[5]

Election Day

Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits.[6]

According to the report by Times of India, the chief election officer of the state told that the voter turnout across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout.[7] This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.[6] Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent.[7] There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.[5]

Results

Summary of the 14 February 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election results[8]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Won +/−
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1,059,32748.110.10 493
Indian National Congress (INC) 804,45736.530.15 10
Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,5001.570.09 1
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) 167,0787.591.38 01
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 31,7171.950.26 02
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 33,8081.540.05 0
Independents (IND) 21,1260.962.28 0
Others 50,0521.750.25 0
Total 2,202,065100.00 60±0

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[9]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Simna93.65%Pranab DebbarmaCPI(M)17,06354.36%Rabindra DebbarmaINPT13,24442.19%3,819
2Mohanpur94.8%Ratan Lal NathINC19,14349.12%Subhas Chandra DebnathCPI(M)18,36847.13%775
3Bamutia95.61%Haricharan SarkarCPI(M)19,74452.35%Prakash Chandra DasINC16,99445.06%2,750
4Barjala94.64%Jitendra SarkarINC17,72849.25%Jitendra DasCPI(M)17,46748.52%261
5Khayerpur95.37%Pabitra KarCPI(M)20,97250.72%Baptu ChakrabortyINC19,67547.59%1,297
6Agartala92.14%Sudip Roy BarmanINC22,16052.29%Sankar Prasad DattaCPI(M)19,39845.77%2,762
7Ramnagar89.85%Ratan DasCPI(M)18,06049.19%Surajit DattaINC17,99549.02%65
8Town Bordowali86.86%Ashish Kumar SahaINC22,47457.45%Shyamal RoyAIFB15,41439.41%7,060
9Banamalipur86.78%Gopal Chandra RoyINC19,46457.28%Yudhisthir DasCPI13,70240.32%5,762
10Majlishpur96.36%Manik DeyCPI(M)21,30452.43%Bibekananda ChowdhuryINC18,37545.22%2,929
11Mandaibazar93.06%Manoranjan DebbarmaCPI(M)19,27550.35%Jagadish DebbarmaINPT17,45045.58%1,825
12Takarjala91.91%Niranjan DebbarmaCPI(M)17,31549.87%Rajeshwar DebbarmaINPT16,10846.4%1,207
13Pratapgarh22.82%Anil SarkarCPI(M)23,97751.38%Ranjit Kumar DasINC21,84546.81%2,132
14Badharghat93.7%Dilip SarkarINC24,30949.29%Samar DasRSP23,66647.98%643
15Kamalasagar94.76%Narayan Chandra ChowdhuryCPI(M)19,80856.13%Dipak Kumar RoyINC14,39340.79%5,415
16Bishalgarh95.73%Bhanu Lal SahaCPI(M)20,98751.02%Samir Ranjan BarmanINC19,26346.83%1,724
17Golaghati94.08%Kesab DebbarmaCPI(M)19,18155.55%Manab DebbarmaINPT14,64842.42%4,533
18Suryamaninagar95.62%Rajkumar ChowdhuryCPI(M)21,61350.47%Avijit DebINC19,97946.66%1,634
19Charilam93.8%Ramendra Narayan DebbarmaCPI(M)16,47950.94%Himani DebbarmaINC15,13846.79%1,341
20Boxanagar96.3%Sahid ChowdhuryCPI(M)17,10053.21%Billal MiahINC14,57945.36%2,521
21Nalchar96.46%Tapan Chandra DasCPI(M)21,96959.96%Uttam DasINC13,86237.83%8,107
22Sonamura95.13%Shyamal ChakrabortyCPI(M)18,04352.21%Subal BhowmikINC16,51747.79%1,526
23Dhanpur96.07%Manik SarkarCPI(M)21,28657.1%Shah AlamINC15,26940.96%6,017
24Ramchandraghat93.07%Padma Kumar DebbarmaCPI(M)19,50459.15%Animesh DebbarmaIndependent11,61335.22%7,891
