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{{Short description|Indian state election}}
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| next_year = 1977
| next_year = 1977
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| majority_seats = 31
| election_date = 11 March 1972
| election_date = 11 March 1972
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| party1 = Indian National Congress (R)
| image1 = Cow and Calf INC.svg
| leader1 = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| leader1 = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Agartala Town III Assembly constituency|Agartala Town III]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Agartala Town III (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Agartala Town III]]
| last_election1 = 27/30
| last_election1 = 27/30
| seats1 = 41
| seats1 = 41
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| popular_vote1 = 224,821
| popular_vote1 = 224,821
| percentage1 = 44.83%
| percentage1 = 44.83%
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| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| image2 = File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
| leader2 =-
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat2 =-
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 = 2/30
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| popular_vote2 = 189,667
| popular_vote2 = 189,667
| percentage2 = 37.82%
| percentage2 = 37.82%
<!-- Election Map -->| map_image = Tripura map.png
 
<!-- Election Map -->
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
<!-- Prime Minister -->| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
 
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|CM]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_party =  
| before_party =  
| after_election = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| after_election = [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress  
| after_party = Indian National Congress  
| majority_seats = 31
}}
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]
[[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>
[[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 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|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=Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India|website=sec.tripura.gov.in}}</ref>


[[Indian National Congress]] led by [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]], won 41 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]]
[[Indian National Congress]] led by [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]], won 41 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]].


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


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


=== Performance of Women Candidates ===
=== Performance of women candidates ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
!colspan=10|[[File:India Tripura Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|-
! Party  
! Party  
! Seats Contested
! Seats contested
! Seats Won
! Seats won
! No. of Votes
! No. of votes
! % of Votes
! % of votes
! 1967 Seats
! 1967 Seats
|-
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|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1972/|title=1972 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
|-
|colspan=10|Source: ECI<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1972/|title=1972 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
|-
|}


