2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout89.95% (Decrease 1.43 pp)[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Manik Saha Official Portrait 2023.jpg
Manik Sarkar Official Portrait.jpg
Leader Manik Saha Manik Sarkar
Party BJP CPI(M)
Alliance NDA SDF
Leader since 2022 1998
Leader's seat Town Bordowali Did not contest
Last election 43.59%, 36 seats 42.22%, 16 seats
Seats won 32 11
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 5
Popular vote 985,797 622,869
Percentage 38.97% 24.62%
Swing Decrease 4.62 pp Decrease 17.6 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Bubagra Pradyot Manikya in Astabal Ground, November 12, 2022 (1).jpg
Shri Sudip Roy Burman.jpg
Leader Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma Sudip Roy Barman
Party TMP INC
Alliance SDF
Leader since 2019 2022
Leader's seat Did not contest Agartala
Last election Did not exist 1.79%, 0 seat
Seats won 13 3
Seat change New Increase 3
Popular vote 498,182 216,637
Percentage 19.7% 8.56%
Swing New Increase 6.77 pp
Structure of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Manik Saha
BJP

Chief Minister after election

Manik Saha
BJP

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly elections were held on 16 February 2023 to elect all 60 members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 March 2023.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won a simple majority, defeating its rivals Secular Democratic Forces and the Tipra Motha Party.[2] Tipra Motha Party won 13 seats at its debut and became the largest opposition party in Tripura.[3]

Background[edit]

The tenure of 12th Tripura Assembly is scheduled to end on 22 March 2023.[4] The previous assembly elections were held in February 2018. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Biplab Kumar Deb becoming the Chief Minister.[5]

Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from Chief Minister post on 14 May 2022[6] and he was succeeded by Manik Saha as the new chief minister.[7]

TTAADC elections[edit]

Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections were held in April 2021, in which the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance won an astounding victory, drubbing both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), with the TIPRA and its ally the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra winning a total of 18 out of the 28 elected council seats. The BJP was restricted to 9 seats and the CPI(M) was completely washed out, unable to win any seats, losing their supermajority of 100% seats in the council.[8]

Major political defections[edit]

In 2022, 8 National Democratic Alliance (5 Bharatiya Janata Party and 3 Indigenous People's Front of Tripura) MLAs resigned and left the BJP, out of which 4 joined TIPRA, 3 joined the Indian National Congress, and 1 joined the Trinamool Congress (albeit later resigned from the party).[9][10] There have been defections in the TTAADC where BJP MDC leader Hangsha Kumar Tripura joined TIPRA.[11][12]

Schedule[edit]

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 18 January 2023.[13]

Poll Event Schedule
Notification Date 21 January 2023
Last Date for filing nomination 30 January 2023
Scrutiny of nomination 31 January 2023
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 2 February 2023
Date of Poll 16 February 2023
Date of Counting of Votes 2 March 2023
Date of Oath taking 8 March 2023
1st Cabinet Meeting 9 March 2023

Parties and Alliances[edit]

  National Democratic Alliance[edit]

Map of the seat sharing arrangement between the National Democratic Alliance

Reports emerged in late January in which the Tipra Motha Party was in talks for a possible alliance with the BJP and IPFT. During this time the Tipra Motha Party and the IPFT held talks for a possible merger. However last minute reports later stated that BJP talks with TMP fell off while BJP announced to continue alliance with IPFT, BJP announced that the party was still against IPFT's demand for Tipraland and that the party would be allotted 6 seats as per the alliance agreement.[14][15][16]

Party[17] Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested[18][19]
Bharatiya Janata Party Manik Saha 55
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura Prem Kumar Reang 6
Total 61[a]

  Secular Democratic Forces[edit]

Map of the seat sharing arrangement of Secular Democratic Forces

In early January reports emerged that the Congress and CPI(M) had begun talks of a possible alliance between the parties to unitedly defeat the incumbent government (NDA). Congress and CPI(M) had initially held talks with the Tipra Motha Party however both parties later backed out of the talks as each party did not want to change its ideological stance for the alliance with each other.[20][21] The TMP later announced it would be contesting alone in the upcoming election while on 14 January 2023, the CPI(M) and the Congress announced to enter into seat sharing agreement for the upcoming assembly elections.[22] General Secretary of the CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury said the main purpose of organising this united front between opposition parties was to defeat the BJP.[23][24][25] On 25 January 2023, Left Front convenor Narayan Kar announced seat sharing formula : CPI(M) - 43 seats, Congress - 13 seats, CPI - 1 seat, RSP - 1 seat, AIFB - 1 seat and independent - 1 seat. After the Congress announced candidates for 17 seats, Left Front filled candidates in all 60 seats (CPIM - 56, CPI - 1, RSP - 1, AIFB - 1, Independent -1). Later after CPI(M) stated it would withdraw 13 candidates and allot the seats to the INC, however INC stated they were looking for 17 seats. Post discussions INC agreed to 13 seats however they were given preference in choosing the seats in which they want to contest.[26][27]

