1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

31 December 1977

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Nripen Chakraborty
Party CPI(M)
Leader's seat Pramodenagar
Last election 16
Seats won 51
Seat change Increase 35
Popular vote 352,652
Percentage 47.00%
Alliance seats 56

Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 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 Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1CPICommunist Party of India
2CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
3INCIndian National Congress
4JNPJanata Party
State Parties
5FBLAll India Forward Bloc
6RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised ) Parties
7PBIProutist Bloc of India
8TCDCongress for Democracy
9TUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10INDIndependentS

[2]

No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 34 7 19 60

[3]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 495,342 466,656 961,998
No.of Electors who Voted 406,052 358,878 764,930
Polling Percentage 81.97% 76.90% 79.51%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 322 06 328
Elected 59 01 60

[5]

Result

Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes  % of Votes 1972 Seats
Communist Party of India 10 0 6,266 0.84% 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 51 352,652 47.00% 16
Indian National Congress 60 0 133,240 17.76% 41
Janata Party 59 0 78,479 10.46% -
All India Forward Bloc 1 1 7,800 1.04% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 12,446 1.66% -
Proutist Bloc of India 6 0 2,139 0.29% -
Congress for Democracy 59 0 66,913 9.08% -
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 28 4 59,474 7.93% 0
Independents 48 2 30,862 4.11% 2
Total 328 60 750,271
Source: ECI[6]

Constituency wise Winners

AC

No

Assembly Constituency Name Winner Candidates Name Gender Party
1Simna (ST)Abhiram Deb BarmaMCPM
2MohanpurRadharaman Deb NathMCPM
3Bamutia (SC)Hari Charan SarkarMCPM
4BarjalaGouri BhattacharjeeFCPM
5KhayerpurAkhil DebnathMCPM
6AgartalaAjoy BiswasMIND
7RamnagarBiren DattaMCPM
8Town BordowaliBraja Gopal RoyMFBL
9BanamalipurBibekanand BhowmikMIND
10MajlishpurKhagen DasMCPM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Rashiram Deb BarmaMCPM
12Takarajala (ST)Sudhanwa Deb BarmaMCPM
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil SarkarMCPM
14BadharghatJadab MajumdarMCPM
15KamalasagarMatilal SarkarMCPM
16BishalgarhGautam Prasad DuttaMCPM
17Golaghati (ST)Naranjan DebbarmaMCPM
18CharilamHari Nath DebbarmaMTUS
19BoxanagarArabar RahamanMCPM
20Nalchar (SC)Sumanta Kumar DasMCPM
21SonamuraSubal RudraMCPM
22DhanpurSamar ChoudhuryMCPM
23Ramchandraghat (ST)Dasaratha DebMCPM
24KhowaiSwaraijam Kamini Thakur SinghaMCPM
25Asharambari (ST)Bidya Chandra Deb BarmaMCPM
26Pramodnagar (ST)Nripen ChakrabartyMCPM
27KalyanpurMakhan Lal ChakrabartyMCPM
28Krishnapur (ST)Manindra Deb BarmaMCPM
29TeliamuraJitendra SarkarMCPM
30Bagma (ST)Ratimohan JamatiaMTUS
31Salgarh (SC)Gopal Chandra DasMRSP
32RadhakishorepurJogesh ChakrabortyMRSP
33MatarbariNaresh Chandra GhoshMCPM
34KakrabanKashab Ch. MajumderMCPM
35Rajnagar (SC)Nakul DasMCPM
36BeloniaJyotirmoy DasMCPM
37Santirbazar (ST)Drao Kumar RiangMTUS
38HrishyamukhBadal ChoudhuryMCPM
39Jolaibari (ST)Braja Mahan JamatiaMCPM
40Manu (ST)Matahari ChoudhuryMCPM
41SabroomSunil Kumar ChoudhuryMCPM
42Ampinagar (ST)Nagendra JamatiaMTUS
43BirganjSyamal SahaMCPM
44Raima Valley (ST)Baju Ban ReangMCPM
45KamalpurBimal SinghaMCPM
46Surma (SC)Rudrewar DasMCPM
47Salema (ST)Dinesh DebbarmaMCPM
48Kulai (ST)Kamini Deb BarmaMCPM
49Chhawmanu (ST)Purna Mohan TripuraMCPM
50Pabiachhara (SC)Bindu Bhushan MalakatMCPM
51FatikroyTarani Mohan SinhaMCPM
52ChandipurBaidyanath MajumderMCPM
53KailasaharTapan Kumar ChakrabortyMCPM
54KurtiFaizur RahamanMCPM
55KadamtalaUmesh Chandra NathMCPM
56DharmanagarAmarendra SarmaMCPM
57JubarajnagarRam Kumar NathMCPM
58Pencharthal (ST)Mohan Lal ChakmaMCPM
59PanisagarSubodh Chandra DasMCPM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Mandida ReangMCPM

[7]

Government Formation

The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978.[8]

References

  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. "1977 Tripura Election result".
  7. "Detailed Result 1988".
  8. "Government formation-1978,Tripura".
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