==Constituency wise Winners==
=== Results by constituency ===
<div class="mob-table">    
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_TP_72.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006023438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_TP_72.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>
<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
        <tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AC
!Turnout
No
! colspan="5" |Winner
</th><th>Assembly Constituency Name</th><th>Winner Candidates Name</th><th>Gender</th><th>Party</th></tr>
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
<tr><td>1</td><td>Simna (ST)</td><td>Bhadramani Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
<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>
! #k
<tr><td>4</td><td>Barjala</td><td>Basana Chakrabarty</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
! Names
<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>
! Candidate
<tr><td>7</td><td>Agartala Town I I I</td><td>Sukhamoy Sen Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
! colspan="2" | Party
<tr><td>8</td><td>Anandanagar</td><td>Tarit Mohan Dasgupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
<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>
! Candidate
<tr><td>11</td><td>Old Agartala</td><td>Sailesh Chandra Some</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
! colspan="2" | Party
<tr><td>12</td><td>Maulishpur</td><td>Jatindra Kumar Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
<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>
|1||[[Simna Assembly constituency|Simna]]||75.04%||Bhadramani Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,594||53.02%||S. B. Kishore Debbarman||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,656||42.2%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''938'''</span>
<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>
|2||[[Mohanpur Assembly constituency|Mohanpur]]||66.05%||Radharaman Debnath||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,277||51.58%||Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,592||43.32%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''685'''</span>
<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>
|3||[[Bamutia Assembly constituency|Bamutia]]||71.4%||Prafulla Kumar Das||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,862||61.72%||Brajendra Biswas||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,015||38.28%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,847'''</span>
<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>
|4||[[Barjala Assembly constituency|Barjala]]||67.67%||Basana Chakraborty||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,733||55.67%||Gouri Bhattacharjee||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,307||34.4%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,426'''</span>
<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>
|5||[[Kunjaban Assembly constituency|Kunjaban]]||65.46%||Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||7,033||52.38%||Kanu Ghosh||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||5,633||41.95%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,400'''</span>
<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>
|6||[[Pratapgarh, Tripura Assembly constituency|Pratapgarh]]||62.8%||Madhusudan Das||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,862||49.%||Jadab Chandra Majumder||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,593||45.59%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''269'''</span>
<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>
|7||[[Agartala Town III Assembly constituency|Agartala Town III]]||59.74%||Sukhamoy Sen Gupta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,415||49.44%||Supriyo Bhowmik||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,963||33.18%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,452'''</span>
<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>
|8||[[Ananda Nagar Assembly constituency|Ananda Nagar]]||68.21%||Tarit Mohan Dasgupta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,341||45.07%||Khagen Das||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,159||43.18%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''182'''</span>
<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>
|9||[[Agartala Town I Assembly constituency|Agartala Town I]]||64.27%||Ajoy Biswas||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||3,810||50.28%||Renuka Chakraborty||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,742||36.19%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,068'''</span>
<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>
|10||[[Agartala Town II Assembly constituency|Agartala Town II]]||65.01%||Krishnadas Bhattacharjee||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,009||48.01%||Ashoke Chakraborty||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,322||37.05%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''687'''</span>
<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>
|11||[[Old Agartala Assembly constituency|Old Agartala]]||70.44%||Sailesh Chandra Some||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,098||56.76%||Jagadish Chandra Dey||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,217||24.69%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''2,881'''</span>
<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>
|12||[[Majlishpur Assembly constituency|Majlishpur]]||70.59%||Jatindra Kumar Majumder||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,724||54.79%||Bhanu Gosh||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,073||45.21%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''651'''</span>
<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>
|13||[[Mandaibazar Assembly constituency|Mandaibazar]]||65.98%||Kalidas Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,717||66.28%||Bagala Prasad Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||1,664||23.38%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''3,053'''</span>
<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>
|14||[[Uttar Debendranagar Assembly constituency|Uttar Debendranagar]]||69.%||Sabhiram Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,208||56.51%||Rabindra K. Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||1,949||26.18%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''2,259'''</span>
<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>
|15||[[Ishanchandranagar Assembly constituency|Ishanchandranagar]]||69.56%||Naresh Chandra Roy||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,349||46.62%||Mati Lal Sarkar||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,328||46.33%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''21'''</span>
<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>
|16||[[Takarjala Assembly constituency|Takarjala]]||65.21%||Gunapada Jamatia||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,461||41.37%||Mahendra Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,049||36.45%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''412'''</span>
<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>
|17||[[Kamalasagar Assembly constituency|Kamalasagar]]||75.41%||Bichitra Mohan Saha||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,936||52.56%||Nagendra Deb||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,316||30.93%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,620'''</span>
<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>
|18||[[Bishalgarh Assembly constituency|Bishalgarh]]||73.54%||[[Samir Ranjan Barman]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,777||32.32%||Babul Sengupta||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,638||30.7%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''139'''</span>
