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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.
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 |
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 |
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 | |||||||||
Results by constituency
| 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.
References
- "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
- "List of Participating Political Parties".
- "Constituencies-Tripura".
- "Total No.of Electors".
- "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- "1977 Tripura Election result".
- "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.
- "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
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