1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 1 May 1983, to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from each of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura, India.^[1]

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1977 1 May 1983 1988 →
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   TUS Leader Nripen Chakraborty - - Party CPI(M) INC TUS Leader's seat Pramodenagar - - Last election 51 0 4 Seats won 37 12 6 Seat change 14 12 2 Popular vote 433,608 282,859 97,039 Percentage 46.78% 30.51% 10.47%
Tripura district map
Chief Minister before election Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) Elected Chief Minister Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M)

Tripura

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Nripen Chakraborty, won 37 seats and formed the Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election for all 60 assembly constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly were conducted in a single phase, on February 15, 1993.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bhartiya Janta Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	ICS	Indian Congress (Socialist)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JNP	Janata Party
State Parties
7	FBL	All India Forward BlocK
8	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
9	TUS	Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10	IND	Independent

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No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	33	7	20	60

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Electors

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	579,123	555,134	1,134,257
No.of Electors who Voted	495,281	446,504	941,785
Polling Percentage	85.52%	80.43%	83.03%

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Performance of Women Candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	195	11	206
Elected	56	04	60

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Result

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	4	0	578	0.06%	-
Communist Party of India	1	0	7,657	0.83%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	56	37	433,608	46.78%	51
Indian Congress Secular	3	0	540	0.06%	-
Indian National Congress	45	12	282,859	30.51%	0
Janata Party	5	0	515	0.06%	0
All India Forward Block	1	0	6,549	0.71%	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	15,218	1.64%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	6	97,039	10.47%	4
Independents	75	3	82,443	8.89%	2
Total	206	60	927,006
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	83.41%	Abhiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,206	65.23%	Kripa Rani Debbarma		TUS	4,828	34.21%	4,378
2	Mohanpur	80.89%	Dhirendra Chandra Debnath		INC	6,568	45.07%	Radharaman Debnath		CPI(M)	5,953	40.85%	615
3	Bamutia	85.47%	Haricharan Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,417	50.79%	Prafulla Kumar Das		INC	7,023	48.09%	394
4	Barjala	83.66%	Gouri Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	8,160	49.3%	Basana Chakraborty		Independent	4,904	29.63%	3,256
5	Khayerpur	83.34%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder		INC	8,539	52.98%	Akhil Debnath		CPI(M)	7,321	45.43%	1,218
6	Agartala	80.44%	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	10,623	52.18%	Promode Ranjandas Gupta		INC	9,485	46.59%	1,138
7	Ramnagar	80.24%	Biren Dutta		CPI(M)	8,026	50.8%	Amar Ranjan Gupta		INC	7,640	48.35%	386
8	Town Bordowali	79.31%	Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya		INC	7,689	52.95%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	6,549	45.1%	1,140
9	Banamalipur	82.11%	Sukhamoy Sen Gupta		INC	6,883	52.43%	Bibekananda Bhowmik		CPI(M)	5,913	45.04%	970
10	Majlishpur	83.16%	Khagen Das		CPI(M)	6,397	44.21%	Ranjit Saha		INC	4,901	33.87%	1,496
11	Mandaibazar	81.%	Rashiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,861	56.04%	Amiya Kumar Debbarma		TUS	7,594	43.16%	2,267
12	Takarjala	79.35%	Sudhanwa Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,029	59.83%	Suriya Kumar Debbarma		TUS	5,930	39.29%	3,099
13	Pratapgarh	85.63%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	12,736	58.4%	Monomohan Das		INC	8,758	40.16%	3,978
14	Badharghat	82.65%	Jadab Majumder		CPI(M)	11,244	56.37%	Niranjan Paul		INC	8,551	42.87%	2,693
15	Kamalasagar	84.88%	Matilal Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,601	50.85%	Monoranjan Laskar		INC	7,170	47.97%	431
16	Bishalgarh	84.65%	Bhanu Lal Saha		CPI(M)	7,340	51.54%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	6,900	48.46%	440
17	Golaghati	81.76%	Budha Debbarma		TUS	8,011	50.18%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,198	45.09%	813
18	Charilam	83.44%	Parimal Chandra Saha		INC	8,528	52.7%	Braja Gopal Bhowmik		CPI(M)	7,302	45.12%	1,226
19	Boxanagar	88.79%	Araber Rahaman		CPI(M)	7,022	51.21%	Munsur Ali		INC	6,648	48.49%	374
20	Nalchar	89.03%	Narayan Das		INC	7,420	49.94%	Sumanta Kumar Das		CPI(M)	7,210	48.53%	210
