1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Summary

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

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1977 1 May 1983 1988 →

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 district map

Chief Minister before election

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

Tripura

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Nripen Chakraborty, won 37 seats and formed the 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
1 BJP Bhartiya Janta Party
2 CPI Communist Party of India
3 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)
5 INC Indian National Congress
6 JNP Janata Party
State Parties
7 FBL All India Forward BlocK
8 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
9 TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10 IND Independent

[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

 
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
Source: ECI[6]

Results by constituency edit

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[7]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Simna 83.41% Abhiram Debbarma CPI(M) 9,206 65.23% Kripa Rani Debbarma TUS 4,828 34.21% 4,378
2 Mohanpur 80.89% Dhirendra Chandra Debnath INC 6,568 45.07% Radharaman Debnath CPI(M) 5,953 40.85% 615
3 Bamutia 85.47% Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 7,417 50.79% Prafulla Kumar Das INC 7,023 48.09% 394
4 Barjala 83.66% Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 8,160 49.3% Basana Chakraborty Independent 4,904 29.63% 3,256
5 Khayerpur 83.34% Sudhir Ranjan Majumder INC 8,539 52.98% Akhil Debnath CPI(M) 7,321 45.43% 1,218
6 Agartala 80.44% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 10,623 52.18% Promode Ranjandas Gupta INC 9,485 46.59% 1,138
7 Ramnagar 80.24% Biren Dutta CPI(M) 8,026 50.8% Amar Ranjan Gupta INC 7,640 48.35% 386
8 Town Bordowali 79.31% Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 7,689 52.95% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 6,549 45.1% 1,140
9 Banamalipur 82.11% Sukhamoy Sen Gupta INC 6,883 52.43% Bibekananda Bhowmik CPI(M) 5,913 45.04% 970
10 Majlishpur 83.16% Khagen Das CPI(M) 6,397 44.21% Ranjit Saha INC 4,901 33.87% 1,496
11 Mandaibazar 81.% Rashiram Debbarma CPI(M) 9,861 56.04% Amiya Kumar Debbarma TUS 7,594 43.16% 2,267
12 Takarjala 79.35% Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI(M) 9,029 59.83% Suriya Kumar Debbarma TUS 5,930 39.29% 3,099
13 Pratapgarh 85.63% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 12,736 58.4% Monomohan Das INC 8,758 40.16% 3,978
14 Badharghat 82.65% Jadab Majumder CPI(M) 11,244 56.37% Niranjan Paul INC 8,551 42.87% 2,693
15 Kamalasagar 84.88% Matilal Sarkar CPI(M) 7,601 50.85% Monoranjan Laskar INC 7,170 47.97% 431
16 Bishalgarh 84.65% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 7,340 51.54% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 6,900 48.46% 440
17 Golaghati 81.76% Budha Debbarma TUS 8,011 50.18% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 7,198 45.09% 813
18 Charilam 83.44% Parimal Chandra Saha INC 8,528 52.7% Braja Gopal Bhowmik CPI(M) 7,302 45.12% 1,226
19 Boxanagar 88.79% Araber Rahaman CPI(M) 7,022 51.21% Munsur Ali INC 6,648 48.49% 374
20 Nalchar 89.03% Narayan Das INC 7,420 49.94% Sumanta Kumar Das CPI(M) 7,210 48.53% 210
21 Sonamura 87.97% Rashik Lal Roy INC 7,264 51.55% Subal Rudra CPI(M) 6,623 47.% 641
22 Dhanpur 89.26% Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 8,795 54.02% Brajendra Kumar Ghosh INC 7,487 45.98% 1,308
23 Ramchandraghat 87.55% Dasarath Deb CPI(M) 11,451 86.89% Bathsailyamani Jamatia TUS 1,728 13.11% 9,723
24 Khowai 88.15% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 5,777 45.18% Sukhamoy Kar INC 3,587 28.05% 2,190
25 Asharambari 85.91% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 11,360 79.67% Kishalaya Kanti Debbarma INC 1,591 11.16% 9,769
26 Pramodenagar 87.6% Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) 10,845 60.87% Siromani Roy Independent 5,212 29.25% 5,633