<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>
|19||[[Charilam Assembly constituency|Charilam]]||67.03%||Niranjan Deb||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,805||36.78%||Monmohan Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,474||32.44%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''331'''</span>
<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>
|20||[[Bishramganj Assembly constituency|Bishramganj]]||69.65%||Sudhanwa Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,745||35.12%||Deuan Chandra Tripura||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,479||31.72%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''266'''</span>
<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>
|21||[[Boxanagar Assembly constituency|Boxanagar]]||74.34%||Munsur Ali||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,787||54.69%||Phani Bhushan Bhakta||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,097||30.29%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,690'''</span>
<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>
|22||[[Nalchar Assembly constituency|Nalchar]]||67.01%||Benode Behari Das||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,078||48.77%||Hari Madhab Bhowmik||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,199||38.26%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''879'''</span>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Dharmanagar</td><td>Amarendra Sarma</td><td>M</td><td>IND</td></tr>
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<tr><td>59</td><td>Kadamtala</td><td>Benoy Bhushan Banerjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
|23||[[Sonamura Assembly constituency|Sonamura]]||65.74%||Debendra Kishore Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,340||55.44%||Sultan Miah||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,504||24.97%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,836'''</span>
<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>
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|24||[[Dhanpur Assembly constituency|Dhanpur]]||67.66%||Samar Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,530||48.64%||Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,757||37.99%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''773'''</span>
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|25||[[Salgarh Assembly constituency|Salgarh]]||69.29%||Tapash Dey||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,966||48.67%||Abani Mohan Bhowmik||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,907||35.67%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,059'''</span>
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|26||[[Kakraban Assembly constituency|Kakraban]]||69.4%||Ajit Ranjan Ghosh||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,387||43.19%||Kashab Chandra Majumder||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,849||36.33%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''538'''</span>
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|27||[[Radhakishorpur Assembly constituency|Radhakishorpur]]||72.7%||[[Usha Ranjan Sen]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
||4,888||48.37%||Sushil Mukerjee||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,509||34.73%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,379'''</span>
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|28||[[Matarbari Assembly constituency|Matarbari]]||67.34%||Nishi Kanta Sarkar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,851||45.7%||Naresh Chandra Ghosh||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,215||38.16%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''636'''</span>
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|29||[[Rajnagar, Tripura Assembly constituency|Rajnagar]]||63.83%||Lakshmi Nag||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,265||34.63%||Badal Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,908||30.85%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''357'''</span>
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|30||[[Belonia Assembly constituency|Belonia]]||58.79%||[[Jitendra Lal Das]]||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}||3,992||43.57%||Suresh Chandra Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,627||39.59%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''365'''</span>
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|31||[[Hrishyamukh Assembly constituency|Hrishyamukh]]||63.1%||Chandra Sekhar Dutta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,911||66.14%||Amalendu Chakraborty||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,613||29.24%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''3,298'''</span>
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|32||[[Muhuripur Assembly constituency|Muhuripur]]||58.6%||Achaichhi Mog||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,394||55.93%||Brajmohan Jamatia||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,583||32.88%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,811'''</span>
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|33||[[Manu Assembly constituency|Manu]]||67.92%||Hari Chanran Choudhrury||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,764||54.25%||Thaingya Mog||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,157||35.95%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,607'''</span>
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|34||[[Sabroom Assembly constituency|Sabroom]]||72.9%||Kalipada Banerji||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,180||66.31%||Sunil Kumar Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,140||33.69%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''3,040'''</span>
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|35||[[Chellagong Assembly constituency|Chellagong]]||59.33%||Baju Ban Riyan||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,032||41.25%||Panji Ham Reang||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,989||40.67%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''43'''</span>
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|36||[[Birganj Assembly constituency|Birganj]]||66.57%||Sushil Ranjan Saha||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,645||46.61%||Syamal Kantisaha||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,142||40.17%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''503'''</span>
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|37||[[Dumburnagar Assembly constituency|Dumburnagar]]||53.6%||Pakhi Tripura||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,272||60.15%||Rajprasad Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||1,664||30.59%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,608'''</span>
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|38||[[Ampinagar Assembly constituency|Ampinagar]]||59.63%||Bullu Kuki||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,663||57.84%||Gopinath Jamatia||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||2,140||33.79%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,523'''</span>
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|39||[[Teliamura Assembly constituency|Teliamura]]||73.05%||[[Anil Sarkar]]||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||5,458||51.19%||Bir Chandra Barman||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,847||36.08%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,611'''</span>
