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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.
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
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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 BlocK
6
RSP
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
7
PBI
Proutist Bloc of India
8
TCD
Tripura State Congress for Democracy
9
TUS
Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10
IND
IndependentS
No. of Constituencies
Type of Constituencies
GEN
SC
ST
Total
No. of Constituencies
34
7
19
60
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%
Performance of Women Candidates
Men
Women
Total
No.of Contestants
322
06
328
Elected
59
01
60
Constituency wise Winners
AC
No
Assembly Constituency Name
Winner Candidates Name
Gender
Party
1
Simna (ST)
Abhiram Deb Barma
M
CPM
2
Mohanpur
Radharaman Deb Nath
M
CPM
3
Bamutia (SC)
Hari Charan Sarkar
M
CPM
4
Barjala
Gouri Bhattacharjee
F
CPM
5
Khayerpur
Akhil Debnath
M
CPM
6
Agartala
Ajoy Biswas
M
IND
7
Ramnagar
Biren Datta
M
CPM
8
Town Bordowali
Braja Gopal Roy
M
FBL
9
Banamalipur
Bibekanand Bhowmik
M
IND
10
Majlishpur
Khagen Das
M
CPM
11
Mandaibazar (ST)
Rashiram Deb Barma
M
CPM
12
Takarajala (ST)
Sudhanwa Deb Barma
M
CPM
13
Pratapgarh (SC)
Anil Sarkar
M
CPM
14
Badharghat
Jadab Majumdar
M
CPM
15
Kamalasagar
Matilal Sarkar
M
CPM
16
Bishalgarh
Gautam Prasad Dutta
M
CPM
17
Golaghati (ST)
Naranjan Debbarma
M
CPM
18
Charilam
Hari Nath Debbarma
M
TUS
19
Boxanagar
Arabar Rahaman
M
CPM
20
Nalchar (SC)
Sumanta Kumar Das
M
CPM
21
Sonamura
Subal Rudra
M
CPM
22
Dhanpur
Samar Choudhury
M
CPM
23
Ramchandraghat (ST)
Dasaratha Deb
M
CPM
24
Khowai
Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha
M
CPM
25
Asharambari (ST)
Bidya Chandra Deb Barma
M
CPM
26
Pramodnagar (ST)
Nripen Chakrabarty
M
CPM
27
Kalyanpur
Makhan Lal Chakrabarty
M
CPM
28
Krishnapur (ST)
Manindra Deb Barma
M
CPM
29
Teliamura
Jitendra Sarkar
M
CPM
30
Bagma (ST)
Ratimohan Jamatia
M
TUS
31
Salgarh (SC)
Gopal Chandra Das
M
RSP
32
Radhakishorepur
Jogesh Chakraborty
M
RSP
33
Matarbari
Naresh Chandra Ghosh
M
CPM
34
Kakraban
Kashab Ch. Majumder
M
CPM
35
Rajnagar (SC)
Nakul Das
M
CPM
36
Belonia
Jyotirmoy Das
M
CPM
37
Santirbazar (ST)
Drao Kumar Riang
M
TUS
38
Hrishyamukh
Badal Choudhury
M
CPM
39
Jolaibari (ST)
Braja Mahan Jamatia
M
CPM
40
Manu (ST)
Matahari Choudhury
M
CPM
41
Sabroom
Sunil Kumar Choudhury
M
CPM
42
Ampinagar (ST)
Nagendra Jamatia
M
TUS
43
Birganj
Syamal Saha
M
CPM
44
Raima Valley (ST)
Baju Ban Riyan
M
CPM
45
Kamalpur
Bimal Singha
M
CPM
46
Surma (SC)
Rudrewar Das
M
CPM
47
Salema (ST)
Dinesh Deb Barma
M
CPM
48
Kulai (ST)
Kamini Deb Barma
M
CPM
49
Chhawmanu (ST)
Purna Mohan Tripura
M
CPM
50
Pabiachhara (SC)
Bindu Bhushan Malakat
M
CPM
51
Fatikroy
Tarani Mohan Sinha
M
CPM
52
Chandipur
Baidyanath Majumder
M
CPM
53
Kailasahar
Tapan Kumar Chakraborty
M
CPM
54
Kurti
Faizur Rahaman
M
CPM
55
Kadamtala
Umesh Chandra Nath
M
CPM
56
Dharmanagar
Amarendra Sarma
M
CPM
57
Jubarajnagar
Ram Kumar Nath
M
CPM
58
Pencharthal (ST)
Mohan Lal Chakma
M
CPM
59
Panisagar
Subodh Chandra Das
M
CPM
60
Kanchanpur (ST)
Mandida Reang
M
CPM
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.