2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

14 February 2013

All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.57%
  First party Second party
 
Manik_Sarkar.jpg
Shri Sudip Roy Burman.jpg
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 Increase 3 Steady
Popular vote 1,059,327 804,457
Percentage 48.11% 36.53%
Swing Increase 0.1 pp Decrease 0.15 pp

Tripura District Map

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

CM-elect

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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.

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

[1]

NumPartytype AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties - Other States
6AIFBAll India Forward Bloc
7JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
9SPSamajwadi Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10AMBAmra Bangalee
11CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
12INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
13IPFTIndigenousn People's Front of Tripura
14SUCISocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Independents
15INDIndependent

No. of Constituencies

[1]

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

Electors

[1]

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

[1]

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.

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) 1,059,32748.11Increase0.10 49Increase3
Indian National Congress (INC) 804,45736.53Increase0.15 10Steady
Communist Party of India (CPI) 34,5001.57Increase0.09 1Steady
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) 167,0787.59Increase1.38 0Decrease1
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 31,7171.95Increase0.26 0Decrease2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 33,8081.54Increase0.05 0Steady
Independents (IND) 21,1260.96Decrease2.28 0Steady
Others 50,0521.75Increase0.25 0Steady
Total 2,202,065100.00 60±0

Winners by Constituency

AC NoAssembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1Simna (ST)Pranab DebbarmaMCPM
2MohanpurRatan Lal NathMINC
3Bamutia (SC)Haricharan SarkarMCPM
4Barjala (SC)Jitendra SarkarMINC
5KhayerpurPabitra KarMCPM
6AgartalaSudip Roy BarmanMINC
7RamnagarRatan DasMCPM
8Town BordowaliAsish Kumar SahaMINC
9BanamalipurGopal Chandra RoyMINC
10MajlishpurManik DeyMCPM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Monoranjan DebbarmaMCPM
12Takarjala (ST)Niranjan DebbarmaMCPM
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil SarkarMCPM
14Badharghat (SC)Dilip SarkarMINC
15KamalasagarNarayan Chandra ChowdhuriMCPM
16BishalgarhBhanulal SahaMCPM
17Golaghati (ST)Keshab DebbarmaMCPM
18SuryamaninagarRaj Kumar ChaudhuriMCPM
19Charilam (ST)Ramendra Narayan DebbarmaMCPM
20BoxanagarSahid ChoudhuriMCPM
21Nalchar (SC)Tapan Chandra DasMCPM
22SonamuraShyamal ChakrabortyMCPM
23DhanpurManik SarkarMCPM
24Ramchandraghat (ST)Padma Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
25KhowaiSamir DebsarkarMCPM
26Asharambari (ST)Aghore DebbarmaMCPM
27Kalyanpur-PramodenagarManindra Chandra DasMCPM
28TeliamuraGouri DasFCPM
29Krishnapur (ST)Khagendra JamatiaMCPM
30Bagma (ST)Naresh Chandra JamatiaMCPM
31RadhakishorepurPranajit Singha RoyMINC
32MatarbariMadhab Chandra SahaMCPM
33Kakraban-Salgarh (SC)Ratan BhowmikMCPM
34Rajnagar (SC)Sudhan DasMCPM
35BeloniaBasudev MajumderMCPM
36Santirbazar (ST)Manindra ReangMCPI
37HrishyamukhBadal ChoudhuryMCPM
38Jolaibari (ST)Jashabir TripuraMCPM
39Manu (ST)Jitendra ChaudhuryMCPM
40SabroomRita Kar (Majumder)FCPM
41Ampinagar (ST)Daniel JamatiaMCPM
42AmarpurManoranjan AcharjeeMCPM
43Karbook (ST)Priyamani DebbarmaMCPM
44Raima Valley (ST)Lalit Mohan TripuraMCPM
45KamalpurBijoy Lakshmi SinghaFCPM
46Surma (SC)Sudhir DasMCPM
47Ambassa (ST)Lalit Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
48Karmachhara (ST)Diba Chandra HrangkhawlMINC
49Chawamanu (ST)Nirajoy TripuraMCPM
50Pabiachhara (SC)Samiran MalakarMCPM
51Fatikroy (SC)Tunubala MalakarFCPM
52ChandipurTapan ChakrabartiMCPM
53KailashaharBirajit SinhaMINC
54Kadamtala-KurtiFayzur RohamanMCPM
55BagbassaBijita NathFCPM
56DharmanagarBiswabandhu SenMINC
57JubarajnagarRamendra Chandra DebnathMCPM
58PanisagarSubodh DasMCPM
59Pencharthal (ST)Arun Kumar ChakmaMCPM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Rajendra ReangMCPM

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ECI". Election Commission of India.
  2. "Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura West" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. 4 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. "Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura East" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. "Tripura 2008 - Tripura". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Assembly Elections 2013: Tripura records 92 percent turnout, polling peaceful". India Today. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC". IBN Live. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 Bhattacharjee, Biswendu (17 February 2013). "Tripura scripts poll history". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014.
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