25Khowai96.17%Samir Deb SarkarCPI(M)22,69260.82%Dipak MajumderINC13,85937.15%8,833
26Asharambari92.92%Aghore DebbarmaCPI(M)17,82659.55%Amiya Kumar DebbarmaINPT10,60935.44%7,217
27Kalyanpur–Pramodenagar93.87%Manindra Chandra DasCPI(M)19,75553.78%Kajal Chandra DasINC15,97543.49%3,780
28Teliamura93.51%Gouri DasCPI(M)18,35750.2%Gourisankar RoyINC17,04446.61%1,313
29Krishnapur93.75%Khagendra JamatiaCPI(M)17,12558.32%Sabda Kumar JamatiaINC11,08337.74%6,042
30Bagma95.04%Naresh Chandra JamatiaCPI(M)23,60053.49%Jyotish JamatiaINPT19,52544.25%4,075
31Radhakishorpur94.7%Pranjit Singha RoyINC20,14050.23%Joy Gobinda Deb RoyRSP19,30348.15%837
32Matarbari95.78%Madhab Chandra SahaCPI(M)22,17850.09%Biplab Kumar GhoshINC20,86847.13%1,310
33Kakraban–Salgarh94.98%Ratan Kumar BhowmikCPI(M)24,94757.07%Rajib SamaddarINC17,75740.62%7,190
34Rajnagar95.1%Sudhan DasCPI(M)23,94263.61%Manik Chandra DasINC12,54533.33%11,397
35Belonia95.73%Basudev MajumderCPI(M)20,58555.6%Amal MallikINC15,76142.57%4,824
36Santirbazar94.88%Manindra ReangCPI20,79852.87%Gouri Sankar ReangINC17,04243.32%3,756
37Hrishyamukh96.22%Badal ChowdhuryCPI(M)25,00965.42%Susankar BhowmikINC12,58032.91%12,429
38Jolaibari95.31%Jashabir TripuraCPI(M)24,29561.9%Brajendra Mog ChowdhuryINC14,95238.1%9,343
39Manu96.01%Jitendra ChaudhuryCPI(M)21,32058.07%Chandi Charan TripuraINC14,42439.29%6,896
40Sabroom95.68%Rita Kar (Majumder)CPI(M)21,40455.87%Premtosh NathINC16,19742.28%5,207
41Ampinagar93.06%Daniel JamatiaCPI(M)15,71452.69%Nagendra JamatiaINPT12,93043.36%2,784
42Amarpur95.7%Manoranjan AcharjeeCPI(M)19,07554.72%Niranjan BarmanINC15,05343.18%4,022
43Karbook94.17%Priyamani DebbarmaCPI(M)15,52653.4%Dharjaroy TripuraINPT12,09141.59%3,435
44Raima Valley92.51%Lalit Mohan TripuraCPI(M)18,52751.99%Nakshatra JamatiaINPT15,65143.92%2,876
45Kamalpur92.72%Bijoy Lakshmi SinghaCPI(M)19,20451.15%Manoj Kanti DebINC17,69047.12%1,514
46Surma92.66%Sudhir DasCPI(M)18,64850.51%Sukha Ranjan DasINC16,78645.47%1,862
47Ambassa92.82%Lalit Kumar DebbarmaCPI(M)18,75549.11%Bijoy Kumar HrangkhawlINPT17,70146.35%1,054
48Karamcherra91.1%Diba Chandra HrangkhawlINC15,41149.77%Gajendra TripuraCPI(M)14,03945.34%1,372
49Chawamanu89.96%Nirajoy TripuraCPI(M)15,87050.8%Zaidami TripuraINC14,37546.01%1,495
50Pabiachhara92.74%Samiran MalakarCPI(M)18,50449.81%Satyaban DasINC17,25446.44%1,250
51Fatikroy92.52%Tunubala MalakarCPI(M)17,89951.18%Jugal MalakarINC16,03445.84%1,865
52Chandipur91.92%Tapan ChakrabortyCPI(M)21,00958.43%Nirmalendu DebINC13,38037.21%7,629
53Kailashahar91.27%Birajit SinhaINC18,85749.55%Moboshar AliCPI(M)18,37248.28%485
54Kadamtala–Kurti91.22%Fayzur RahamanCPI(M)14,51442.64%Abdul Matin ChowdhuryINC12,58536.98%1,929
55Bagbassa90.53%Bijita NathCPI(M)17,99151.26%Jyotirmoy NathINC15,05942.91%2,932
56Dharmanagar91.45%Biswa Bandhu SenINC17,99150.99%Amitabha DattaCPI(M)16,14745.77%1,844
57Jubarajnagar94.%Ramendra Chandra DebnathCPI(M)18,60253.19%Ranadhir NathINC15,72444.96%2,878
58Panisagar92.13%Subodh Chandra DasCPI(M)15,19651.45%Radhika Ranjan DasINC13,28544.98%1,911
59Pencharthal91.41%Arun Kumar ChakmaCPI(M)16,60150.46%Purnita ChakmaINC15,58447.36%1,017
60Kanchanpur90.59%Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)CPI(M)17,18650.13%Drao Kumar ReangINPT16,10546.98%1,081

References

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