1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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.^[1]

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 31 December 1977 1983 →
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party   Leader Nripen Chakraborty Party CPI(M) Leader's seat Pramodenagar Last election 16 Seats won 51 Seat change 35 Popular vote 352,652 Percentage 47.00% Alliance seats 56
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M)

Tripura

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

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No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	34	7	19	60

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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%

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Performance of Women Candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	322	06	328
Elected	59	01	60

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Result

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[6]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[7]

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.^[8]