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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.
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), lead Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura
Election
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 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 |
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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 |
Result
Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | No. of Votes | % of Votes | 1972 Seats |
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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 Block | 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% | - |
Tripura State 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 |
Constituency wise Winners
AC
No | Assembly Constituency Name | Winner Candidates Name | Gender | Party |
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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.
References
- "State Election Commission, Tripura".
- "List of Participating Political Parties".
- "Constituencies-Tripura".
- "Total No.of Electors".
- "Perfomance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- "1977 Tripura Election result".
- "Detailed Result 1988".
- "Government formation-1978,Tripura".