Tripura Assembly Elections 2023
The 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly elections are set to take place in Tripura on 16 February 2023, with all the 60 members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly being elected. The Tripura Legislative Assembly's term is set to expire on March 22, 2023. The previous assembly elections took place in the February of 2018. Following the elections, the state government was formed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, with Biplab Kumar as the Chief Minister. Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura is in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party forming the NDA.
The Secular Democratic Forces are formed by the coalition of Communist party of India (Marxist) and Indian National Congress and minor partners as Communist Party of India, revolutionary Socialist party and All India Forward Bloc. CPI(M) will contest 43 assembly constituencies and INC will contest 13 assembly constituencies in the upcoming 2023 Vidhan Sabha elections.
Quick facts for Tripura Election
Parliamentary Constituencies | 2 |
Assembly Constituencies | 60 |
Ruling Party | BJP |
Opposition Party | CPI(M) |
Chief Minister | Biplab Kumar Deb |
Governor | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
Chief Electoral Officer | Sriram Taranikanti |
CEO's Address | New Civil Secretariat Agartala, Tripura-799010 |
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 - Party Wise Election Results
Name of State/ UT | Parliamentary Constituency | Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Winner | Runner-Up |
Tripura | Tripura East | Rebati Tripura | Bharatiya Janata Party | 479634 | 0 | 2492 | 482126 | 46.12 | Yes | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debburman | Indian National Congress | 276517 | 0 | 1319 | 277836 | 26.58 | No | Yes |
Tripura | Tripura East | Jitendra Chaudhury | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 200497 | 0 | 466 | 200963 | 19.22 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Narendra Chandra Debbarma | Indigenous People'S Front Of Tripura | 45153 | 0 | 151 | 45304 | 4.33 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Nota | None Of The Above | 11197 | 0 | 17 | 11214 | 1.07 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Karnadhan Chakma | Amra Bangalee | 6920 | 0 | 24 | 6944 | 0.66 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Bijoy Debbarma | Independent | 5273 | 0 | 3 | 5276 | 0.5 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Subir Kumar Jamatia | Independent | 4571 | 0 | 10 | 4581 | 0.44 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Dipti Halam | Independent | 3833 | 0 | 6 | 3839 | 0.37 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Amar Debbarma | Independent | 3698 | 0 | 8 | 3706 | 0.35 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura East | Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Independent | 3620 | 0 | 8 | 3628 | 0.35 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Pratima Bhoumik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 570021 | 0 | 3511 | 573532 | 51.77 | Yes | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Subal Bhowmik | Indian National Congress | 266275 | 0 | 1568 | 267843 | 24.18 | No | Yes |
Tripura | Tripura West | Sankar Prasad Datta | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 171175 | 0 | 651 | 171826 | 15.51 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Brishaketu Debbarma | Indigenous People'S Front Of Tripura | 43764 | 0 | 461 | 44225 | 3.99 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Nota | None Of The Above | 11905 | 0 | 55 | 11960 | 1.08 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Maman Khan | All India Trinamool Congress | 8552 | 0 | 61 | 8613 | 0.78 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Jayki Murasing | Ambedkarite Party Of India | 7121 | 0 | 12 | 7133 | 0.64 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Arun Kumar Bhaumik | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 4517 | 0 | 8 | 4525 | 0.41 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Subal Sarkar | Independent | 4363 | 0 | 8 | 4371 | 0.39 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Pradip Chakraborty | Independent | 3526 | 0 | 10 | 3536 | 0.32 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Brajalal Debnath | Independent | 3315 | 0 | 7 | 3322 | 0.3 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Prabir Debnath | Amra Bangalee | 2749 | 0 | 15 | 2764 | 0.25 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Kabrabam Dhirendra Singha | Tripura Peoples Party | 2060 | 0 | 16 | 2076 | 0.19 | No | No |
Tripura | Tripura West | Narayan Chandra Dey | Independent | 2019 | 0 | 10 | 2029 | 0.18 | No | No |
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Election Results (Winner/Runner Up)
Name of State/ UT | Parliamentary Constituency | Winner | Party | Total Votes | % of Votes | Runner-Up | Party | Total Votes | % of Votes |
Tripura | Tripura East | Rebati Tripura | Bharatiya Janata Party | 482126 | 46.12 | Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debburman | Indian National Congress | 277836 | 26.58 |
Tripura | Tripura West | Pratima Bhoumik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 573532 | 51.77 | Subal Bhowmik | Indian National Congress | 267843 | 24.18 |
In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Election Schedule for Tripura Lok Sabha General Election 2019
State | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | PhaseIV | Phase V | Phase VI | Phase VII |
Tripura | 11/Apr | 18/Apr | - | - | - | - | - |
Constituencies | Phase | Polling Date |
Tripura West | I | Apr-11 |
Tripura East | II | Apr-18 |
Tripura Election 2018
Tripura Assembly poll took place on 18 February 2018. The results are scheduled on March 3. The polls were conducted for 60 seats in the House. Out of the total seats in the House, 20 are reserved for the SC candidates, while 10 are reserved for ST candidates. The rest of the 30 seats are for General candidates.
