1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

2 Feb 1988
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar - - Party INC CPI (M) Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti Leader's seat Town bordowali - - Last election 12 (INC only) 37 Seats won 25 26 7 Seat change 13 11 1 Popular vote 424,241 520,697 119,599 Percentage 37.33% 45.82% 10.52%
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election Nripen Chakraborty CPI (M) Elected Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar INC

Tripura

The 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 2 February 1988 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and TNV representatives agreed to a cessation of military hostilities on August 12, 1988. Several thousand individuals were killed, and some 200,000 individuals were displaced during the conflict.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 2, 1988. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

National Parties

• BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• CPI (Communist Party of India)
• CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• INC (Indian National Congress)
• JNP (Janata Party)

State Parties

• FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
• RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
• TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	36	7	17	60

Electors

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	684,596	658,470	1,343,066
No.of Electors who Voted	590,887	560,771	1,151,658
Polling Percentage	86.31%	85.16%	85.75%

Performance of Women Candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	268	3	271
Elected	58	02	60

Result

Performance of the political parties in this election

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1983 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	10	0	1,757	0.15%	0
Communist Party of India	1	0	9,314	0.82%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	55	26	520,697	45.82%	37
Indian National Congress	46	25	424,241	37.33%	12
Janata Party	10	0	1,138	0.10%	0
All India Forward Block	1	0	7,631	0.67%	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	18,182	1.60%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	7	119,599	10.52%	6
Independents	81	0	33,846	2.98%	3
Total	220	60	1,136,405

Constituency wise Winners

AC No	Assembly Constituency Name	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party
1	Simna (St)	Abhiram Deb Barma	M	CPM
2	Mohanpur	Dhirendra Chandra Debnath	M	INC
3	Bamutia (Sc)	Prakash Chandra Das	M	INC
4	Barjala	Dipak Kumar Roy	M	INC
5	Khayerpur	Ratan Lal Ghosh	M	INC
6	Agartala	Maharani Bidhu Kumari Debi	F	INC
7	Ramnagar	Surajit Datta	M	INC
8	Town Bordowali	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	M	INC
9	Banamalipur	Ratan Chakraborty	M	INC
10	Majlishpur	Dipak Nag	M	INC
11	Mandaibazar (St)	Rashiram Debbarma	M	CPM
12	Takarjala (St)	Tarani Debbarma	M	CPM
13	Pratapgarh (Sc)	Anil Sarkar	M	CPM
14	Badharghat	Dilip Sarkar	M	INC
15	Kamalasagar	Matlal Sarkar	M	CPM
16	Bishalgarh	Samir Ranjan Barman	M	INC
17	Golaghati (St)	Budha Debbarma	M	TUS
18	Charilam	Matilal Saha	M	INC
19	Boxanagar	Billal Mia	M	INC
20	Nalchar (Sc)	Sukumar Barman	M	CPM
21	Sonamura	Rasiklal Roy	M	INC
22	Dhanpur	Samar Choudhoury	M	CPM
23	Ramchandraghat (St)	Dasaratha Deb	M	CPM
24	Khowai	Arun Kumar Kar	M	INC
25	Asharambari (St)	Bidhya Chandra Debbarma	M	CPM
26	Pramodenagar	Nirpen Chakraborty	M	CPM
27	Kalyanpur	Makhan Lal Chakraborty	M	CPM
28	Krishnapur (St)	Khagendra Jamatia	M	CPM
29	Teliamura	Jitendra Sarkar	M	CPM
30	Bagma (St)	Rati Mohan Jamatia	M	TUS
31	Salgarh (Sc)	Gopal Chandra Das	M	RSP
32	Radhakishorepur	Chitta Ranjan Saha	M	RSP
33	Matarbari	Kashiram Reang	M	INC
34	Kakraban	Keshab Majumder	M	CPM
35	Rajnagar (Sc)	Nakul Das	M	CPM
36	Belonia	Amal Mallik	M	INC
37	Santirbazar	Gouri Sankar Reang	M	TUS
38	Hrishyamukh	Badal Choudhury	M	CPM
39	Jolaibari (St)	Brajamohan Jaimatia	M	CPM
40	Manu (St)	Angju Mog	M	INC
41	Sabroom	Sunil Kumar Choudhury	M	CPM
42	Ampinagar (St)	Nagendra Jamatia	M	TUS
43	Birganj	Jawhar Shaha	M	INC
44	Raima Valley (St)	Rabindra Debbarma	M	TUS
45	Kamalpur	Bimal Singha	M	CPM
46	Surma (Sc)	Rudreswar Das	M	CPM
47	Salema (St)	Dinesh Debbarma	M	CPM
48	Kulai (St)	Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl	M	TUS
49	Chhawmanu (St)	Purna Mohan Tripura	M	CPM
50	Pabiachhara (Sc)	Bidhu Bhushan Malakar	M	CPM
51	Fatikroy	Sunil Chandra Das	M	INC
52	Chandipur	Baidyanath Majumdar	M	CPM
53	Kailasahar	Birajit Sinha	M	INC
54	Kurti	Faizur Rahaman	M	CPM
55	Kadamtala	Jyotirmoy Nath	M	INC
56	Dharmanagar	Kalidas Dutta	M	INC
57	Jubarajnagar	Biva Rani Nath	F	INC
58	Pencharthal (St)	Sushil Kumar Chakma	M	INC
59	Panisagar	Subodh Das	M	CPM
60	Kanchanpur (St)	Drao Kumar Riang	M	TUS

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) – Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) coalition won 30 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 28 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar formed a INC-TUJS coalition government on February 5, 1988.

On February 17, 1992, the eight members of the Tripura Tribal Youth League (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti-TUJS), who were part of the governing coalition in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly, resigned in protest over more than 500 starvation deaths in tribal areas in recent months. Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned on February 19, 1992, and Samir Ranjan Barman was sworn in as Chief Minister of an INC-TUJS coalition government on February 20, 1992.

Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman resigned on February 27, 1993, and the state of Tripura was placed under president's rule from March 11, 1993 to April 10, 1993.