1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 15 February 1993 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.^[1]

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1988 15 February 1993 1998 →
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dasarath Deb - Party CPI(M) INC Leader's seat Ramchandraghat - Last election 26 25 Seats won 44 10 Seat change 18 15 Popular vote 599,943 438,561 Percentage 44.78% 32.73%
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Dasarath Deb CPI(M)

Tripura

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Dasarath Deb, won 44 seats and formed a Government in Tripura

Contesting parties

407 candidates registered to contest the election.

Party		Symbol	Alliance	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		Left Front	51
	Communist Party of India (CPI)		Left Front	2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)		Left Front	2
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)		Left Front	1
	Indian National Congress (INC)		Congress Alliance	46
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS)		Congress Alliance	14
	Amra Bangali			42
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)			38
	Janata Dal (B)			2
	Indian People's Front			2
	Independents (IND)			207
Total				407

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 15, 1993. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

National Parties

• BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• CPI (Communist Party of India)
• CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• INC (Indian National Congress)
• JD(B) (Janata Dal(B))

State Parties

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

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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	855,052	817,976	1,673,028
No.of Electors who Voted	707,725	650,519	1,358,244
Polling Percentage	82.77%	79.53%	81.18%

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Performance of women candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	393	14	407
Elected	59	01	60

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Result

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1988 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	38	0	27,078	2.02%	0
Communist Party of India	2	0	18,058	1.35%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	51	44	599,943	44.78%	26
Indian National Congress	46	10	438,561	32.73%	25
Janata Dal(B)	2	1	20,981	1.57%	-
All India Forward Block	1	1	10,658	0.80%	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	21,235	1.58%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	1	100,742	7.52%	-
Amra Bangali	42	0	19,592	1.46%	-
Independents	207	1	82,541	6.16%	0
Total	407	60	1,339,838
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	81.26%	Pranab Debbarma		CPI(M)	12,156	63.56%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	6,274	32.81%	5,882
2	Mohanpur	81.41%	Ratan Lal Nath		INC	9,717	46.25%	Akhil Chandra Debnath		CPI(M)	9,657	45.96%	60
3	Bamutia	83.61%	Haricharan Sarkar		CPI(M)	11,683	51.28%	Prakash Chandra Das		INC	10,645	46.73%	1,038
4	Barjala	78.26%	Arun Bhowmik		JD	13,483	43.98%	Dipak Kumar Roy		INC	10,709	34.93%	2,774
5	Khayerpur	83.28%	Pabitra Kar		CPI(M)	13,022	50.07%	Ratan Lal Ghosh		INC	12,565	48.32%	457
6	Agartala	77.73%	Nripen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	15,792	52.11%	Sudip Roy Barman		INC	12,863	42.44%	2,929
7	Ramnagar	77.52%	Surajit Datta		INC	12,862	53.67%	Chhaya Baul		CPI(M)	10,018	41.8%	2,844
8	Town Bordowali	75.94%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	10,658	51.66%	Purnima Bhattacharjee		INC	9,404	45.58%	1,254
9	Banamalipur	74.66%	Ratan Chakraborty		INC	8,583	49.17%	Dulal Das Gupta		JD	7,498	42.96%	1,085
10	Majlishpur	81.52%	Dipak Nag		INC	11,729	50.7%	Manik Dey		CPI(M)	11,018	47.62%	711
11	Mandaibazar	75.79%	Rashiram Debbarma		CPI(M)	14,142	61.52%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	7,471	32.5%	6,671
12	Takarjala	79.44%	Kartik Kanya Debbarma		CPI(M)	10,783	51.42%	Sukhendu Debbarma		TUS	5,715	27.25%	5,068
13	Pratapgarh	81.32%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	21,629	57.45%	Madhusudan Das		INC	14,581	38.73%	7,048
14	Badharghat	80.62%	Jadab Majumder		CPI(M)	19,563	51.55%	Dilip Sarkar		INC	17,096	45.05%	2,467
15	Kamalasagar	80.16%	Matilal Sarkar		INC	10,813	52.53%	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury		CPI(M)	9,339	45.37%	1,474
16	Bishalgarh	85.25%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	16,404	74.83%	Bhanu Lal Saha		CPI(M)	4,634	21.14%	11,770
17	Golaghati	77.87%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	10,465	50.29%	Budha Debbarma		TUS	7,251	34.85%	3,214
18	Charilam	76.84%	Ahok Debbarma		INC	10,292	47.09%	Aghore Debbarma		CPI	9,628	44.05%	664
19	Boxanagar	84.48%	Sahid Chowdhury		CPI(M)	11,161	56.71%	Tahera Begum		INC	6,858	34.85%	4,303
