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{{Infobox Indian political party|name=Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura<br />
|eci=|party_logo=[[File:CPI(M) Official Logo.png|150px]]|colorcode={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|general_secretary=[[Jitendra Chaudhury]]|headquarters=[[Melarmath, Agartala]]|alliance=[[Left Front (Tripura)]]<br/>[[Secular Democratic Front]] (SDF) (Tripura)<br/>[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A.]] (National)|loksabha_seats={{Composition bar|0|2|hex=#FF0000}}|rajyasabha_seats={{Composition bar|0|2|hex=#FF0000}}|ideology={{nowrap|[[Communism]]<ref name="OUP_Ideology">{{cite book|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies|author=Chakrabarty, Bidyut|isbn=978-0-1999-7489-4|lccn=2014003207|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEtRBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] }}</ref>}}|Political position=[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref>—{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/31/indias-election-results-were-more-than-modi-wave/ |title=India's election results were more than a 'Modi wave' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=31 May 2019}}<br />
<br />—{{cite news |last=Withnall |first=Adam |date=2 January 2019 |title=Protesters form 620km 'women's wall' in India as female devotees pray at Hindu temple for first time |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/womens-wall-protest-india-kerala-temple-hindu-pray-supreme-court-sexism-a8708381.html |website=[[The Independent]]}}<br />
<br />—{{cite web |url=https://thewire.in/rights/manipur-arrests-cpi-secretary-caa-protests |title=Manipur: CPI State Secretary, Blogger Arrested over CAA Protests |work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |access-date=24 December 2019}}<br />
<br />—{{cite web |last=Choudhury |first=Shubhadeep |date=4 May 2020 |title=West Bengal has the highest mortality rate of COVID-19 patients: IMCT |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/west-bengal-has-the-highest-mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-imct-80301 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}<br />
<br />—{{cite journal |last=Nandi |first=Proshanta |date=2005 |title=Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal |journal=Sociological Bulletin |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=171–194 |doi=10.1177/0038022920050202 |jstor=23620496 |s2cid=157014751 |issn=0038-0229}}<br />
<br />—{{cite journal |last=Fernandes |first=Leela |date=1996 |title=Review of Development Policy of a Communist Government: West Bengal since 1977, ; Indian Communism: Opposition, Collaboration and Institutionalization, Ross Mallick |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=1041–1043 |doi=10.2307/2646581 |jstor=2646581 |s2cid=236090170 |issn=0021-9118}}<br />
<br />—{{cite journal |last=Moodie |first=Deonnie |date=August 2019 |title=On Blood, Power and Public Interest: The Concealment of Hindu Sacrificial rites under Indian Law |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-and-religion/article/on-blood-power-and-public-interest-the-concealment-of-hindu-sacrificial-rites-under-indian-law/339C7920CEB8F426D575635EDC6ACE9B |journal=Journal of Law and Religion |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=165–182 |doi=10.1017/jlr.2019.24 |s2cid=202333308 |issn=0748-0814|url-access=subscription }}</ref>|publication=[[Daily Desher Katha]]|youth=*[[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]<br />
*[[Tribal Youth Federation]]|students=*[[Students' Federation of India]]<br />
*[[Tribal Students Union|Tribal Students’ Union]]|women=[[All India Democratic Women's Association]]|labour=[[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]]|peasants=*[[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
*[[All India Agricultural Workers Union]]|website={{URL|https://cpim.org/}}|flag=[[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|200px]]<br />
| state_seats_name = [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] <br />
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|10|60|hex=#FF0000}}<br />
| state2_seats_name = [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]]<br />
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|30|hex=#FF0000}}<br />
|symbol = [[File:CPI(M) Election symbol.png|100px]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]''', or simply, CPI(M) Tripura; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the [[Tripura]]. Its head office is situated at [[Melarmath, Agartala]]. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee is [[Jitendra Chaudhury]].<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
<br />
=== Tripura Legislative Assembly election ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Year<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Party leader<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Seats won<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Change<br/>in seats<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Outcome<br />
|- <br />
|[[1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="1" |<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|30|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Increase}} New<br />
|{{No2|Opposition}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|<br />
|{{Composition bar|16|60|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{increase}} 14<br />
|{{No2|Opposition}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Nripen Chakraborty]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|51|60|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{increase}}35<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|37|60|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{decrease}} 14<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1988]]<br />
|<br />
|{{Composition bar|26|60|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Decrease|11}}11<br />
|{{No2|Opposition}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<br />
| rowspan="1" |[[Dasarath Deb]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|44|60|#FF0000|background-color=}}<br />