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|40||[[Mohar Chhera Assembly constituency|Mohar Chhera]]||72.83%||Ananta Hari Jamatia||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,351||51.36%||Joy Mohan Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,691||35.43%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,660'''</span>
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|41||[[Kalyanpur, Tripura Assembly constituency|Kalyanpur]]||84.55%||Bidya Chandra Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||10,273||77.36%||Krishna Kumar Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,006||22.64%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''7,267'''</span>
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|42||[[Pramodenagar Assembly constituency|Pramodenagar]]||79.25%||Manindra Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||7,439||61.25%||Nanda Kumar Debbarma||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,707||38.75%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''2,732'''</span>
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|43||[[Khowai Assembly constituency|Khowai]]||76.52%||J Prasanna Bhattacharjee||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,069||56.35%||Kaminisingh||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,162||35.15%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,907'''</span>
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|44||[[Asharambari Assembly constituency|Asharambari]]||82.01%||[[Nripen Chakraborty]]||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||6,290||58.92%||Arun Kar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,137||38.75%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''2,153'''</span>
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|45||[[Kamalpur, Tripura Assembly constituency|Kamalpur]]||75.44%||Sunil Chandra Datta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,422||49.45%||Makhan Datta||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,768||42.14%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''654'''</span>
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|46||[[Surma Assembly constituency|Surma]]||77.2%||Kshitish Chandra Das||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,737||48.73%||Rudreswar Das||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,202||43.23%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''535'''</span>
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|47||[[Kulaihower Assembly constituency|Kulaihower]]||67.21%||Mongchabai Mog||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,380||55.81%||Dinesh Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||4,662||40.78%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,718'''</span>
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|48||[[Chawamanu Assembly constituency|Chawamanu]]||50.4%||[[Purna Mohan Tripura]]||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,164||48.03%||Ghanshyam Dewan||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,189||33.23%||style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''975'''</span>
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|49||[[Fatikroy Assembly constituency|Fatikroy]]||67.29%||Radhika Ranjan Gupta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,019||38.55%||Tarani Mohan Singha||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,966||28.45%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,053'''</span>
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|50||[[Pabiachhara Assembly constituency|Pabiachhara]]||60.46%||Gopi Nath Tripura||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,973||50.09%||K. Mohan Debbarma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,279||41.34%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''694'''</span>
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|51||[[Chandipur, Tripura Assembly constituency|Chandipur]]||77.71%||Manindralal Bhowmik||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,418||48.94%||Baidyanath Majumdar||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||3,138||44.93%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''280'''</span>
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|52||[[Kailashahar Assembly constituency|Kailashahar]]||70.73%||Moulana Abdul Ratif||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,299||55.43%||Bonode Dey||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,720||22.18%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''2,579'''</span>
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|53
|[[Bilaspur, Tripura Assembly constituency|Bilaspur]]
|70.01%
|Subal Chandra Biswas
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|4,228
|56.82%
|Barindra Malaker
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|2,230
|29.97%
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,998'''</span>
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|54||[[Jubarajnagar Assembly constituency|Jubarajnagar]]||65.03%||Monoranjan Nath||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,777||51.37%||Ram Kumar Nath||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,180||29.65%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,597'''</span>
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|55||[[Longai Assembly constituency|Longai]]||57.45%||Hangshadhwaz Dewan||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,690||46.41%||Indu Madhav Chakma||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,156||27.12%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,534'''</span>
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|56||[[Kanchanpur Assembly constituency|Kanchanpur]]||48.99%||Raimuni Reang Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,126||46.66%||Len Prasad Reang||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||2,138||31.92%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''988'''</span>
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|57||[[Deocherra Assembly constituency|Deocherra]]||62.76%||Abdul Wazid||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,399||44.97%||Karunamoy Nath Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,870||24.74%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,529'''</span>
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|58||[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency|Dharmanagar]]||66.35%||Amarendra Sarma||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||3,728||47.21%||Debiprasad Purkayastha||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,489||44.19%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''239'''</span>
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|59||[[Kadamtala Assembly constituency|Kadamtala]]||61.99%||Benoy Bhushan Banerjee||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,684||40.74%||Abdul Rup||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,717||26.06%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''967'''</span>
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|60||[[Sonichera Assembly constituency|Sonichera]]||61.18%||Radha Raman Nath||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,637||33.61%||Abdul Matin Chowdhury||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,551||19.77%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''1,086'''</span>
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==Government formation==
==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.
[[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.
[[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>
[[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/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=43. India/Tripura (1949-present)|website=uca.edu}}</ref>


