2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

The 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.57% ( 2.35 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Manik Sarkar Sudip Roy Barman Party CPI(M) INC Alliance LF UPA Leader since 1998 2013 Leader's seat Dhanpur Agartala Last election 48.01%, 46 seats 36.38%, 10 seats Seats won 49 10 Seat change 3 Popular vote 1,059,327 804,457 Percentage 48.11% 36.53% Swing 0.1 pp 0.15 pp
Seatwise map of the election results
Structure of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Manik Sarkar CPI(M) Elected Chief Minister Manik Sarkar CPI(M)

Tripura

Contesting parties

249 candidates registered to contest the election.

Party		Symbol	Alliance	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		Left Front	55
	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)		UPA	48
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		NDA	50
	Independents (IND)			23
	Amra Bangali			16
	Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT)			17
	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)			12
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			10
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)			6
	Samajwadi Party			4
	Nationalist Congress Party			2
	Janata Dal (United)			1
Total				249

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on 14 February 2013. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

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Num	Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	INC	Indian National Congress
5	NCP	Nationalist Congress Party
State Parties - Other States
6	AIFB	All India Forward Bloc
7	JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)
8	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
9	SP	Samajwadi Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10	AMB	Amra Bangalee
11	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
12	INPT	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
13	IPFT	Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
14	SUCI	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Independents
15	IND	Independent

No. of Constituencies

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Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	30	10	20	60

Electors

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	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	1,201,209	1,157,284	2,358,493
No.of Electors who Voted	1,089,860	1,075,622	2,165,482
Polling Percentage	90.73%	92.94%	91.82%

Performance of Women Candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	234	15	249
Elected	55	05	60

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Background

The previous elections to the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.^[2][3] February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.^{[citation needed]}

The Left Front, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election.^[4]

Campaign

The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term. A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election.^[5]

Election Day

Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits.^[6]

According to the report by Times of India, the chief election officer of the state told that the voter turnout across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout.^[7] This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.^[6] Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent.^[7] There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.^[5]

Results

Summary of the 14 February 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election results^[8]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	1,059,327	48.11	0.10	49	3
	Indian National Congress (INC)	804,457	36.53	0.15	10
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	34,500	1.57	0.09	1
	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)	167,078	7.59	1.38	0	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	31,717	1.95	0.26	0	2
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	33,808	1.54	0.05	0
	Independents (IND)	21,126	0.96	2.28	0
	Others	50,052	1.75	0.25	0
Total		2,202,065	100.00		60	±0

