2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar Samir Ranjan Barman
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Bishalgarh
Seats before 38 13
Seats won 46 10
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 3
Popular vote 903,009 684,207
Percentage 48.01% 36.38%
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Tripura

The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority.[1] This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.[2]

CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers.[3]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 23, 2008. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

# Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1 BJP Bhartiya Janta 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
6 INPT Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
State Parties - Other States
7 AIFB All India Forward Bloc
8 AITC All India Trinamool Congress
9 CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10 JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
11 LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party
12 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
13 AMB Amra Bangalee
14 PDS Party For Democratic Socialism
Independents
15 IND Independent

[4]

No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

[4]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 1,038,782 999,219 2,038,001
No.of Electors who Voted 942,604 916,518 1,859,122
Polling Percentage 90.74% 91.72% 91.22%

[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 282 31 313
Elected 57 03 60

[4]

Background

Except for a one term period of Congress government between 1988 and 1993, the CPI(M) was the dominant governing party in the state since 1978.

The previous elections to the 9th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 19 March 2008. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections for the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 constituencies for the 2008 election, 20 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes and seven reserved for Scheduled Castes. Elections in all polling stations were held using electronic voting machines.

The CPI(M), headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 9th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2003. The Left Front had won 41 of the 60 seats.[5]

Campaign

A total of 313 candidates contested this election.

Election Day

Election Day (23 Feb 2008) was peaceful and passed without any incidents of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. Unprecedented security arrangements were in place for this election - 20,000 paramilitary personnel from the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force supported by air surveillance.[6]

Voter turnout across the state was over 90%, a record high for any state in India. This beat the previous record of around 86% set in Sikkim during the Assembly Elections in 2002.[7][8]

Results

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Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes % in Seats contested Seats Forfeited 2003 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 49 0 28,102 1.49% 1.79% 49 0
Communist Party of India 2 1 27,891 1.48% 48.65% 0 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 46 903,009 48.01% 51.21% 0 38
Indian National Congress 48 10 684,207 36.38% 44.38% 1 13
Nationalist Congress Party 5 0 1,882 0.10% 0.92% 5 0
All India Forward Bloc 12 0 2,961 0.16% 0.74% 12 0
All India Trinamool Congress 22 0 6,620 0.35% 0.92% 22 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 14 0 5,261 0.28% 1.11% 14 0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 11 1 116,761 6.21% 38.23% 2 6
Janata Dal (United) 2 0 1,081 0.06% 1.74% 2 0
Lok Janshakti Party 8 0 2,738 0.15% 1.07% 8 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 31,717 1.69% 52.58% 0 2
Amra Bangalee 19 0 5,532 0.29% 0.96% 19 0
Party of Democratic Socialism 1 0 2,062 0.11% 6.13% 1 0
Independents 62 0 61,010 3.24% 4.94% 58 0
Total 313 60 1,880,834 193
Source: ECI[5]