==References==
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1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
← 1967 11 March 1972 1977 →
60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sukhamoy Sen Gupta -
Party Indian National Congress (R) CPI (M)
Leader's seat Agartala Town III -
Last election 27/30 2/30
Seats won 41 16
Seat change - -
Popular vote 224,821 189,667
Percentage 44.83% 37.82%
Tripura District Map
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

Sukhamoy Sen Gupta
INC

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.[1] 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.[2]

Indian National Congress led by Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, won 41 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

# Type Abbreviation Party
1 National Party BJS Bharatiya Jan Sangh
2 CPI Communist Party of India
3 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 INC Indian National Congress
5 State Party FBL All India Forward Bloc
6 Registered (Unrecognised) Party TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
7 Independents IND Independent

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No. of constituencies[edit | edit source]

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 36 5 19 60

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Electors[edit | edit source]

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%

[5]

Performance of women candidates[edit | edit source]

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 230 04 328
Elected 60 00 60

[6]

Result[edit | edit source]

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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% -
Independents 85 2 59,792 11.92% 0
Total 234 60 501,473
Source: ECI[7]

Results by constituency[edit | edit source]

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[8]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Simna 75.04% Bhadramani Debbarma CPI (M) 4,594 53.02% S. B. Kishore Debbarman INC 3,656 42.2% 938
2 Mohanpur 66.05% Radharaman Debnath CPI (M) 4,277 51.58% Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta INC 3,592 43.32% 685
3 Bamutia 71.4% Prafulla Kumar Das INC 4,862 61.72% Brajendra Biswas CPI (M) 3,015 38.28% 1,847
4 Barjala 67.67% Basana Chakraborty INC 3,733 55.67% Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI (M) 2,307 34.4% 1,426
5 Kunjaban 65.46% Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 7,033 52.38% Kanu Ghosh CPI (M) 5,633 41.95% 1,400
6 Pratapgarh 62.8% Madhusudan Das INC 3,862 49.% Jadab Chandra Majumder CPI (M) 3,593 45.59% 269
7 Agartala Town III 59.74% Sukhamoy Sen Gupta INC 4,415 49.44% Supriyo Bhowmik CPI (M) 2,963 33.18% 1,452
8 Ananda Nagar 68.21% Tarit Mohan Dasgupta INC 4,341 45.07% Khagen Das CPI (M) 4,159 43.18% 182
9 Agartala Town I 64.27% Ajoy Biswas Independent 3,810 50.28% Renuka Chakraborty INC 2,742 36.19% 1,068
10 Agartala Town II 65.01% Krishnadas Bhattacharjee INC 3,009 48.01% Ashoke Chakraborty CPI (M) 2,322 37.05% 687
11 Old Agartala 70.44% Sailesh Chandra Some INC 5,098 56.76% Jagadish Chandra Dey CPI (M) 2,217 24.69% 2,881
12 Majlishpur 70.59% Jatindra Kumar Majumder INC 3,724 54.79% Bhanu Gosh CPI (M) 3,073 45.21% 651
13 Mandaibazar 65.98% Kalidas Debbarma CPI (M) 4,717 66.28% Bagala Prasad Debbarma INC 1,664 23.38% 3,053
14 Uttar Debendranagar 69.% Sabhiram Debbarma CPI (M) 4,208 56.51% Rabindra K. Debbarma INC 1,949 26.18% 2,259
15 Ishanchandranagar 69.56% Naresh Chandra Roy INC 3,349 46.62% Mati Lal Sarkar CPI (M) 3,328 46.33% 21
16 Takarjala 65.21% Gunapada Jamatia CPI (M) 3,461 41.37% Mahendra Debbarma INC 3,049 36.45% 412
17 Kamalasagar 75.41% Bichitra Mohan Saha INC 3,936 52.56% Nagendra Deb CPI (M) 2,316 30.93% 1,620
18 Bishalgarh 73.54% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 2,777 32.32% Babul Sengupta CPI (M) 2,638 30.7% 139
19 Charilam 67.03% Niranjan Deb CPI (M) 2,805 36.78% Monmohan Debbarma INC 2,474 32.44% 331
20 Bishramganj 69.65% Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI (M) 2,745 35.12% Deuan Chandra Tripura INC 2,479 31.72% 266
21 Boxanagar 74.34% Munsur Ali INC 3,787 54.69% Phani Bhushan Bhakta CPI (M) 2,097 30.29% 1,690
22 Nalchar 67.01% Benode Behari Das INC 4,078 48.77% Hari Madhab Bhowmik CPI (M) 3,199 38.26% 879
23 Sonamura 65.74% Debendra Kishore Chowdhury INC 3,340 55.44% Sultan Miah Independent 1,504 24.97% 1,836
