1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
60 seats in the Assembly; 31 seats needed for a majority
	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
1	CPI	Communist Party of India
2	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	INC	Indian National Congress
4	JNP	Janata Party
State Parties
5	FBL	All India Forward Bloc
6	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised ) Parties
7	PBI	Proutist Bloc of India
8	TCD	Congress for Democracy
9	TUS	Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10	IND	IndependentS

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No. of Constituencies

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

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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%

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Performance of Women Candidates

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

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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]

Results by constituency

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	%	Margin
1	Simna	83.98%	Abhiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	6,800	54.13%	Maharajkumar Sahadev Bikram Kishore Dev Barman		JP	2,739	21.8%	4,061
2	Mohanpur	81.74%	Radharaman Debnath		CPI(M)	4,599	36.51%	Ambika Deb		Congress for Democracy	2,797	22.21%	1,802
3	Bamutia	83.52%	Haricharan Sarkar		CPI(M)	6,195	49.7%	Parfulla Kumar Das		Congress for Democracy	5,276	42.33%	919
4	Barjala	82.1%	Gouri Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	8,178	58.79%	Reserwar Datta		Congress for Democracy	3,317	23.84%	4,861
5	Khayerpur	78.93%	Akhil Debnath		CPI(M)	5,833	45.4%	Amar Ranjan Gupta		INC	2,168	16.87%	3,665
6	Agartala	78.14%	Ajoy Biswas		Independent	10,682	68.2%	Kamal Kumar Singha		Congress for Democracy	2,021	12.9%	8,661
7	Ramnagar	78.72%	Biren Datta		CPI(M)	8,420	63.41%	Apanshu Mohan Lodh		INC	2,553	19.23%	5,867
8	Town Bordowali	77.93%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	7,800	62.76%	Dwijen Dey		JP	2,034	16.37%	5,766
9	Banamalipur	79.01%	Bibekananda Bhowmik		Independent	6,734	64.43%	Priya Lal Paul		Congress for Democracy	1,745	16.7%	4,989
10	Majlishpur	84.67%	Khagen Das		CPI(M)	4,437	37.07%	Jatindra Kumar Majumdar		Congress for Democracy	2,425	20.26%	2,012
11	Mandaibazar	78.24%	Rashiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	6,915	50.72%	Kshirode Debbarma		TUS	3,606	26.45%	3,309
12	Takarjala	76.36%	Sudhanwa Debbarma		CPI(M)	5,358	41.5%	Biswa Kumar Debbarma		TUS	4,075	31.56%	1,283
13	Pratapgarh	82.27%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	10,869	66.44%	Madhusudan Das		INC	3,397	20.76%	7,472
14	Badharghat	80.06%	Jadab Majumder		CPI(M)	10,816	74.83%	Sachindra Lal Singha		Congress for Democracy	1,844	12.76%	8,972
15	Kamalasagar	79.99%	Matilal Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,041	58.12%	Manoranjan Laskar		JP	2,451	20.23%	4,590
16	Bishalgarh	81.89%	Gautam Prasad Dutta		CPI(M)	5,384	45.47%	Samir Ranjan Barman		JP	3,546	29.95%	1,838
17	Golaghati	80.92%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	4,254	31.85%	Budha Debbarma		TUS	3,171	23.74%	1,083
18	Charilam	79.78%	Harinath Debbarma		TUS	4,259	33.2%	Durga Prasad Sikdar		CPI(M)	3,231	25.18%	1,028
19	Boxanagar	84.81%	Arabar Rahaman		CPI(M)	5,255	47.1%	Munsur Ali		INC	4,114	36.88%	1,141
20	Nalchar	83.37%	Sumanta Kumar Das		CPI(M)	6,433	52.69%	Bir Chandra Barman		INC	2,945	24.12%	3,488
21	Sonamura	84.%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	6,469	53.88%	Debendra Kishore Chowdhury		INC	4,389	36.55%	2,080
22	Dhanpur	83.08%	Samar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	6,244	48.79%	Brojendra Ghosh		JP	3,100	24.22%	3,144
23	Ramchandraghat	89.22%	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	9,585	81.57%	Nand Kumar Debbarma		JP	1,166	9.92%	8,419
24	Khowai	84.66%	Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha		CPI(M)	5,715	51.25%	Arun Kar		Congress for Democracy	3,215	28.83%	2,500
25	Asharambari	82.94%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,506	77.7%	Dayanand Debbarma		INC	1,125	9.19%	8,381
26	Pramodenagar	82.3%	Nirpen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	8,786	57.53%	Upendra Chandra Debnath		INC	2,565	16.79%	6,221
27	Kalyanpur	83.94%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	5,211	41.27%	Ashoke Kumar Bhattacharya		INC	2,842	22.51%	2,369