Purushuttam Roy Barman, independent candidate of SDF from Ramnagar was also supported by the Tipra Motha Party against the BJP.[28]

Party[29] Flag Symbol Leader Bloc(s) Seats contested[18][19]
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jitendra Chaudhury[30] LF 43
Indian National Congress
Birajit Sinha UPA 13
Communist Party of India
Judhisthir Das[31] LF 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dipak Deb[32] LF 1
All India Forward Bloc
Paresh Chandra Sarkar[32] LF 1
Independent
Purushuttam Roy Barman LF 1
Total 60

  Tipra Motha Party[edit]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
Tipra Motha Party Pradyot Deb Barma 42[18][19]

Others[edit]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
All India Trinamool Congress Pijush Kanti Biswas[33] 28[18][19]
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Partha Karmakar[34] 1[19]

Candidates[edit]

District Constituency NDA SDF TMP
No. Name Party Candidate[35][36][37][38] Party Candidate[39][40][41][38] Party Candidate[42][43][38]
West Tripura 1 Simna (ST) BJP Binod Debbarma CPI(M) Kumodh Debbarma TMP Brishaketu Debbarma
2 Mohanpur BJP Ratan Lal Nath INC Prasanta Sen Chowdhury TMP Tapas Dey
3 Bamutia (SC) BJP Krishnadhan Das CPI(M) Nayan Sarkar TMP Nitai Sarkar
4 Barjala (SC) BJP Dilip Kumar Das CPI(M) Sudip Sarkar
5 Khayerpur BJP Ratan Chakraborty CPI(M) Pabitra Kar
6 Agartala BJP Papiya Datta INC Sudip Roy Barman
7 Ramnagar BJP Surajit Datta IND Purushuttam Roy Barman TMP supports IND
8 Town Bordowali BJP Manik Saha INC Ashish Kumar Saha
9 Banamalipur BJP Rajib Bhattacharjee INC Gopal Roy
10 Majlishpur BJP Sushanta Chowdhury CPI(M) Sanjoy Das TMP Samir Basu
11 Mandaibazar (ST) BJP Tarit Debbarma CPI(M) Radhacharan Debbarma TMP Swapna Debbarma
Sipahijala 12 Takarjala (ST) IPFT Bidhan Debbarma CPI(M) Shyamal Debbarma TMP Biswajit Kalai
West Tripura 13 Pratapgarh (SC) BJP Rebati Mohan Das CPI(M) Ramu Das
14 Badharghat (SC) BJP Minarani Sarkar AIFB Partha Ranjan Sarkar
Sipahijala 15 Kamalasagar BJP Antara Sarkar Deb CPI(M) Hiranmoy Narayan Debnath TMP Ashish Das
16 Bishalgarh BJP Sushanta Deb CPI(M) Partha Pratim Majumder TMP Md Shah Alam Miah
17 Golaghati (ST) BJP Himani Debbarma CPI(M) Brinda Debbarma TMP Manav Debbarma
West Tripura 18 Suryamaninagar BJP Ram Prasad Paul INC Susanta Chakraborty
Sipahijala 19 Charilam (ST) BJP Jishnu Deb Barman INC Ashok Debbarma TMP Subodh (Khatung) Debbarma
20 Boxanagar BJP Taffajal Hossain CPI(M) Samsul Haque TMP Abu Khayer Miah
21 Nalchar (SC) BJP Kishor Barman CPI(M) Tapan Das
22 Sonamura BJP Debabrata Bhattacharjee CPI(M) Shyamal Chakraborty
23 Dhanpur BJP Pratima Bhoumik CPI(M) Koushik Chanda TMP Amiya Noatia
Khowai 24 Ramchandraghat (ST) IPFT Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) Ranjit Debbarma TMP Ranjit Debbarma
25 Khowai BJP Subrata Majumdar CPI(M) Nirmal Biswas
26 Asharambari (ST) IPFT Jayanti Debbarma CPI(M) Dilip Debbarma TMP Animesh Debbarma
27 Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar BJP Pinaki Das Chowdhury CPI(M) Manindra Das TMP Manihar Debbarma
28 Teliamura BJP Kalyani Roy INC Ashok Kumar Baidya TMP Abhijit Sarkar
29 Krishnapur (ST) BJP Bikash Debbarma CPI(M) Swasthi Debbarma TMP Mahendra Debbarma
Gomati 30 Bagma (ST) BJP Ram Pada Jamatia CPI(M) Naresh Jamatia TMP Purna Chandra Jamatia
31 Radhakishorpur BJP Pranjit Singha Roy RSP Srikanta Datta
32 Matarbari BJP Abhishek Debroy INC Pranajit Roy TMP Bir Noatia
33 Kakraban-Salgarh (SC) BJP Jitendra Majumdar CPI(M) Ratan Kumar Bhowmik TMP Kshir Mohan Das
South Tripura 34 Rajnagar (SC) BJP Swapna Majumdar CPI(M) Sudhan Das TMP Abhijit Malakar
35 Belonia BJP Gautam Sarkar CPI(M) Dipankar Sen
36 Santirbazar (ST) BJP Pramod Reang CPI Satyajit Reang TMP Harendra Reang
37 Hrishyamukh BJP Dipayan Chowdhury CPI(M) Asoke Chandra Mitra TMP Arup Deb
38 Jolaibari (ST) IPFT Sukla Charan Noatia CPI(M) Debendra Tripura TMP Gaurab (Shihanu) Mog
39 Manu (ST) BJP Mailafru Mog CPI(M) Pravat Chowdhury TMP Dhananjoy Tripura
40 Sabroom BJP Sankar Roy CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury
Gomati 41 Ampinagar (ST) BJP Patal Kanya Jamatiya[a] CPI(M) Parikshit Kalai TMP Pathan Lal Jamatia
IPFT Sindhu Chandra Jamatia[a]
42 Amarpur BJP Ranjit Das CPI(M) Parimal Debnath TMP Ashi Ram Reang
43 Karbook (ST) BJP Ashim Tripura CPI(M) Priyamani Debbarma TMP Sanjay Manik Tripura
Dhalai 44 Raima Valley (ST) BJP Bikas Chakma CPI(M) Pabin Tripura TMP Nandita Debbarma Reang
45 Kamalpur BJP Manoj Kanti Deb INC Rubi Ghosh TMP Meri Debbarma
46 Surma (SC) BJP Swapna Das Paul CPI(M) Anjan Das TMP Shyamal Sarkar
47 Ambassa (ST) BJP Suchitra Debbarma CPI(M) Amalendu Debbarma TMP Chitta Ranjan Debbarma
48 Karamcherra (ST) BJP Brajalal Debnath INC Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl TMP Paul Dangshu
49 Chawamanu (ST) BJP Sambhu Lal Chakma CPI(M) Jiban Mohan Tripura TMP Hongsa Kumar Tripura
Unakoti 50 Pabiachhara (SC) BJP Bhagaban Chandra Das INC Satyaban Das TMP Gobinda Das
51 Fatikroy (SC) BJP Sudhangshu Das CPI(M) Subrata Das TMP Bilas Malakar
52 Chandipur BJP Tinku Roy CPI(M) Krishnendu Chowdhury TMP Ranjan Sinha
53 Kailashahar BJP Moboshar Ali INC Birajit Sinha
North Tripura
54 Kadamtala-Kurti BJP Dilip Tanti CPI(M) Islam Uddin
55 Bagbassa BJP Jadab Lal Nath CPI(M) Bijita Nath TMP Kalpana Sinha
56 Dharmanagar BJP Biswa Bandhu Sen INC Chayan Bhattacharya
57 Jubarajnagar BJP Malina Debnath CPI(M) Shailendra Chandra Debnath
58 Panisagar BJP Binay Bhushan Das CPI(M) Shital Das TMP Joy Chung Halam
59 Pencharthal (ST) BJP Santana Chakma CPI(M) Sadhan Kumar Chakma TMP Hollywood Chakma
60 Kanchanpur (ST) IPFT Prem Kumar Reang CPI(M) Rajendra Reang TMP Phillip Kumar Reang

