1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar - -
Party INC(I) CPI(M) TUS
Leader's seat Town Bordowali - -
Last election 12 37
Seats won 25 26 7
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 11 Increase 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

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]

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

[3]

National Parties

State Parties

No. of constituencies

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

[4]

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%

[5]

Performance of women candidates

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

[6]

Result

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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 Debi 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]

References

  1. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  2. ^ a b c "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
  3. ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. ^ "Total No.of Electors".
  6. ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. ^ "1988 Tripura Election result".
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1988 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ^ "UNHCR Web Archive". webarchive.archive.unhcr.org.