1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Hand INC.svg
Leader Nripen Chakraborty - -
Party CPI (M) INC TUS
Leader's seat Pramodenagar - -
Last election 51 0 4
Seats won 37 12 6
Seat change Decrease 14 Increase 12 Increase 2
Popular vote 433,608 282,859 97,039
Percentage 46.78% 30.51% 10.47%

Tripura map.png
Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI (M)

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI (M)

The 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 1 May 1983 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[1]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Nripen Chakraborty, won 37 seats and formed a Government in Tripura

Highlights[edit]

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 15, 1993. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties[edit]

Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1BJP Bhartiya Janta Party
2CPI Communist Party of India
3CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)
5INC Indian National Congress
6JNP Janata Party
State Parties
7FBL All India Forward BlocK
8RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
9TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10INDIndependent

[2]

No. of Constituencies[edit]

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

[3]

Electors[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 579,123 555,134 1,134,257
No.of Electors who Voted 495,281 446,504 941,785
Polling Percentage 85.52% 80.43% 83.03%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 195 11 206
Elected 56 04 60

[5]

Result[edit]

Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 578 0.06% -
Communist Party of India 1 0 7,657 0.83% 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 37 433,608 46.78% 51
Indian Congress Secular 3 0 540 0.06% -
Indian National Congress 45 12 282,859 30.51% 0
Janata Party 5 0 515 0.06% 0
All India Forward Block 1 0 6,549 0.71% 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 15,218 1.64% 2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 6 97,039 10.47% 4
Independents 75 3 82,443 8.89% 2
Total 206 60 927,006

[6]

Constituency wise Winners[edit]

AC

No

Assembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NamePartyGender
1Simna (ST)Abhiram Deb Barma CPMM
2MohanpurDhirendra Debnath INCM
3Bamutia (SC)Haricharan Sarkar CPMM
4BarjalaGouri Bhattachajee CPMF
5KhayerpurSudhir Ranjan Mazumder INCM
6AgartalaManik Sarkar CPMM
7RamnagarBiren Dutta CPMM
8Town BordowaliAshok Kumar Bhattachya INCM
9BanamalipurSukhamoy Sengupta INCM
10MajlishpurKhagen Das CPMM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Rashiram Debbarma CPMM
12Takarjala (ST)Sudhanwa Deb Barma CPMM
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil Sarkar CPMM
14BadharghatJadab Majumder CPMM
15KamalasagarMatilal Sarkar CPMM
16BishalgarhBhanu Lal Saha CPMM
17Golaghati (ST)Buddhya Deb Barma TUSM
18Charilam (ST)Parimal Chandra Saha INCM
19BoxanagarAraber Rahaman CPMM
20Nalchar (SC)Narayan Das INCM
21SonamuraRashik Lal Roy INCM
22DhanpurSamar Chowdhury CPMM
23Ramchandraghat (ST)Dasaratha Deb CPMM
24KhowaiSamir Deb Sarkar CPMM
25Asharambari (ST)Bidya Chandra Deb Barma CPMM
26Pramodenagar (ST)Nripen Chakravorti CPMM
27KalyanpurMakhan Lal Chakraborty CPMM
28Krishnapur (ST)Kali Kumar Deb Barma CPMM
29TeliamuraGita Chowdhury INCF
30Bagma (ST)Rati Mohan Jamatia TUSM
31Salgarh (SC)Gopal Chandra Das RSPM
32RadhakishorepurJogesh Chakraborty RSPM
33MatabariMaharani Bibhu Kumari Devi INCF
34KakrabanKeshab Chandra Majumder CPMM
35Rajnagar (SC)Nakul Das CPMM
36BeloniaManoranjan Majumder INDM
37Santirbazar (ST)Shyam Charan Tripura TUSM
38HrishyamukhBadal Chowdhary CPMM
39Jolaibari (ST)Kashi Ram Reang INCM
40Manu (ST)Angju Mog INCM
41SabroomSunil Kumar Chowdhury CPMM
42Ampinagar (ST)Nagendra Jamatia TUSM
43BirganjJawhar Saha INDM
44Raima Valley (ST)Rabindra Debbarma TUSM
45KamalpurBimal Singha CPMM
46Surma (SC)Rudreswar Das CPMM
47Salema (ST)Dinesh Deb Barma CPMM
48Kulai (ST)Diba Chandra Harangkhal TUSM
49Chhawmanu (ST)Purna Mohan Tripura CPMM
50Pabiachhara (SC)Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPMM
51FatikroyTarani Mohan Singha CPMM
52ChandipurBaidyanath Mazumder CPMM
53KailasaharSyed Basit Ali INCM
54KurtiFayzur Rahaman CPMM
55KadamtalaSamir Kumar Nath CPMM
56DharmanagarAmarendra Sarma CPMM
57JubarajnagarRam Kumar Nath CPMM
58Pencharthal (ST)Ratna Prava Das INDF
59PanisagarSubhodh Chnadra Das CPMM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Len Prasad Malsai CPMM

[7]

Government Formation[edit]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 37 out of 60 seats in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister.[8]

References[edit]

  1. "State Election Commission, Tripura".
  2. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  3. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  4. "Total No.of Electors".
  5. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  6. "1983 Tripura Election result".
  7. "Detailed Result 1993".
  8. "Government formation-1983,Tripura".