1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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 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
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

[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

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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 %
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

  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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