1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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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.

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly Election

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31 Dec 1977

1983 →

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nripen Chakraborty	-
Party	CPI(M)	TUS
Leader's seat	Pramodenagar	-
Seats won	51	4
Seat change	35	4
Popular vote	352,652	59,474
Percentage	47.00%	7.93%

Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), lead Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura

Government Formation

References

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
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

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.