1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1983 2 Feb 1988 1993 →
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 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(I)

Tripura

Contesting parties

271 candidates registered to contest the election.

Party		Symbol	Alliance	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		Left Front	55
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)		Left Front	2
	Communist Party of India (CPI)		Left Front	1
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)		Left Front	1
	Indian National Congress (INC)		Congress Alliance	46
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS)		Congress Alliance	14
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)			10
	Janata Party			10
	Independents (IND)			81
Total				271

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

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National Parties

• BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• CPI (Communist Party of India)
• CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• INC (Indian National Congress (I))
• JNP (Janata Party)

State Parties

• FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
• RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
• TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

No. of constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	36	7	17	60

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Electors

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	684,596	658,470	1,343,066
No.of Electors who Voted	590,887	560,771	1,151,658
Polling Percentage	86.31%	85.16%	85.75%

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Performance of women candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	268	3	271
Elected	58	02	60

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Result

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1983 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	10	0	1,757	0.15%	0
Communist Party of India	1	0	9,314	0.82%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	55	26	520,697	45.82%	37
Indian National Congress	46	25	424,241	37.33%	12
Janata Party	10	0	1,138	0.10%	0
All India Forward Block	1	0	7,631	0.67%	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	18,182	1.60%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	7	119,599	10.52%	6
Independents	81	0	33,846	2.98%	3
Total	220	60	1,136,405
Source: ECI[7]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[8]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Simna	86.04%	Abhiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	10,318	60.67%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	6,605	38.84%	3,713
2	Mohanpur	84.32%	Dhirendra Chandra Debnath		INC	8,810	51.05%	Radharaman Debnath		CPI(M)	7,469	43.28%	1,341
3	Bamutia	86.75%	Prakash Chandra Das		INC	9,109	51.1%	Dilip Kumar Das		CPI(M)	8,636	48.45%	473
4	Barjala	85.85%	Dipak Kumar Roy		INC	11,889	53.53%	Gouri Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	10,020	45.11%	1,869
5	Khayerpur	86.25%	Ratan Lal Ghosh		INC	10,910	50.99%	Pabitra Kar		CPI(M)	10,419	48.7%	491
6	Agartala	82.%	Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi		INC	12,776	49.72%	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	12,695	49.4%	81
7	Ramnagar	83.8%	Surajit Datta		INC	10,663	51.79%	Khagen Das		CPI(M)	9,802	47.61%	861
8	Town Bordowali	81.35%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar		INC	10,308	57.03%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	7,631	42.22%	2,677
9	Banamalipur	82.43%	Ratan Chakraborty		INC	8,642	56.26%	Bibekananda Bhowmik		CPI(M)	6,612	43.04%	2,030
10	Majlishpur	86.34%	Dipak Nag		INC	9,493	50.61%	Manik Dey		CPI(M)	9,187	48.98%	306
11	Mandaibazar	79.65%	Rashiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	10,768	51.59%	Chandrodoy Rupini		TUS	9,898	47.42%	870
12	Takarjala	85.14%	Tarani Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,719	52.8%	Surya Kumar Debbarma		TUS	8,483	46.09%	1,236
13	Pratapgarh	85.36%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	15,778	53.42%	Madhusudan Das		INC	13,492	45.68%	2,286
14	Badharghat	84.04%	Dilip Sarkar		INC	13,923	50.15%	Ila Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	13,597	48.98%	326
15	Kamalasagar	87.31%	Matilal Sarkar		CPI(M)	9,487	51.51%	Deba Prasad Chowdhury		INC	8,702	47.25%	785
16	Bishalgarh	87.97%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	10,068	54.98%	Bhanu Lal Saha		CPI(M)	8,186	44.7%	1,882
17	Golaghati	83.65%	Budha Debbarma		TUS	9,141	48.58%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,132	48.53%	9
18	Charilam	84.01%	Matilal Saha		INC	9,680	51.54%	Brajgopal Bhowmic		CPI(M)	8,772	46.71%	908
19	Boxanagar	91.32%	Billal Miah		INC	8,621	51.47%	Araber Rahaman		CPI(M)	8,089	48.29%	532
20	Nalchar	89.92%	Sukumar Barman		CPI(M)	9,420	52.73%	Narayan Das		INC	8,254	46.2%	1,166