24 Dhanpur 67.66% Samar Chowdhury CPI (M) 3,530 48.64% Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta INC 2,757 37.99% 773
25 Salgarh 69.29% Tapash Dey INC 3,966 48.67% Abani Mohan Bhowmik CPI (M) 2,907 35.67% 1,059
26 Kakraban 69.4% Ajit Ranjan Ghosh INC 3,387 43.19% Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI (M) 2,849 36.33% 538
27 Radhakishorpur 72.7% Usha Ranjan Sen INC 4,888 48.37% Sushil Mukerjee CPI (M) 3,509 34.73% 1,379
28 Matarbari 67.34% Nishi Kanta Sarkar INC 3,851 45.7% Naresh Chandra Ghosh CPI (M) 3,215 38.16% 636
29 Rajnagar 63.83% Lakshmi Nag INC 3,265 34.63% Badal Chowdhury CPI (M) 2,908 30.85% 357
30 Belonia 58.79% Jitendra Lal Das CPI 3,992 43.57% Suresh Chandra Chowdhury INC 3,627 39.59% 365
31 Hrishyamukh 63.1% Chandra Sekhar Dutta INC 5,911 66.14% Amalendu Chakraborty CPI (M) 2,613 29.24% 3,298
32 Muhuripur 58.6% Achaichhi Mog INC 4,394 55.93% Brajmohan Jamatia CPI (M) 2,583 32.88% 1,811
33 Manu 67.92% Hari Chanran Choudhrury INC 4,764 54.25% Thaingya Mog CPI (M) 3,157 35.95% 1,607
34 Sabroom 72.9% Kalipada Banerji INC 6,180 66.31% Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI (M) 3,140 33.69% 3,040
35 Chellagong 59.33% Baju Ban Riyan CPI (M) 3,032 41.25% Panji Ham Reang INC 2,989 40.67% 43
36 Birganj 66.57% Sushil Ranjan Saha INC 3,645 46.61% Syamal Kantisaha CPI (M) 3,142 40.17% 503
37 Dumburnagar 53.6% Pakhi Tripura CPI (M) 3,272 60.15% Rajprasad Chowdhury INC 1,664 30.59% 1,608
38 Ampinagar 59.63% Bullu Kuki CPI (M) 3,663 57.84% Gopinath Jamatia Independent 2,140 33.79% 1,523
39 Teliamura 73.05% Anil Sarkar CPI (M) 5,458 51.19% Bir Chandra Barman INC 3,847 36.08% 1,611
40 Mohar Chhera 72.83% Ananta Hari Jamatia INC 5,351 51.36% Joy Mohan Debbarma CPI (M) 3,691 35.43% 1,660
41 Kalyanpur 84.55% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI (M) 10,273 77.36% Krishna Kumar Debbarma INC 3,006 22.64% 7,267
42 Pramodenagar 79.25% Manindra Debbarma CPI (M) 7,439 61.25% Nanda Kumar Debbarma INC 4,707 38.75% 2,732
43 Khowai 76.52% J Prasanna Bhattacharjee INC 5,069 56.35% Kaminisingh CPI (M) 3,162 35.15% 1,907
44 Asharambari 82.01% Nripen Chakraborty CPI (M) 6,290 58.92% Arun Kar INC 4,137 38.75% 2,153
45 Kamalpur 75.44% Sunil Chandra Datta INC 4,422 49.45% Makhan Datta CPI (M) 3,768 42.14% 654
46 Surma 77.2% Kshitish Chandra Das INC 4,737 48.73% Rudreswar Das CPI (M) 4,202 43.23% 535
47 Kulaihower 67.21% Mongchabai Mog INC 6,380 55.81% Dinesh Debbarma CPI (M) 4,662 40.78% 1,718
48 Chawamanu 50.4% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI (M) 3,164 48.03% Ghanshyam Dewan INC 2,189 33.23% 975
49 Fatikroy 67.29% Radhika Ranjan Gupta INC 4,019 38.55% Tarani Mohan Singha CPI (M) 2,966 28.45% 1,053
50 Pabiachhara 60.46% Gopi Nath Tripura INC 3,973 50.09% K. Mohan Debbarma CPI (M) 3,279 41.34% 694
51 Chandipur 77.71% Manindralal Bhowmik INC 3,418 48.94% Baidyanath Majumdar CPI (M) 3,138 44.93% 280
52 Kailashahar 70.73% Moulana Abdul Ratif INC 4,299 55.43% Bonode Dey Independent 1,720 22.18% 2,579
53 Bilaspur 70.01% Subal Chandra Biswas INC 4,228 56.82% Barindra Malaker CPI (M) 2,230 29.97% 1,998
54 Jubarajnagar 65.03% Monoranjan Nath INC 3,777 51.37% Ram Kumar Nath CPI (M) 2,180 29.65% 1,597
55 Longai 57.45% Hangshadhwaz Dewan INC 3,690 46.41% Indu Madhav Chakma CPI (M) 2,156 27.12% 1,534
56 Kanchanpur 48.99% Raimuni Reang Chowdhury INC 3,126 46.66% Len Prasad Reang CPI (M) 2,138 31.92% 988
57 Deocherra 62.76% Abdul Wazid INC 3,399 44.97% Karunamoy Nath Chowdhury Independent 1,870 24.74% 1,529
58 Dharmanagar 66.35% Amarendra Sarma Independent 3,728 47.21% Debiprasad Purkayastha INC 3,489 44.19% 239
59 Kadamtala 61.99% Benoy Bhushan Banerjee INC 2,684 40.74% Abdul Rup Independent 1,717 26.06% 967
60 Sonichera 61.18% Radha Raman Nath INC 2,637 33.61% Abdul Matin Chowdhury Independent 1,551 19.77% 1,086

Government formation[edit | edit source]

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 (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.[9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Historical background of Tripura".
  2. ↑ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. ↑ "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. ↑ "Total No.of Electors".
  6. ↑ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. ↑ "1972 Tripura Election result".
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
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