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	The main political parties are the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), the [[Left Front (Tripura)\|Left Front]], the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and [[Indian National Congress]] along with regional parties like [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura\|IPFT]] and [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra\|INPT]]. Until 1977, the state was governed by the Indian National Congress.<ref name="Bhattacharyya1986">{{cite book\|last=Bhattacharyya\|first=Banikantha\|title=Tripura administration: the era of modernisation, 1870–1972\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmgrZgspJbIC\|year=1986\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|asin=B0006ENGHO}}</ref>{{rp\|255–66}} The Left Front was in power from 1978 to 1988, and then again from 1993 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html\|title=Manik Sarkar-led CPI(M) wins Tripura Assembly elections for the fifth straight time\|publisher=CNN-IBN\|date=28 February 2013\|accessdate=28 March 2013\|quote=The Left Front has been in power since 1978, barring one term during 1988 to 1993.\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302213708/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html\|archivedate=2 March 2013}}</ref> During 1988–1993, the Congress and [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]] were in a ruling coalition.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503001415/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 May 2013\| title= Tripura terror outfit suffers vertical split\|last=Paul\| first= Manas\| date= 24 December 2010\| accessdate=28 March 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|quote= ATTF was an off shoot of All Tripura Tribal Force formed during the Congress-TUJS coalition government-1988-1993 in Tripura}}</ref> In the [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], the Left Front won 50 out of 60 seats in the Assembly.<ref name=result2013>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411044332/http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=11 April 2013\|title=CPI(M) win in Tripura reflects re-emergence of Left Parties\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=28 February 2013\|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref> The [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election\|2018 assembly election]] resulted in loss for the [[Left Front (Tripura)\|Left Front]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2018/tripura-assembly-election-2018/story/the-fall-of-left-in-tripura-and-morale-in-kerala-1181117-2018-03-03\|title=Underestimating BJP a blunder: Left in Kerala shocked by Tripura debacle\|~~first1~~=Jeemon Jacob\|~~last1~~=March 3~~\|first2=2018UPDATED\|last2=March 3\|first3=~~2018 ~~20:21\|last3=Ist~~\|~~website~~=India Today}}</ref> The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won an overall majority in the state, resulting in the end of the Communist Party's uninterrupted twenty-five year rule.<ref name="hindu2018election">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/bjp-stuns-left-in-tripura/article22921787.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\| title=BJP stuns Left in Tripura\|last=Karmakar\|first=Rahul\|date=4 March 2018\|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> [[BJP]] won 44 out of 60 seats in the Assembly by coalition with [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura\|IPFT]]. [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI [M]) only got 16 seats and [[Indian National Congress]] lost by huge margins in all constituencies.		The main political parties are the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), the [[Left Front (Tripura)\|Left Front]], the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and [[Indian National Congress]] along with regional parties like [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura\|IPFT]] and [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra\|INPT]]. Until 1977, the state was governed by the Indian National Congress.<ref name="Bhattacharyya1986">{{cite book\|last=Bhattacharyya\|first=Banikantha\|title=Tripura administration: the era of modernisation, 1870–1972\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmgrZgspJbIC\|year=1986\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|asin=B0006ENGHO}}</ref>{{rp\|255–66}} The Left Front was in power from 1978 to 1988, and then again from 1993 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html\|title=Manik Sarkar-led CPI(M) wins Tripura Assembly elections for the fifth straight time\|publisher=CNN-IBN\|date=28 February 2013\|accessdate=28 March 2013\|quote=The Left Front has been in power since 1978, barring one term during 1988 to 1993.\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302213708/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html\|archivedate=2 March 2013}}</ref> During 1988–1993, the Congress and [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]] were in a ruling coalition.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503001415/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 May 2013\| title= Tripura terror outfit suffers vertical split\|last=Paul\| first= Manas\| date= 24 December 2010\| accessdate=28 March 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|quote= ATTF was an off shoot of All Tripura Tribal Force formed during the Congress-TUJS coalition government-1988-1993 in Tripura}}</ref> In the [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], the Left Front won 50 out of 60 seats in the Assembly.<ref name=result2013>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411044332/http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=11 April 2013\|title=CPI(M) win in Tripura reflects re-emergence of Left Parties\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=28 February 2013\|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref> In [[2014 Indian general election in Tripura\|2014 Indian general election]], both parliament seats in Tripura were won by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref name=mapindiaelectionresult>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/tripura/\|title=Tripura General Election Results\|work=Maps of India\|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>. The [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election\|2018 assembly election]] resulted in loss for the [[Left Front (Tripura)\|Left Front]].<ref>{{Cite magazine\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2018/tripura-assembly-election-2018/story/the-fall-of-left-in-tripura-and-morale-in-kerala-1181117-2018-03-03\|title=Underestimating BJP a blunder: Left in Kerala shocked by Tripura debacle\|author=Jeemon Jacob \|date=March 3, 2018 \|magazine=India Today}}</ref> The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won an overall majority in the state, resulting in the end of the Communist Party's uninterrupted twenty-five year rule.<ref name="hindu2018election">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/bjp-stuns-left-in-tripura/article22921787.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\| title=BJP stuns Left in Tripura\|last=Karmakar\|first=Rahul\|date=4 March 2018\|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> [[BJP]] won 44 out of 60 seats in the Assembly by coalition with [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura\|IPFT]]. [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI [M]) only got 16 seats and [[Indian National Congress]] lost by huge margins in all constituencies.