28	Krishnapur	67.32%	Manindra Debbarma		CPI(M)	6,116	57.3%	Maharajkumar Nakshatra Bikram		INC	1,703	15.95%	4,413
29	Teliamura	78.97%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	5,769	42.31%	Ratan Chakraborty		INC	3,387	24.84%	2,382
30	Bagma	79.66%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	5,652	45.26%	Ganapada Jamatia		CPI(M)	5,194	41.59%	458
31	Salgarh	82.49%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	6,968	60.32%	Jitendra Chandra Das		INC	1,620	14.02%	5,348
32	Radhakishorpur	80.8%	Jogesh Chakraborty		RSP	5,478	54.62%	Usha Ranjan Sen		INC	1,755	17.5%	3,723
33	Matarbari	82.2%	Naresh Chandra Ghosh		CPI(M)	6,372	50.91%	Anil Sarkar		INC	2,418	19.32%	3,954
34	Kakraban	82.71%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	6,781	53.7%	Ajit Ranjan Ghosh		INC	3,006	23.8%	3,775
35	Rajnagar	78.8%	Nakul Das		CPI(M)	7,828	55.49%	Upendra Kumar Das		INC	5,100	36.15%	2,728
36	Belonia	81.72%	Jyotirmoy Das		CPI(M)	5,460	41.65%	Manoranjan Majumder		INC	5,341	40.74%	119
37	Santirbazar	78.29%	Drao Kumar Reang		TUS	4,397	30.08%	Subodh Chandra Nath		CPI(M)	3,902	26.69%	495
38	Hrishyamukh	83.22%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	7,552	56.01%	Arun Chandra Bhowmik		INC	5,209	38.63%	2,343
39	Jolaibari	76.69%	Brajamohan Jamatia		CPI(M)	3,603	36.57%	Kashi Ram Reang		INC	3,071	31.17%	532
40	Manu	78.9%	Matahari Chowdhury		CPI(M)	6,292	42.65%	Angju Mog		INC	5,098	34.56%	1,194
41	Sabroom	83.94%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	6,537	46.94%	Rabindra Kumar Patari		INC	3,712	26.66%	2,825
42	Ampinagar	73.6%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	5,744	45.17%	Madhu Sudan Kalai		CPI(M)	4,814	37.86%	930
43	Birganj	77.9%	Syamal Saha		CPI(M)	5,745	39.5%	Kanai Lal Sarkar		INC	4,212	28.96%	1,533
44	Raima Valley	67.65%	Baju Ban Riyan		CPI(M)	7,661	72.65%	Monojay Roaja		TUS	1,588	15.06%	6,073
45	Kamalpur	84.04%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	7,634	70.06%	Brajakishore Singha		INC	1,156	10.61%	6,478
46	Surma	83.58%	Rudrewar Das		CPI(M)	7,403	57.83%	Jogendra Das		INC	2,096	16.37%	5,307
47	Salema	81.29%	Dinesh Debbarma		CPI(M)	6,890	53.24%	Madan Mohan Debbarma		INC	3,302	25.52%	3,588
48	Kulai	76.7%	Kamini Debbarma		CPI(M)	6,050	46.34%	Prafulla Roaja		INC	2,664	20.41%	3,386
49	Chawamanu	68.48%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	4,613	49.9%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	1,587	17.17%	3,026
50	Pabiachhara	75.96%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	6,270	53.84%	Brajendra Das		INC	2,778	23.85%	3,492
51	Fatikroy	82.67%	Tarani Mohan Singha		CPI(M)	6,057	44.21%	Gopesh Ranjan Deb		INC	3,365	24.56%	2,692
52	Chandipur	82.56%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	9,197	64.38%	Manindralal Bhowmik		INC	3,260	22.82%	5,937
53	Kailashahar	78.54%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,111	53.36%	Abdul Shahid		INC	3,954	29.67%	3,157
54	Kurti	76.51%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	5,500	48.28%	Gopendra Kumar Das		JP	1,233	10.82%	4,267
55	Kadamtala	73.02%	Umesh Chandra Nath		CPI(M)	5,575	56.06%	Luthfur Rahaman Chowdhury		JP	1,731	17.41%	3,844
56	Dharmanagar	79.12%	Amarendra Sarma		CPI(M)	6,640	53.94%	Debiprasad Purkayastha		INC	2,963	24.07%	3,677
57	Jubarajnagar	80.62%	Ram Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	6,379	56.21%	Manoranjan Nath		Congress for Democracy	2,255	19.87%	4,124
58	Pencharthal	70.29%	Mohan Lal Chakma		CPI(M)	4,977	42.47%	Sushil Kumar Chakma		INC	2,966	25.31%	2,011
59	Panisagar	75.21%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	5,588	58.4%	Debendra Chandra Nath		Independent	781	8.16%	4,807
60	Kanchanpur	65.06%	Mandida Reang		CPI(M)	5,608	55.81%	Sukadayal Jamatia		TUS	2,012	20.02%	3,596

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

^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
^ "Total No.of Electors".
^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
^ "1977 Tripura Election result".
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 13 June 2018.
^ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.

[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] "1977 Tripura Election result".

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 13 June 2018.

[8] "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.

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