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 92.82% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 14,439 54.86% Rabindra Debbarma INPT 11,108 42.2% 3,331
2 Mohanpur 92.85% Ratan Lal Nath INC 14,349 50.74% Subhas Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 12,993 45.95% 1,356
3 Bamutia 93.91% Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 17,324 52.07% Prakash Chandra Das INC 14,944 44.91% 2,380
4 Barjala 93.47% Sankar Prasad Datta CPI(M) 24,853 48.93% Dipak Kumar Roy INC 24,255 47.76% 598
5 Khayerpur 92.35% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 18,833 49.67% Ratan Chakraborty INC 17,832 47.03% 1,001
6 Agartala 88.15% Sudip Roy Barman INC 21,019 50.82% Bikash Roy CPI(M) 19,194 46.41% 1,825
7 Ramnagar 89.19% Surajit Datta INC 16,569 52.22% Ratan Das CPI(M) 14,198 44.74% 2,371
8 Town Bordowali 89.3% Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar INC 14,190 54.43% Dr. Sudhir Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 10,965 42.06% 3,225
9 Banamalipur 87.44% Gopal Chandra Roy INC 12,354 54.68% Prasanta Kapali CPI 9,546 42.25% 2,808
10 Majlishpur 94.06% Manik Dey CPI(M) 17,745 50.88% Dipak Nag INC 16,497 47.3% 1,248
11 Mandaibazar 90.67% Manoranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 16,605 49.44% Jagadish Debbarma INPT 15,638 46.56% 967
12 Takarjala 90.79% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 12,470 50.9% Rajeshwar Debbarma INPT 11,008 44.93% 1,462
13 Pratapgarh 92.75% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 32,105 53.79% Bimal Chandra Barman INC 25,055 41.97% 7,050
14 Badharghat 92.96% Dilip Sarkar INC 29,724 48.43% Subrata Chakraborty CPI(M) 29,349 47.82% 375
15 Kamalasagar 94.13% Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 17,042 52.52% Matilal Sarkar INC 14,209 43.79% 2,833
16 Bishalgarh 94.52% Bhanu Lal Saha CPI(M) 15,457 50.5% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 14,543 47.51% 914
17 Golaghati 93.29% Kesab Debbarma CPI(M) 13,990 54.04% Ashok Debbarma INC 11,003 42.51% 2,987
18 Charilam 92.28% Narayan Rupini CPI(M) 14,216 49.44% Narendra Chandra Debbarma INPT 13,729 47.75% 487
19 Boxanagar 94.46% Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 13,791 49.55% Billal Miah INC 13,099 47.06% 692
20 Nalchar 95.09% Sukumar Barman CPI(M) 14,748 52.4% Sukla Das INC 12,216 43.4% 2,532
21 Sonamura 95.22% Subal Bhowmik INC 14,837 50.24% Subal Rudra CPI(M) 14,008 47.43% 829
22 Dhanpur 94.83% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 17,992 52.91% Shah Alam INC 15,074 44.32% 2,918
23 Ramchandraghat 91.85% Padma Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 11,611 59.22% Animesh Debbarma Independent 5,108 26.05% 6,503
24 Khowai 95.86% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 15,385 54.33% Arun Kumar Kar INC 12,062 42.59% 3,323
25 Asharambari 92.5% Sachindra Debbarma CPI(M) 13,765 56.78% Amiya Kumar Debbarma INPT 9,234 38.09% 4,531
26 Pramodenagar 93.23% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 14,972 54.% Animesh Debbarma Independent 10,153 36.62% 4,819
27 Kalyanpur 93.75% Manindra Chandra Das CPI(M) 12,653 50.13% Kajal Chandra Das INC 11,791 46.72% 862
28 Krishnapur 90.36% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 13,325 51.57% Sabda Kumar Jamatia INC 11,508 44.54% 1,817
29 Teliamura 92.68% Gouri Das CPI(M) 14,816 50.1% Ashok Kumar Baidya INC 13,647 46.15% 1,169
30 Bagma 93.21% Naresh Chandra Jamatia CPI(M) 14,979 52.05% Rati Mohan Jamaitia INC 13,064 45.39% 1,915
31 Salgarh 94.62% Partha Das RSP 17,235 55.6% Mira Das INC 12,284 39.63% 4,951
32 Radhakishorpur 94.67% Joy Gobinda Deb Roy RSP 14,482 49.39% Pranjit Singha Roy INC 14,015 47.8% 467
33 Matarbari 95.31% Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 15,601 50.18% Bibhu Kumari Devi INC 14,381 46.26% 1,220
34 Kakraban 93.81% Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 16,659 58.87% Rajib Samaddar INC 10,638 37.6% 6,021
35 Rajnagar 94.17% Sudhan Das CPI(M) 22,111 56.58% Bikash Chandra Das INC 14,843 37.98% 7,268
36 Belonia 95.25% Basudev Majumder CPI(M) 15,971 50.47% Amal Mallik INC 14,652 46.3% 1,319
37 Santirbazar 93.86% Manindra Reang CPI 18,345 52.81% Gouri Sankar Reang INC 15,562 44.8% 2,783
38 Hrishyamukh 95.24% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 19,610 60.16% Dilip Chowdhury INC 11,849 36.35% 7,761
39 Jolaibari 93.49% Jashabir Tripura CPI(M) 13,864 59.44% Brajendra Mog Chowdhury INC 8,356 35.82% 5,508
40 Manu 94.45% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 21,100 56.07% Thaikhai Mog INC 14,940 39.7% 6,160
41 Sabroom 93.86% Rita Kar (Majumder) CPI(M) 19,181 57.05% Premtosh Nath Independent 10,874 32.34% 8,307
42 Ampinagar 91.28% Daniel Jamatia CPI(M) 14,284 53.26% Nagendra Jamatia INPT 11,340 42.28% 2,944
43 Birganj 95.62% Manoranjan Acharjee CPI(M) 18,262 52.05% Jawhar Saha INC 15,607 44.48% 2,655
44 Raima Valley 92.39% Lalit Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 19,120 52.58% Rabindra Debbarma INPT 15,256 41.95% 3,864
45 Kamalpur 93.19% Manoj Kanti Deb INC 11,839 48.2% Bijoy Lakshmi Singha CPI(M) 11,704 47.65% 135
46 Surma 91.5% Sudhir Das CPI(M) 14,359 51.88% Sukha Ranjan Das INC 11,711 42.31% 2,648
47 Salema 91.28% Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) 14,354 54.17% Jadu Mohan Tripura INC 10,559 39.85% 3,795
48 Kulai 90.72% Bijoy Kumar Harngkhawl INPT 14,944 46.87% Sabitri Debbarma CPI(M) 14,829 46.51% 115
49 Chawamanu 87.99% Nirajoy Tripura CPI(M) 12,329 48.17% Shyama Charan Tripura INPT 11,228 43.86% 1,101
50 Pabiachhara 92.17% Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 17,354 51.1% Phanindra Das INC 14,888 43.84% 2,466
51 Fatikroy 92.51% Bijoy Roy CPI(M) 14,457 51.04% Sunil Chandra Das INC 12,144 42.88% 2,313
52 Chandipur 92.38% Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 17,565 56.44% Rudrendu Bhattacharjee INC 11,531 37.05% 6,034
53 Kailashahar 91.83% Birajit Sinha INC 17,019 49.86% Jayanta Chakraborty CPI(M) 16,088 47.13% 931
54 Kurti 89.58% Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 14,337 49.79% Abdul Matin Chowdhury Independent 11,109 38.58% 3,228
55 Kadamtala 88.07% Bijita Nath CPI(M) 12,656 45.16% Jyotirmoy Nath INC 12,528 44.7% 128
56 Dharmanagar 90.05% Biswa Bandhu Sen INC 15,987 51.65% Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 13,577 43.86% 2,410
57 Jubarajnagar 92.95% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 14,710 51.22% Biva Rani Nath INC 13,094 45.59% 1,616
58 Pencharthal 89.79% Arun Kumar Chakma CPI(M) 17,210 50.54% Sushil Kumar Chakma INC 14,460 42.47% 2,750
59 Panisagar 89.26% Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 13,942 49.8% Radhika Ranjan Das INC 12,234 43.7% 1,708
60 Kanchanpur 88.57% Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician) CPI(M) 13,952 48.06% Sanjit Kumar Reang INC 13,449 46.33% 503

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