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1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar - - Party INC CPI(M) TUS Leader's seat Town bordowali - - Last election 12 (INC only) 37 Seats won 25 26 7 Seat change 13 11 1 Popular vote 424,241 520,697 119,599 Percentage 37.33% 45.82% 10.52%
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) Elected Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar INC

The 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 2 February 1988 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and TNV representatives agreed to a cessation of military hostilities on August 12, 1988. Several thousand individuals were killed, and some 200,000 individuals were displaced during the conflict.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 2, 1988. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

National Parties

1. BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
2. CPI (Communist Party of India)
3. CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
4. INC (Indian National Congress)
5. JNP (Janata Party)

State Parties

6. FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
7. RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
8. TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

No. of Constituencies

Electors

Performance of Women Candidates

Result

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Constituency wise Winners

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) – Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) coalition won 30 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 28 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar formed a INC-TUJS coalition government on February 5, 1988.

On February 17, 1992, the eight members of the Tripura Tribal Youth League (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti-TUJS), who were part of the governing coalition in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly, resigned in protest over more than 500 starvation deaths in tribal areas in recent months. Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned on February 19, 1992, and Samir Ranjan Barman was sworn in as Chief Minister of an INC-TUJS coalition government on February 20, 1992.

Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman resigned on February 27, 1993, and the state of Tripura was placed under president's rule from March 11, 1993 to April 10, 1993.

References

1. "State Election Commission, Tripura".
2. "Conflict Period in Tripura".
3. "List of Participating Political Parties".
4. "Constituencies-Tripura".
5. "Total No.of Electors".
6. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
7. "1988 Tripura Election result".
8. "Detailed Result 1988".
9. "Government formation-1988,Tripura".
10. "Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned as Tripura Chief Minister".
11. "President's rule in Tripura".

• State Assembly elections in Tripura
• 1988 State Assembly elections in India