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[9]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Simna	93.65%	Pranab Debbarma		CPI(M)	17,063	54.36%	Rabindra Debbarma		INPT	13,244	42.19%	3,819
2	Mohanpur	94.8%	Ratan Lal Nath		INC	19,143	49.12%	Subhas Chandra Debnath		CPI(M)	18,368	47.13%	775
3	Bamutia	95.61%	Haricharan Sarkar		CPI(M)	19,744	52.35%	Prakash Chandra Das		INC	16,994	45.06%	2,750
4	Barjala	94.64%	Jitendra Sarkar		INC	17,728	49.25%	Jitendra Das		CPI(M)	17,467	48.52%	261
5	Khayerpur	95.37%	Pabitra Kar		CPI(M)	20,972	50.72%	Baptu Chakraborty		INC	19,675	47.59%	1,297
6	Agartala	92.14%	Sudip Roy Barman		INC	22,160	52.29%	Sankar Prasad Datta		CPI(M)	19,398	45.77%	2,762
7	Ramnagar	89.85%	Ratan Das		CPI(M)	18,060	49.19%	Surajit Datta		INC	17,995	49.02%	65
8	Town Bordowali	86.86%	Ashish Kumar Saha		INC	22,474	57.45%	Shyamal Roy		AIFB	15,414	39.41%	7,060
9	Banamalipur	86.78%	Gopal Chandra Roy		INC	19,464	57.28%	Yudhisthir Das		CPI	13,702	40.32%	5,762
10	Majlishpur	96.36%	Manik Dey		CPI(M)	21,304	52.43%	Bibekananda Chowdhury		INC	18,375	45.22%	2,929
11	Mandaibazar	93.06%	Manoranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	19,275	50.35%	Jagadish Debbarma		INPT	17,450	45.58%	1,825
12	Takarjala	91.91%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	17,315	49.87%	Rajeshwar Debbarma		INPT	16,108	46.4%	1,207
13	Pratapgarh	22.82%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	23,977	51.38%	Ranjit Kumar Das		INC	21,845	46.81%	2,132
14	Badharghat	93.7%	Dilip Sarkar		INC	24,309	49.29%	Samar Das		RSP	23,666	47.98%	643
15	Kamalasagar	94.76%	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury		CPI(M)	19,808	56.13%	Dipak Kumar Roy		INC	14,393	40.79%	5,415
16	Bishalgarh	95.73%	Bhanu Lal Saha		CPI(M)	20,987	51.02%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	19,263	46.83%	1,724
17	Golaghati	94.08%	Kesab Debbarma		CPI(M)	19,181	55.55%	Manab Debbarma		INPT	14,648	42.42%	4,533
18	Suryamaninagar	95.62%	Rajkumar Chowdhury		CPI(M)	21,613	50.47%	Avijit Deb		INC	19,979	46.66%	1,634
19	Charilam	93.8%	Ramendra Narayan Debbarma		CPI(M)	16,479	50.94%	Himani Debbarma		INC	15,138	46.79%	1,341
20	Boxanagar	96.3%	Sahid Chowdhury		CPI(M)	17,100	53.21%	Billal Miah		INC	14,579	45.36%	2,521
21	Nalchar	96.46%	Tapan Chandra Das		CPI(M)	21,969	59.96%	Uttam Das		INC	13,862	37.83%	8,107
22	Sonamura	95.13%	Shyamal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	18,043	52.21%	Subal Bhowmik		INC	16,517	47.79%	1,526
23	Dhanpur	96.07%	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	21,286	57.1%	Shah Alam		INC	15,269	40.96%	6,017
24	Ramchandraghat	93.07%	Padma Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	19,504	59.15%	Animesh Debbarma		Independent	11,613	35.22%	7,891
25	Khowai	96.17%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	22,692	60.82%	Dipak Majumder		INC	13,859	37.15%	8,833
26	Asharambari	92.92%	Aghore Debbarma		CPI(M)	17,826	59.55%	Amiya Kumar Debbarma		INPT	10,609	35.44%	7,217
27	Kalyanpur–Pramodenagar	93.87%	Manindra Chandra Das		CPI(M)	19,755	53.78%	Kajal Chandra Das		INC	15,975	43.49%	3,780
28	Teliamura	93.51%	Gouri Das		CPI(M)	18,357	50.2%	Gourisankar Roy		INC	17,044	46.61%	1,313
29	Krishnapur	93.75%	Khagendra Jamatia		CPI(M)	17,125	58.32%	Sabda Kumar Jamatia		INC	11,083	37.74%	6,042
30	Bagma	95.04%	Naresh Chandra Jamatia		CPI(M)	23,600	53.49%	Jyotish Jamatia		INPT	19,525	44.25%	4,075