20	Nalchar	85.31%	Sukumar Barman		CPI(M)	10,526	52.65%	Narayan Das		INC	9,108	45.56%	1,418
21	Sonamura	85.55%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	11,181	54.22%	Rashik Lal Roy		INC	8,218	39.85%	2,963
22	Dhanpur	84.55%	Samar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	13,327	58.43%	Gopal Chandra Roy		INC	9,212	40.39%	4,115
23	Ramchandraghat	84.22%	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	12,790	78.54%	Dinesh Debbarma		TUS	2,374	14.58%	10,416
24	Khowai	88.54%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	9,579	49.97%	Sukhamoy Kar		INC	8,986	46.88%	593
25	Asharambari	81.43%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		CPI(M)	14,820	80.26%	Sudhir Debbarma		INC	2,407	13.04%	12,413
26	Pramodenagar	82.77%	Aghore Debbarma		CPI(M)	15,013	65.75%	Biswajit Deb Rankhal		INC	7,569	33.15%	7,444
27	Kalyanpur	82.9%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	9,832	49.23%	Kajal Chandra Das		INC	8,695	43.54%	1,137
28	Krishnapur	78.12%	Khagendra Jamatia		CPI(M)	13,850	70.38%	Karna Singh Jamatia		TUS	5,051	25.67%	8,799
29	Teliamura	81.45%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	11,028	49.91%	Ashok Kumar Baidya		INC	7,092	32.1%	3,936
30	Bagma	84.33%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	9,899	45.65%	Saral Pada Jamatia		Independent	9,056	41.76%	843
31	Salgarh	84.74%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	11,286	50.97%	Kamini Kumar Das		INC	10,080	45.52%	1,206
32	Radhakishorpur	82.41%	Pannalal Ghosh		RSP	9,949	49.15%	Ranjit Singha Roy		Independent	5,573	27.53%	4,376
33	Matarbari	86.34%	Madhab Chandra Saha		CPI(M)	11,566	49.94%	Kashiram Reang		INC	10,247	44.25%	1,319
34	Kakraban	83.02%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	11,202	54.1%	Subrata Dhar		INC	5,782	27.93%	5,420
35	Rajnagar	86.1%	Sudhan Das		CPI(M)	14,964	54.57%	Sefali Das		INC	12,067	44.%	2,897
36	Belonia	86.92%	Amal Mallik		INC	14,985	62.3%	Sunil Baran Das Gupta		CPI	8,430	35.05%	6,555
37	Santirbazar	82.16%	Baju Ban Riyan		CPI(M)	13,242	50.46%	Gouri Sankar Reang		TUS	12,879	49.07%	363
38	Hrishyamukh	86.16%	Dilip Chowdhury		INC	15,420	64.26%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	8,422	35.1%	6,998
39	Jolaibari	82.45%	Brajendra Mog Chowdhury		INC	9,385	51.9%	Gitamohan Tripura		CPI(M)	8,357	46.21%	1,028
40	Manu	85.01%	Jitendra Chaudhury		CPI(M)	14,886	54.93%	Angju Mog		INC	12,212	45.07%	2,674
41	Sabroom	86.5%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	12,714	52.%	Parimal Nandy		INC	11,451	46.83%	1,263
42	Ampinagar	79.67%	Debabrata Koloy		Independent	11,488	53.19%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	9,060	41.95%	2,428
43	Birganj	85.51%	Ranjit Debnath		CPI(M)	12,704	48.64%	Jawhar Shaha		INC	11,046	42.29%	1,658
44	Raima Valley	80.5%	Ananda Mohan Roaja		CPI(M)	13,426	54.22%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	11,134	44.97%	2,292
45	Kamalpur	87.58%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	10,100	55.74%	Saroj Kumar Charkaborty		INC	7,159	39.51%	2,941
46	Surma	84.25%	Sudhir Das		CPI(M)	11,477	56.64%	Sushendra Malakar		INC	7,901	38.99%	3,576
47	Salema	81.98%	Prasanta Debbarma		CPI(M)	12,683	61.9%	Mangal Prasad Debbarma		TUS	6,138	29.96%	6,545
48	Kulai	78.17%	Hasmai Reang		CPI(M)	13,010	57.61%	Diba Chandra Hiangkhwal		TUS	7,319	32.41%	5,691
49	Chawamanu	74.65%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	10,442	60.87%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	4,428	25.81%	6,014
50	Pabiachhara	75.51%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	13,322	59.78%	Brajendra Das		INC	8,102	36.36%	5,220
51	Fatikroy	81.96%	Bhudeb Bhattacharya		CPI(M)	11,742	57.61%	Sunil Chandra Das		INC	6,706	32.9%	5,036
52	Chandipur	83.41%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	12,656	58.43%	Nirode Baran Das		INC	7,662	35.38%	4,994
53	Kailashahar	83.61%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	11,592	49.%	Birajit Sinha		INC	11,126	47.03%	466
54	Kurti	76.31%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	10,352	52.89%	Abdul Rokib		INC	4,929	25.18%	5,423
55	Kadamtala	75.37%	Umesh Chandra Nath		CPI(M)	6,792	35.2%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	4,909	25.44%	1,883
56	Dharmanagar	77.35%	Amitabha Datta		CPI(M)	10,310	46.37%	Kalidas Dutta		INC	7,745	34.83%	2,565
57	Jubarajnagar	82.79%	Ramendra Chandra Debnath		CPI(M)	10,228	51.24%	Biva Nath		INC	7,732	38.74%	2,496
58	Pencharthal	73.35%	Anil Chakma		CPI(M)	8,990	41.76%	Sushil Kumar Chakma		INC	5,110	23.74%	3,880
59	Panisagar	74.27%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	8,528	47.82%	Ashutosh Das		INC	6,643	37.25%	1,885
60	Kanchanpur	73.79%	Len Prasad Malsai		CPI(M)	9,228	46.95%	Drao Kumar Reang		TUS	5,749	29.25%	3,479

Government formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Dasarath Deb, won 44 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.^[8]