2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Manik Sarkar.jpg Hand INC.svg
Leader Manik Sarkar Samir Ranjan Barman
Party CPI (M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Bishalgarh
Seats before 38 13
Seats won 46 10
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 3
Popular vote 903,009 684,207
Percentage 48.01% 36.38%

Tripura map.png
Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI (M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI (M)

The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority.[1] This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.[2]

CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers.[3]

Highlights[edit]

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 23, 2008. 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)
4INC Indian National Congress
5NCP Nationalist Congress Party
State Parties
6INPT ndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
State Parties - Other States
7AIFB All India Forward Bloc
8AITC All India Trinamool Congress
9CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
11LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party
12RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
13AMB Amra Bangalee
14PDS Party For Democratic Socialism
Independents
15INDIndependent

[4]

No. of Constituencies[edit]

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

[4]

Electors[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 1,038,782 999,219 2,038,001
No.of Electors who Voted 942,604 916,518 1,859,122
Polling Percentage 90.74% 91.72% 91.22%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 282 31 313
Elected 57 03 60

[4]

Background[edit]

Except for a one term period of Congress government between 1988 and 1993, the CPI(M) was the dominant governing party in the state since 1978.

The previous elections to the 9th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 19 March 2008. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections for the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 constituencies for the 2008 election, 20 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes and seven reserved for Scheduled Castes. Elections in all polling stations were held using electronic voting machines.

The CPI(M), headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 9th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2003. The Left Front had won 41 of the 60 seats.[5]

Campaign[edit]

A total of 313 candidates contested this election.

Election Day[edit]

Election Day (23 Feb 2008) was peaceful and passed without any incidents of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. Unprecedented security arrangements were in place for this election - 20,000 paramilitary personnel from the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force supported by air surveillance.[6]

Voter turnout across the state was over 90%, a record high for any state in India. This beat the previous record of around 86% set in Sikkim during the Assembly Elections in 2002.[7][8]

Results[edit]

Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes % in Seats contested Seats Forfeited 2003 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 49 0 28,102 1.49% 1.79% 49 0
Communist Party of India 2 1 27,891 1.48% 48.65% 0 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 46 903,009 48.01% 51.21% 0 38
Indian National Congress 48 10 684,207 36.38% 44.38% 1 13
Nationalist Congress Party 5 0 1,882 0.10% 0.92% 5 0
All India Forward Bloc 12 0 2,961 0.16% 0.74% 12 0
All India Trinamool Congress 22 0 6,620 0.35% 0.92% 22 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 14 0 5,261 0.28% 1.11% 14 0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 11 1 116,761 6.21% 38.23% 2 6
Janata Dal (United) 2 0 1,081 0.06% 1.74% 2 0
Lok Janshakti Party 8 0 2,738 0.15% 1.07% 8 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 31,717 1.69% 52.58% 0 2
Amra Bangalee 19 0 5,532 0.29% 0.96% 19 0
Party of Democratic Socialism 1 0 2,062 0.11% 6.13% 1 0
Independents 62 0 61,010 3.24% 4.94% 58 0
Total 313 60 1,880,834 193

[5]

Constituency wise Winners[edit]

AC

No

Assembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1Simna (ST)Pranab DebbarmaMCPM
2MohanpurRatan Lal NathMINC
3Bamutia (SC)Haricharan SarkarMCPM
4BarjalaSankar Prasad DattaMCPM
5KhayerpurPabitra KarMCPM
6AgartalaSudip Roy BarmanMINC
7RamnagarSurajit DattaMINC
8Town BordowaliSudhir Ranjan MajumderMINC
9BanamalipurGopal Chandra RoyMINC
10MajlishpurManik DeyMCPM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Monoranjan DebbarmaMCPM
12Takarjala (ST)Niranjan DebbarmaMCPM
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil SarkarMCPM
14BadharghatDilip SarkarMINC
15KamalasagarNarayan Chandra ChoudMCPM
16BishalgarhBhanulal SahaMCPM
17Golaghati (ST)Kesab DebbarmaMCPM
18Charilam (ST)Narayan RupiniMCPM
19BoxanagarSahid ChoudhuriMCPM
20Nalchar (SC)Sukumar BarmanMCPM
21SonamuraSubal BhowmikMINC
22DhanpurManik SarkarMCPM
23Ramchandraghat (ST)Padma Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
24KhowaiSamir Deb SarkarMCPM
25Asharambari (ST)Sachindra DebbarmaMCPM
26Pramodenagar (ST)Aghore DebbarmaMCPM
27KalyanpurManindra Chandra DasMCPM
28Krishnapur (ST)Khagendra JamatiaMCPM
29TeliamuraGouri DasFCPM
30Bagma (ST)Naresh Chandra JamatiaMCPM
31Salgarh (SC)Partha DasMRSP
32RadhakishorepurJoygobinda Deb RoyMRSP
33MatarbariMadhab Chandra SahaMCPM
34KakrabanKeshab MajumderMCPM
35Rajnagar (SC)Sudhan DasMCPM
36BeloniaBasu Dev MajumderMCPM
37Santirbazar (ST)Manindra ReangMCPI
38HrishyamukhBadal ChoudhuryMCPM
39Jolaibari (ST)JashabirtripuraMCPM
40Manu (ST)Jitendra ChoudhuryMCPM
41SabroomRita Kar (Majumder)FCPM
42Ampinagar (ST)Daniel JamatiaMCPM
43BirganjManoranjanacharjeeMCPM
44Raima Valley (ST)Sri Lalit Mohan Tripura.MCPM
45KamalpurSri Manoj Kanti DebMINC
46Surma (SC)Sri Sudir DasMCPM
47Salema (ST)Prasanta DebbarmaMCPM
48Kulai (ST)Sri Bijoy Kumar HarngkhawlMINPT
49Chhawmanu (ST)Sri Nirajoy TripuraMCPM
50Pabiachhara (SC)Bidhu Bhusan MalakarMCPM
51FatikroyBijoy RoyMCPM
52ChandipurTapan ChakrabortyMCPM
53KailasaharBirajit SinhaMINC
54KurtiFayzur RahmanMCPM
55KadamtalaBijita NathFCPM
56DharmanagarBiswa Bandhu SenMINC
57JubarajnagarRamendra Chandra DebnathMCPM
58Pencharthal (ST)Arun Kumar ChakmaMCPM
59PanisagarSubodh DasMCPM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Rajendra ReangMCPM

References[edit]

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  2. "Red carpet welcome for CPM in Tripura - India News - IBNLive". 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "ECI". Election Commission of India.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  6. "Tripura CM says polling peaceful, women voters coming out in large numbers | TopNews". topnews.in.
  7. "Tripura sets record for maximum voter turnout". www.rediff.com.
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