2009 Indian general election in Tripura

The 2009 Indian general election in the state of Tripura was held in April with two seats being contested. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held both seats, receiving a total of 1,084,883 votes with a state-wide share of 61.69%.^[1] Congress and the BJP received 31% and 3% of the state-wide vote, respectively, and won no seats.^[2]

Indian general election in Tripura, 2009

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2 seats
Turnout	84.55%
First party   Leader Manik Sarkar Party CPI(M) Seats won 2 Seat change Percentage 61.69%
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

Parties and alliances

  Left Front

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Manik Sarkar	2

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			L. K. Advani	2

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Sonia Gandhi	2

List of elected MPs

Source: Election Commission of India^[3]

Constituency	Turnout%	Winning Candidate	Winning Party	Margin
1. Tripura West	85.71	Khagen Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,48,549
2. Tripura East	83.06	Baju Ban Riyan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,95,581