21	Sonamura	87.97%	Rashik Lal Roy		INC	7,264	51.55%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	6,623	47.%	641
22	Dhanpur	89.26%	Samar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	8,795	54.02%	Brajendra Kumar Ghosh		INC	7,487	45.98%	1,308
23	Ramchandraghat	87.55%	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	11,451	86.89%	Bathsailyamani Jamatia		TUS	1,728	13.11%	9,723
24	Khowai	88.15%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	5,777	45.18%	Sukhamoy Kar		INC	3,587	28.05%	2,190
25	Asharambari	85.91%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		CPI(M)	11,360	79.67%	Kishalaya Kanti Debbarma		INC	1,591	11.16%	9,769
26	Pramodenagar	87.6%	Nripen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	10,845	60.87%	Siromani Roy		Independent	5,212	29.25%	5,633
27	Kalyanpur	84.93%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,064	49.%	Debabrata Datta		Independent	4,566	31.67%	2,498
28	Krishnapur	71.86%	Kali Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,267	54.29%	Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore Debbarma		INC	5,059	37.8%	2,208
29	Teliamura	83.15%	Gita Chowdhury		INC	6,835	42.48%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	5,984	37.19%	851
30	Bagma	81.6%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	10,157	62.93%	Gunapada Jamatia		CPI(M)	5,506	34.11%	4,651
31	Salgarh	87.11%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	8,148	53.21%	Kamini Kumar Das		INC	7,032	45.92%	1,116
32	Radhakishorpur	84.17%	Jogesh Chakraborty		RSP	7,070	51.44%	Bhanu Gopal Baisnab		INC	6,590	47.95%	480
33	Matarbari	86.26%	Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi		INC	9,195	57.41%	Madhab Saha		CPI(M)	6,625	41.36%	2,570
34	Kakraban	87.28%	Keshab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	8,256	52.%	Nanik Chandra Das		INC	7,521	47.37%	735
35	Rajnagar	87.29%	Nakul Das		CPI(M)	10,144	54.83%	Bhuban Mohan Das		INC	7,951	42.98%	2,193
36	Belonia	87.18%	Manoranjan Majumder		Independent	8,081	50.75%	Jitendra Lal Das		CPI	7,657	48.08%	424
37	Santirbazar	83.85%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	10,478	55.63%	Narayan Chandra Kar		CPI(M)	7,759	41.19%	2,719
38	Hrishyamukh	90.43%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	9,204	53.87%	Amal Mallik		INC	7,703	45.08%	1,501
39	Jolaibari	83.61%	Kashi Ram Reang		INC	6,718	51.9%	Brajamohan Jamatia		CPI(M)	6,227	48.1%	491
40	Manu	83.5%	Angju Mog		INC	10,304	55.2%	Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	8,362	44.8%	1,942
41	Sabroom	87.5%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	9,118	52.55%	Adhir Chandra Bhaumik		INC	7,981	46.%	1,137
42	Ampinagar	75.29%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	9,449	58.99%	Madhu Sudan Kalai		CPI(M)	4,941	30.84%	4,508
43	Birganj	79.77%	Jawhar Saha		Independent	8,747	48.54%	Syjmal Kanti Saha		CPI(M)	6,352	35.25%	2,395
44	Raima Valley	71.66%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	7,772	51.82%	Anand Mohan Reaja		CPI(M)	7,225	48.18%	547
45	Kamalpur	89.17%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	7,674	59.48%	Kanak Ranjan Ghosh		INC	5,161	40.%	2,513
46	Surma	86.82%	Rudreswar Das		CPI(M)	7,763	51.45%	Harendra Chandra Das		INC	6,215	41.19%	1,548
47	Salema	84.5%	Dinesh Debbarma		CPI(M)	8,032	51.65%	Bijoy Kumar Jamatia		TUS	6,761	43.48%	1,271
48	Kulai	78.96%	Diba Chandra Harangkhal		TUS	8,419	50.78%	Kamini Debbarma		CPI(M)	7,480	45.12%	939
49	Chawamanu	75.94%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	6,662	50.24%	Jadumohan Tripura		TUS	6,598	49.76%	64
50	Pabiachhara	81.19%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	7,544	50.6%	Subal Chandra Biswas		INC	6,413	43.02%	1,131
51	Fatikroy	86.31%	Tarani Mohan Singha		CPI(M)	7,580	51.65%	Radhika Ranjan Gupta		INC	5,898	40.19%	1,682
52	Chandipur	88.38%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	9,066	54.64%	Birajit Sinha		INC	7,398	44.59%	1,668
53	Kailashahar	83.9%	Syed Basit Ali		INC	8,116	50.82%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,487	46.88%	629
54	Kurti	79.5%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	7,738	57.78%	Abdul Razak Bisharad		INC	4,794	35.79%	2,944
55	Kadamtala	76.63%	Samir Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	5,061	40.81%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	4,727	38.11%	334
56	Dharmanagar	79.09%	Amarendra Sarma		CPI(M)	7,309	51.59%	Binay Bhushan Ray		INC	5,570	39.31%	1,739
57	Jubarajnagar	84.5%	Ram Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	6,074	45.23%	Prasanna Kumar Nath		Independent	4,225	31.46%	1,849
58	Pencharthal	77.93%	Ratna Prava Das		Independent	5,343	34.84%	Mohan Lal Chakma		CPI(M)	5,000	32.6%	343
59	Panisagar	79.32%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	6,642	53.45%	Bibekananda Chakraborty		Independent	3,047	24.52%	3,595
60	Kanchanpur	72.88%	Len Prasad Malsai		CPI(M)	6,052	43.21%	Drao Kumar Reang		TUS	4,321	30.85%	1,731

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 37 out of 60 seats in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister.^[8]