31	Radhakishorpur	94.7%	Pranjit Singha Roy		INC	20,140	50.23%	Joy Gobinda Deb Roy		RSP	19,303	48.15%	837
32	Matarbari	95.78%	Madhab Chandra Saha		CPI(M)	22,178	50.09%	Biplab Kumar Ghosh		INC	20,868	47.13%	1,310
33	Kakraban–Salgarh	94.98%	Ratan Kumar Bhowmik		CPI(M)	24,947	57.07%	Rajib Samaddar		INC	17,757	40.62%	7,190
34	Rajnagar	95.1%	Sudhan Das		CPI(M)	23,942	63.61%	Manik Chandra Das		INC	12,545	33.33%	11,397
35	Belonia	95.73%	Basudev Majumder		CPI(M)	20,585	55.6%	Amal Mallik		INC	15,761	42.57%	4,824
36	Santirbazar	94.88%	Manindra Reang		CPI	20,798	52.87%	Gouri Sankar Reang		INC	17,042	43.32%	3,756
37	Hrishyamukh	96.22%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	25,009	65.42%	Susankar Bhowmik		INC	12,580	32.91%	12,429
38	Jolaibari	95.31%	Jashabir Tripura		CPI(M)	24,295	61.9%	Brajendra Mog Chowdhury		INC	14,952	38.1%	9,343
39	Manu	96.01%	Jitendra Chaudhury		CPI(M)	21,320	58.07%	Chandi Charan Tripura		INC	14,424	39.29%	6,896
40	Sabroom	95.68%	Rita Kar (Majumder)		CPI(M)	21,404	55.87%	Premtosh Nath		INC	16,197	42.28%	5,207
41	Ampinagar	93.06%	Daniel Jamatia		CPI(M)	15,714	52.69%	Nagendra Jamatia		INPT	12,930	43.36%	2,784
42	Amarpur	95.7%	Manoranjan Acharjee		CPI(M)	19,075	54.72%	Niranjan Barman		INC	15,053	43.18%	4,022
43	Karbook	94.17%	Priyamani Debbarma		CPI(M)	15,526	53.4%	Dharjaroy Tripura		INPT	12,091	41.59%	3,435
44	Raima Valley	92.51%	Lalit Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	18,527	51.99%	Nakshatra Jamatia		INPT	15,651	43.92%	2,876
45	Kamalpur	92.72%	Bijoy Lakshmi Singha		CPI(M)	19,204	51.15%	Manoj Kanti Deb		INC	17,690	47.12%	1,514
46	Surma	92.66%	Sudhir Das		CPI(M)	18,648	50.51%	Sukha Ranjan Das		INC	16,786	45.47%	1,862
47	Ambassa	92.82%	Lalit Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	18,755	49.11%	Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl		INPT	17,701	46.35%	1,054
48	Karamcherra	91.1%	Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl		INC	15,411	49.77%	Gajendra Tripura		CPI(M)	14,039	45.34%	1,372
49	Chawamanu	89.96%	Nirajoy Tripura		CPI(M)	15,870	50.8%	Zaidami Tripura		INC	14,375	46.01%	1,495
50	Pabiachhara	92.74%	Samiran Malakar		CPI(M)	18,504	49.81%	Satyaban Das		INC	17,254	46.44%	1,250
51	Fatikroy	92.52%	Tunubala Malakar		CPI(M)	17,899	51.18%	Jugal Malakar		INC	16,034	45.84%	1,865
52	Chandipur	91.92%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	21,009	58.43%	Nirmalendu Deb		INC	13,380	37.21%	7,629
53	Kailashahar	91.27%	Birajit Sinha		INC	18,857	49.55%	Moboshar Ali		CPI(M)	18,372	48.28%	485
54	Kadamtala–Kurti	91.22%	Fayzur Rahaman		CPI(M)	14,514	42.64%	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		INC	12,585	36.98%	1,929
55	Bagbassa	90.53%	Bijita Nath		CPI(M)	17,991	51.26%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	15,059	42.91%	2,932
56	Dharmanagar	91.45%	Biswa Bandhu Sen		INC	17,991	50.99%	Amitabha Datta		CPI(M)	16,147	45.77%	1,844
57	Jubarajnagar	94.%	Ramendra Chandra Debnath		CPI(M)	18,602	53.19%	Ranadhir Nath		INC	15,724	44.96%	2,878
58	Panisagar	92.13%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	15,196	51.45%	Radhika Ranjan Das		INC	13,285	44.98%	1,911
59	Pencharthal	91.41%	Arun Kumar Chakma		CPI(M)	16,601	50.46%	Purnita Chakma		INC	15,584	47.36%	1,017
60	Kanchanpur	90.59%	Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)		CPI(M)	17,186	50.13%	Drao Kumar Reang		INPT	16,105	46.98%	1,081