21	Sonamura	89.29%	Rashik Lal Roy		INC	8,900	51.32%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	8,403	48.45%	497
22	Dhanpur	91.09%	Samar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	10,809	54.45%	Prabir Kumar Pul		INC	8,843	44.54%	1,966
23	Ramchandraghat	88.4%	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	11,306	78.18%	Sashi Kumar Debbarma		TUS	3,048	21.08%	8,258
24	Khowai	89.7%	Arun Kumar Kar		INC	7,657	49.67%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	7,544	48.93%	113
25	Asharambari	85.21%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		CPI(M)	12,597	77.2%	Arun Kumar Debbarma		INC	3,211	19.68%	9,386
26	Pramodenagar	89.9%	Nirpen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	12,828	61.83%	Pradip Kumar Roy		INC	7,209	34.75%	5,619
27	Kalyanpur	87.64%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	8,275	49.65%	Kajal Chandra Das		INC	7,528	45.16%	747
28	Krishnapur	81.76%	Khagendra Jamatia		CPI(M)	9,861	57.78%	Karna Singh Jamatia		TUS	6,922	40.56%	2,939
29	Teliamura	84.44%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	9,502	48.77%	Ashok Kumar Baidya		INC	9,111	46.77%	391
30	Bagma	86.86%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	10,309	55.74%	Gunapada Jamatia		CPI(M)	8,046	43.51%	2,263
31	Salgarh	88.54%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	9,578	51.27%	Kamini Kumar Das		INC	9,064	48.52%	514
32	Radhakishorpur	86.13%	Chitta Ranjan Saha		RSP	8,604	50.97%	Ranajit Singha Roy		INC	7,971	47.22%	633
33	Matarbari	87.29%	Kashiram Reang		INC	9,514	49.65%	Madhab Chandra Saha		CPI(M)	9,506	49.61%	8
34	Kakraban	88.21%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	10,372	57.01%	Subrata Dhar		INC	7,670	42.16%	2,702
35	Rajnagar	90.58%	Nakul Das		CPI(M)	12,813	54.99%	Jogendra Das		INC	10,393	44.6%	2,420
36	Belonia	88.52%	Amal Mallik		INC	10,227	51.96%	Jitendra Lal Das		CPI	9,314	47.32%	913
37	Santirbazar	84.96%	Gouri Sankar Reang		TUS	11,582	51.88%	Manik Majumder		CPI(M)	10,470	46.9%	1,112
38	Hrishyamukh	90.83%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	11,479	54.46%	Debabrata Baidya		INC	9,539	45.26%	1,940
39	Jolaibari	87.08%	Brajamohan Jamatia		CPI(M)	7,800	49.75%	Brajamohan Tripura		INC	7,682	49.%	118
40	Manu	89.39%	Angju Mog		INC	11,832	50.12%	Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	11,663	49.4%	169
41	Sabroom	89.39%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	10,605	51.05%	Manoranjan Debnath		INC	10,109	48.67%	496
42	Ampinagar	83.16%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	10,882	54.61%	Debabrata Koloy		Independent	8,792	44.12%	2,090
43	Birganj	83.42%	Jawhar Shaha		INC	11,801	53.41%	Shyamal Saha		CPI(M)	10,007	45.29%	1,794
44	Raima Valley	82.29%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	10,640	50.99%	Ram Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	10,225	49.01%	415
45	Kamalpur	89.82%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	8,021	52.88%	Saroj Kumar Chakraborty		INC	7,063	46.57%	958
46	Surma	88.35%	Rudreswar Das		CPI(M)	8,941	50.93%	Harendra Chandra Das		INC	8,152	46.44%	789
47	Salema	87.34%	Dinesh Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,047	49.59%	Mangal Prasad Debbarma		TUS	8,428	46.19%	619
48	Kulai	82.98%	Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl		TUS	10,047	50.34%	Subindra Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,584	48.02%	463
49	Chawamanu	82.27%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	9,323	56.57%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	7,157	43.43%	2,166
50	Pabiachhara	85.47%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	9,388	50.34%	Jyotirmoy Malakar		INC	8,832	47.36%	556
51	Fatikroy	87.6%	Sunil Chandra Das		INC	12,288	72.14%	Bhudeb Bhattacharya		CPI(M)	4,299	25.24%	7,989
52	Chandipur	91.75%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	10,128	53.38%	Debasish Sen		INC	8,516	44.89%	1,612
53	Kailashahar	87.72%	Birajit Sinha		INC	9,519	50.88%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	8,780	46.93%	739
54	Kurti	84.43%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	8,405	50.38%	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		INC	7,576	45.41%	829
55	Kadamtala	81.8%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	6,759	42.49%	Samir Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	6,317	39.71%	442
56	Dharmanagar	83.1%	Kalidas Dutta		INC	9,505	52.89%	Amarendra Sarma		CPI(M)	8,283	46.09%	1,222
57	Jubarajnagar	86.31%	Biva Rani Nath		INC	7,591	46.95%	Ram Kumar Nath		CPI(M)	7,400	45.77%	191
58	Pencharthal	79.89%	Sushil Kumar Chakma		INC	8,348	43.51%	Malendhan Chakma		CPI(M)	6,527	34.02%	1,821
59	Panisagar	81.07%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	7,774	49.94%	Ashutosh Das		INC	6,491	41.69%	1,283
60	Kanchanpur	75.72%	Drao Kumar Reang		TUS	6,457	39.44%	Len Prasad Malsai		CPI(M)	6,263	38.25%	194

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[9]