	In [[2014 Indian general election in Tripura\|2014 Indian general election]], both parliament seats in Tripura were won by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref name=mapindiaelectionresult>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/tripura/\|title=Tripura General Election Results\|work=Maps of India\|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>

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The politics of [[Tripura]], a state in [[Northeast India|Northeast]] India, has been dominated by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. As of 2020, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the ruling party in the states's [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] and also won the two parliamentary constituencies in [[2019 Indian general election in Tripura|2019 Indian general election]]. As of 2021, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has entered the political area of [[Tripura]]. It secured more than 20% votes in the 2021 Agartala Municipal Elections securing the position of runner up ahead of the CPI-M. It also secured the position of runner up in several other wards around the state garnering nearly 17% of votes all around the state. Ashish Das an MLA from the BJP has defected to the AITC.

==Tripura Territorial Council==
The Tripura Territorial Council Act of 1956 opened up for direct elections to a council with the same name (TTC). The TTC had 30 directly elected members and two members nominated by the governor. The first TTC election was held in 1957, followed by fresh polls in 1959. The third council elected in February 1962 had 20 members.<ref name="a">Datta-Ray, Basudeb. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=v44gVIFltgQC&pg=PA311 Reorganization of North-East India Since 1947]''. New Delhi: Concept Publ. Co, 1996. pp. 311-312</ref>

==Constituencies==
Tripura sends two representatives to the [[Lok Sabha]] (the [[lower house]] of the [[parliament of India]]) and one representative to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (parliament's [[upper house]]). ''Panchayats'' ([[Local self-government in India|local self-governments]]) elected by local body elections are present in many villages for self-governance. Tripura also has a unique tribal self-governance body, the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]].<ref name="ttadc">{{cite web|url=http://darpg.nic.in/darpgwebsite_cms/Document/file/sdadmin15.pdf |title=State and district administration: fifteenth report |publisher=Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Government of India |page=267 |year=2009 |accessdate=18 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123171129/http://darpg.nic.in/darpgwebsite_cms/Document/file/sdadmin15.pdf |archivedate=23 January 2013 |df= }}</ref> This council is responsible for some aspects of local governance in 527 villages with high density of the scheduled tribes.<ref name="ttadc"/><ref name="ttadc self">{{cite web|url=http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/introduction.htm|title=About TTAADC|publisher=Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|accessdate=5 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008102341/http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/introduction.htm|archivedate=8 October 2012}}</ref> The state has 60 [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|assembly]] constituencies, as of 2018.

==Election result==

The main political parties are the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), the [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left Front]], the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and [[Indian National Congress]] along with regional parties like [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura|IPFT]] and [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra|INPT]]. Until 1977, the state was governed by the Indian National Congress.<ref name="Bhattacharyya1986">{{cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Banikantha|title=Tripura administration: the era of modernisation, 1870–1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmgrZgspJbIC|year=1986|publisher=Mittal Publications|asin=B0006ENGHO}}</ref>{{rp|255–66}} The Left Front was in power from 1978 to 1988, and then again from 1993 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html|title=Manik Sarkar-led CPI(M) wins Tripura Assembly elections for the fifth straight time|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=28 February 2013|accessdate=28 March 2013|quote=The Left Front has been in power since 1978, barring one term during 1988 to 1993.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302213708/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/manik-sarkarled-cpim-wins-tripura-assembly-elections-for-the-fourth-straight-time/375648-3-224.html|archivedate=2 March 2013}}</ref> During 1988–1993, the Congress and [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]] were in a ruling coalition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503001415/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28246658_1_attf-tiger-force-coup|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2013| title= Tripura terror outfit suffers vertical split|last=Paul| first= Manas| date= 24 December 2010| accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|quote= ATTF was an off shoot of All Tripura Tribal Force formed during the Congress-TUJS coalition government-1988-1993 in Tripura}}</ref> In the [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], the Left Front won 50 out of 60 seats in the Assembly.<ref name=result2013>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411044332/http://www.indianexpress.com/assembly-elections/news/-cpi(m)-win-in-tripura-reflects-reemergence-of-left-parties-/1081250|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|title=CPI(M) win in Tripura reflects re-emergence of Left Parties|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 February 2013|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref> The [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2018 assembly election]] resulted in loss for the [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left Front]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2018/tripura-assembly-election-2018/story/the-fall-of-left-in-tripura-and-morale-in-kerala-1181117-2018-03-03|title=Underestimating BJP a blunder: Left in Kerala shocked by Tripura debacle|first1=Jeemon Jacob|last1=March 3|first2=2018UPDATED|last2=March 3|first3=2018 20:21|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref> The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won an overall majority in the state, resulting in the end of the Communist Party's uninterrupted twenty-five year rule.<ref name="hindu2018election">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/bjp-stuns-left-in-tripura/article22921787.ece|newspaper=The Hindu| title=BJP stuns Left in Tripura|last=Karmakar|first=Rahul|date=4 March 2018|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> [[BJP]] won 44 out of 60 seats in the Assembly by coalition with [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura|IPFT]]. [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI [M]) only got 16 seats and [[Indian National Congress]] lost by huge margins in all constituencies.

In [[2014 Indian general election in Tripura|2014 Indian general election]], both parliament seats in Tripura were won by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref name=mapindiaelectionresult>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/tripura/|title=Tripura General Election Results|work=Maps of India|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>

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