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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1977
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 11 March 1972
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Agartala Town III (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Agartala Town III]]
| last_election1 = 27/30
| seats1 = 41
| seat_change1 =-
| popular_vote1 = 224,821
| percentage1 = 44.83%
| image2 =
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 = 2/30
| seats2 = 16
| seat_change2 =-
| popular_vote2 = 189,667
| percentage2 = 37.82%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_party =
| after_election = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 31
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]

[[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripura.gov.in/history#:~:text=On%20January%2026%2C%201950%20Tripura,%2DEast%20Reorganisation%20Act%2C%201971.|title=Historical background of Tripura}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.tripura.gov.in/|title=State Election Commission, Tripura}}</ref>

[[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 ===
<div class="mob-table">

<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>Partytype Abbreviation</th><th> Party</th><th></th></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">National Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>BJS </td><td>Bharatiya Jan Sangh</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>CPI </td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>CPM </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>INC </td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">State Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>FBL </td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>TUS </td><td>Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Independents</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>IND</td><td>Independent</td></tr>
</table>
</div><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=List of Participating Political Parties}}</ref>

=== No. of Constituencies ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 36
| 5
| 19
| 60
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Constituencies-Tripura}}</ref>

=== Electors ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! 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%
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Total No.of Electors}}</ref>

=== Performance of Women Candidates ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 230
| 04
| 328
|-
| Elected
| 60
| 00
| 60
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates}}</ref>

==Result==
{{Politics of India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! 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%
| -
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 85
| 2
| 59,792
| 11.92%
| 0
|-
! Total
! 234
! 60
! 501,473
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1972/|title=1972 Tripura Election result}}</ref>

==Constituency wise Winners==
<div class="mob-table">

<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AC
No
</th><th>Assembly Constituency Name</th><th>Winner Candidates Name</th><th>Gender</th><th>Party</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Simna (ST)</td><td>Bhadramani Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Modanpur</td><td>Radharaman Debnath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Bamutia (SC)</td><td>Prafulla Kumar Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Barjala</td><td>Basana Chakrabarty</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Kunjaban</td><td>Ashok Kumar Bhatacharyya</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Pratapgarh (SC)</td><td>Madhu Sudhan Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Agartala Town I I I</td><td>Sukhamoy Sen Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Anandanagar</td><td>Tarit Mohan Dasgupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Agartala Town I</td><td>Ajoy Biswas</td><td>M</td><td>IND</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Agartala Town I I</td><td>Krishnadas Bhattacharjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Old Agartala</td><td>Sailesh Chandra Some</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Maulishpur</td><td>Jatindra Kumar Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Mandiabazar (ST)</td><td>Kalidas Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Uttar Debendra Nagar (ST)</td><td>Sabhiram Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Isuanchandranagar</td><td>Naresh Chandra Roy</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Takarjala (ST)</td><td>Gunapada Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Kamalasagar</td><td>Bichitra Mohan Saha</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Bishalgarh</td><td>Samir Ranjan Barman</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Charilam (ST)</td><td>Niranjan Deb</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Bishramgonj (ST)</td><td>Sudhanwa Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Boxanagar</td><td>Munsur Ali</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Nalchhar (SC)</td><td>Benode Behari Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Sonamura</td><td>Debendra K. Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Dhanpur</td><td>Samar Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Salgarh</td><td>[[Tapas Dey]]</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Kakraban</td><td>Ajit Ranjan Ghosh</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Radhakishorepur</td><td>Usa Ranjan Sen</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>Matakbari</td><td>Nishi Kanta Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>Rajnagar</td><td>Lakshmi Nag</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>Belonia</td><td>[[Jitendra Lal Das]]</td><td>M</td><td>CPI</td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>Hrishyamukh</td><td>Chandra Sekhar Dutta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>Muhuripur (ST)</td><td>Achaichhi Mog</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>Manu (ST)</td><td>Hari Chanran Choudhrury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>Sabroom</td><td>Kalipada Banerji</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>Chellagong (ST)</td><td>Baju Ban Riyan</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>Birgonj</td><td>Sushil Ranjan Saha</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>Dumburnagar (ST)</td><td>Pakhi Tripura</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>Ampinagar (ST)</td><td>Bullu Kuki</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>Teliamura</td><td>Anil Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>Mohar Chhera (ST)</td><td>Ananta Harijamatia</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>41</td><td>Kalyanpur (ST)</td><td>Bidya Ch Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>42</td><td>Pramodnagar (ST)</td><td>Manindra Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>43</td><td>Khowai</td><td>J Prasanna Bhattacharjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>Asharambari</td><td>Nripendra Chakraborty</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>Kamalpur</td><td>Sunil Chandra Datta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>46</td><td>Sudma (SC)</td><td>Kshitish Chandra Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>47</td><td>Kulaihower (ST)</td><td>Mongchabai Mog</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>48</td><td>Chhawmanu (ST)</td><td>Purna Mohan Tirpura</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>49</td><td>Fatikroy</td><td>Radhika Nandan Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>50</td><td>Pabiachherra (ST)</td><td>Gopi Nath Tripura</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>51</td><td>Chandipur</td><td>Manindra Lal Bhowmik</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>52</td><td>Kailashahar</td><td>Moulana Abdul Ratif</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>53</td><td>Bilaspur (SC)</td><td>Subal Ch Biswas</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>54</td><td>Jubaraj Nagar</td><td>Monoranjan Nath</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>55</td><td>Longai (ST)</td><td>Hangshadhwaz Dewan</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>56</td><td>Kanchanpur (ST)</td><td>Raimuni Riang Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>57</td><td>Deochhera</td><td>Abdul Wazid</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Dharmanagar</td><td>Amarendra Sarma</td><td>M</td><td>IND</td></tr>
<tr><td>59</td><td>Kadamtala</td><td>Benoy Bhushan Banerjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>60</td><td>Sonichera</td><td>Radha Raman Nath</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr></table></div><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|title=Detailed Result 1972}}</ref>

==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 (Tripura)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Government formation-1972,Tripura}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:State Assembly elections in Tripura]]
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