27 Kalyanpur 84.93% Makhan Lal Chakraborty CPI(M) 7,064 49.% Debabrata Datta Independent 4,566 31.67% 2,498
28 Krishnapur 71.86% Kali Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 7,267 54.29% Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore Debbarma INC 5,059 37.8% 2,208
29 Teliamura 83.15% Gita Chowdhury INC 6,835 42.48% Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 5,984 37.19% 851
30 Bagma 81.6% Rati Mohan Jamaitia TUS 10,157 62.93% Gunapada Jamatia CPI(M) 5,506 34.11% 4,651
31 Salgarh 87.11% Gopal Chandra Das RSP 8,148 53.21% Kamini Kumar Das INC 7,032 45.92% 1,116
32 Radhakishorpur 84.17% Jogesh Chakraborty RSP 7,070 51.44% Bhanu Gopal Baisnab INC 6,590 47.95% 480
33 Matarbari 86.26% Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi INC 9,195 57.41% Madhab Saha CPI(M) 6,625 41.36% 2,570
34 Kakraban 87.28% Keshab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 8,256 52.% Nanik Chandra Das INC 7,521 47.37% 735
35 Rajnagar 87.29% Nakul Das CPI(M) 10,144 54.83% Bhuban Mohan Das INC 7,951 42.98% 2,193
36 Belonia 87.18% Manoranjan Majumder Independent 8,081 50.75% Jitendra Lal Das CPI 7,657 48.08% 424
37 Santirbazar 83.85% Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 10,478 55.63% Narayan Chandra Kar CPI(M) 7,759 41.19% 2,719
38 Hrishyamukh 90.43% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 9,204 53.87% Amal Mallik INC 7,703 45.08% 1,501
39 Jolaibari 83.61% Kashi Ram Reang INC 6,718 51.9% Brajamohan Jamatia CPI(M) 6,227 48.1% 491
40 Manu 83.5% Angju Mog INC 10,304 55.2% Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 8,362 44.8% 1,942
41 Sabroom 87.5% Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 9,118 52.55% Adhir Chandra Bhaumik INC 7,981 46.% 1,137
42 Ampinagar 75.29% Nagendra Jamatia TUS 9,449 58.99% Madhu Sudan Kalai CPI(M) 4,941 30.84% 4,508
43 Birganj 79.77% Jawhar Saha Independent 8,747 48.54% Syjmal Kanti Saha CPI(M) 6,352 35.25% 2,395
44 Raima Valley 71.66% Rabindra Debbarma TUS 7,772 51.82% Anand Mohan Reaja CPI(M) 7,225 48.18% 547
45 Kamalpur 89.17% Bimal Singha CPI(M) 7,674 59.48% Kanak Ranjan Ghosh INC 5,161 40.% 2,513
46 Surma 86.82% Rudreswar Das CPI(M) 7,763 51.45% Harendra Chandra Das INC 6,215 41.19% 1,548
47 Salema 84.5% Dinesh Debbarma CPI(M) 8,032 51.65% Bijoy Kumar Jamatia TUS 6,761 43.48% 1,271
48 Kulai 78.96% Diba Chandra Harangkhal TUS 8,419 50.78% Kamini Debbarma CPI(M) 7,480 45.12% 939
49 Chawamanu 75.94% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 6,662 50.24% Jadumohan Tripura TUS 6,598 49.76% 64
50 Pabiachhara 81.19% Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 7,544 50.6% Subal Chandra Biswas INC 6,413 43.02% 1,131
51 Fatikroy 86.31% Tarani Mohan Singha CPI(M) 7,580 51.65% Radhika Ranjan Gupta INC 5,898 40.19% 1,682
52 Chandipur 88.38% Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 9,066 54.64% Birajit Sinha INC 7,398 44.59% 1,668
53 Kailashahar 83.9% Syed Basit Ali INC 8,116 50.82% Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 7,487 46.88% 629
54 Kurti 79.5% Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 7,738 57.78% Abdul Razak Bisharad INC 4,794 35.79% 2,944
55 Kadamtala 76.63% Samir Kumar Nath CPI(M) 5,061 40.81% Jyotirmoy Nath INC 4,727 38.11% 334
56 Dharmanagar 79.09% Amarendra Sarma CPI(M) 7,309 51.59% Binay Bhushan Ray INC 5,570 39.31% 1,739
57 Jubarajnagar 84.5% Ram Kumar Nath CPI(M) 6,074 45.23% Prasanna Kumar Nath Independent 4,225 31.46% 1,849
58 Pencharthal 77.93% Ratna Prava Das Independent 5,343 34.84% Mohan Lal Chakma CPI(M) 5,000 32.6% 343
59 Panisagar 79.32% Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 6,642 53.45% Bibekananda Chakraborty Independent 3,047 24.52% 3,595
60 Kanchanpur 72.88% Len Prasad Malsai CPI(M) 6,052 43.21% Drao Kumar Reang TUS 4,321 30.85% 1,731

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. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  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. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ^ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.