The total eligible voters in the state are reported to be 25,69,216. The total polling stations in the states were 3214. The candidates who contested the polls were 297. Out of the total candidates, 273 were men and rest 24 were women. A total of 22 candidates have criminal cases while 17 of the candidates have serious criminal charges filed against them. The IPFT ranks highest in the number of criminal candidates. BJP comes close second, while Congress ranks on the distant third position.
The key candidates in the polls are Manik Sarkar (the four-time elected CM, a CPM candidate), Biplap Deb (BJP), Sudip Roy Burman (BJP), NC Debbarma (IPTF). On the voting day, the state recorded a total turnout of 89.96%. The Khowai district in the state had the biggest turnout - 92.19%. On the election day, there were reports of EVM malfunctioning. However, according to the Election Commission, re-polling orders were not given in any part of the state.
In the last Assembly polls in 2013, CPI(M) won 49 seats, while Congress managed 10, and the remaining 1 seat was won by CPI. The key issues the state currently is dealing with are unemployment, transportation, and connectivity.
Elections in Tripura
Tripura Legislative Assembly has a unicameral legislature. The state Legislative Assembly is also known as the Vidhan Sabha. The Assembly consists of 60 members which are elected through polls every five years and earlier if the Assembly dissolves before time. Currently, the Assembly is at Gurkhabasti.
The state is represented in the Indian Parliament by two directly elected members in the Lok Sabha and one indirectly elected member in the Rajya Sabha. Jharna Das of the CPM is the current Rajya Sabha MP of the state. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Indian National Congress (INC) are the main political parties of the state. Manik Sarkar of the CPI(M) has been the Chief Minister of the state since 1998.
The Left Front, an alliance comprising of CPI (M), CPI, Forward Block and Revolutionary Socialist Party, has been in power in the state since 1978, except in 1988 when the INC formed the government.
Tripura Election - State Legislative Assembly
The last election for the Tripura Legislative assembly was in Feb 2013. The CPI (M) won 49 out of the 60 assembly seats. The CPI won only 1 seat while the INC managed 10 seats in the election. Manik Sarkar of the CPI (M) became the Chief Minister of the state for his fourth term.
The Speaker of the current State assembly is Ramendra Chandra Debnath. The Deputy Speaker of the assembly is Pabitra Kar. The Leader of the Opposition is Sudip Roy Barman of the BJP. Some of the members of the Assembly are Pranab Debbarma and Ratan Lal Nath. The next
Tripura assembly election was held on February 18 as the current assembly's tenure ends in March 2018. The results will be declared on March 3, along with the Assembly results of
Meghalaya election and
Nagaland election.
Tripura Election for Lok Sabha 2014
Belonging to the northeastern region, Tripura is a small state which was established in the year 1956 and became a Union Territory post-independence. Tripura contributes only two Lok Sabha seats in the Parliament. Tripura's Parliamentary constituencies were won by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
View Tripura Lok Sabha Elections Result, 2014
Political Parties in Tripura
National political parties in Tripura |
Indian National Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Communist Party of India (CPI) |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) |
Trinamool Congress (TMC) | - |
The main regional parties in Tripura |
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) |
National Conference of Tripura (NCT) | Tipraland State Party (TSP) |
Tripura Peoples Front (TPF) | Twipra Dophani Sikla Srwngnai Motha (TDSSM) |
Ganamukti Parishad (GMP) | Ganamukti Parishad (GMP) |
National Socialist Party of Tripura (NSPT) | Janganotantrik Morcha (JM) |
Tripura Ganatantrik Manch (TGM) | - |
Tripura Lok Sabha Election
Year | Lok Sabha Election | Winning Party/Coalition in Tripura |
2014 | Sixteenth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
2009 | Fifteenth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
2004 | Fourteenth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1999 | Thirteenth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1998 | Twelfth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1996 | Eleventh Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1991 | Tenth Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress |
1989 | Ninth Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress |
1984 | Eighth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1980 | Seventh Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1977 | Sixth Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress (1) |
1971 | Fifth Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1967 | Fourth Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress |
1962 | Third Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India |
1957 | Second Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India (1) |
1952 | First Lok Sabha | Communist Party of India |
Last Updated on: Feb 7, 2023