|{{Increase}}18<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Manik Sarkar]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|38|60|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}6<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2003]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|38|60|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|46|60|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Increase}}8<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|49|60|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Increase}}3<br />
|{{yes2|Government}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|16|60|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}33<br />
|{{No2|Opposition}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2023]]<br />
|[[Jitendra Chaudhury]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|11|60|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}5<br />
|{{No2|Opposition}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Lok Sabha ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Year<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Party leader<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Seats won<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Change<br/>in seats<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Outcome<br />
|- <br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Puchalapalli Sundarayya]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|New<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Increase}}2<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}2<br />
|Government<br />
|- <br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Increase}}2<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|#FF0000|background-color=}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}2<br />
|Outside support to National Front government<br />
|- <br />
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Increase}}2<br />
|Opposition, later government<br />
|- <br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|- <br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Outside support to UPA government<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Prakash Karat]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|#FF0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Sitaram Yechury]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Decrease}}2<br />
|Opposition<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|#ff0000}}<br />
|{{Steady}}<br />
|Opposition<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==List of Chief ministers of Tripura from CPI(M)==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|- align=center<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Name<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Portrait<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Term(s)<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Tenure(s)<br />
|-<br />
!scope=row|{{sortname|Nripen|Chakraborty}}<br />
|[[File:Nripen_Chakraborty.jpg|100px]]<br />
|2<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|1978|1|5}} – {{dts|format=dmy|1988|2|5}} {{small|({{age in years and days|1978|1|5|1988|2|5}})}}<br />
|-<br />
!scope=row|{{sortname|Dasarath|Deb}}<br />
|[[File:Dasarath_Deb1946.jpg|100px]]<br />
|1<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|4|10}} – {{dts|format=dmy|1998|3|11}} {{small|({{age in years and days|1993|4|10|1998|3|11}})}}<br />
|-<br />
!scope=row|{{sortname|Manik|Sarkar}}<br />
|[[File:Manik Sarkar Official Portrait.jpg|100px|alt=A photograph of Manik Sarkar]]<br />
|4<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|3|11}} – {{dts|format=dmy|2018|3|9}} {{small|({{age in years and days|1998|3|11|2018|3|9}})}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== State Secretary List ==<br />
* Jithendra Chowdhary : 2021-incumbent<br />
* Goutham Das : 2018–2021<br />
* Bijen Dhar : 2008–2018<br />
* Baidhyanath Manjumdhar : 1998–2008<br />
* Manik Sarkar : 1993–1998<br />
* Desarath Deb : 1988–1993<br />
<br />
==List of Current Members in Tripura Legislative Assembly==<br />
{{main|13th Tripura Assembly}}<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|-<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| No.<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Constituency<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Name<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" colspan="2" | Party<br />
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Win Margin<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Bamutia Assembly constituency|Bamutia]] (SC)<br />
| Nayan Sarkar<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|2,026<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Barjala Assembly constituency|Barjala]] (SC)<br />
| Sudip Sarkar<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|1,789<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|[[Pratapgarh, Tripura Assembly constituency|Pratapgarh]] (SC)<br />
| Ramu Das<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|2,086<br />
|-<br />
|22<br />
|[[Sonamura Assembly constituency|Sonamura]]<br />
|[[Shyamal Chakraborty]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|2,415<br />
|- <br />
|25<br />
|[[Khowai Assembly constituency|Khowai]]<br />
|Nirmal Biswas<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|1,040<br />
|- <br />
|35<br />
|[[Belonia Assembly constituency|Belonia]]<br />
| Dipankar Sen<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|403<br />
|- <br />
|37<br />
|[[Hrishyamukh Assembly constituency|Hrishyamukh]]<br />
| [[Asoke Chandra Mitra]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|1,418<br />
|- <br />
|40<br />
|[[Sabroom Assembly constituency|Sabroom]]<br />
| [[Jitendra Chaudhury]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|396<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|[[Kadamtala-Kurti Assembly constituency|Kadamtala-Kurti]]<br />
| Islam Uddin<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|1,892<br />
|-<br />
|57<br />
|[[Jubarajnagar Assembly constituency|Jubarajnagar]]<br />
| Sailendra Chandra Nath <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|296<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala]]<br />
* [[Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal]]<br />
* [[Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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