Issues[edit]

10323 Teachers batch[edit]

In 2017, a Tripura High Court order was confirmed by a Supreme Court bench that declared the recruitment of teachers in batches between 2010 and 2013 to be "unconstitutional" because of a policy that gave preference to poor and senior candidates. The confirmation had happened a few months before the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election and the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised that the teachers would be retained if they came to power and their jobs would be saved even if they had to resort to amending the constitution. The teachers, numbering 10,323 extended their support to the BJP in the election and were moved to a contractual status for about two years but were then terminated and replaced with new hires. The teachers faced economic hardships after the sacking and many of them have become indebted and have resorted to menial jobs. Of those sacked, 150 have died with 8 of them confirmed to be suicides, including Rumi Debbarma, a master's degree gold medalist, who was forcefully evicted from an indefinite roadside protest and couldn't take the humiliation of termination.[44][45]

The teachers had held hundreds of protests, demonstration and rallies, and met with several chief ministers and their cabinets. The protests were met with harsh police actions and cases lodged against several of the teachers. The BJP government in Tripura has shifted its position and refused to reinstate the teachers, one minister Ratan Lal Nath had called them unqualified.[44][45]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) have extended their support to the teachers and promised to reinstate them in its manifesto. To give assurances to their promise, The Left Front has fielded two of the teachers Sudip Sarkar (CPIM) and Satyajit Reang (CPI) as its own candidates from the constituencies of Barjala and Santirbazar respectively. Former chief minister Manik Sarkar has stated that the order was "most unfortunate" as it overturned a policy that they had introduced to help the weaker sections of society and even alleged that the bench was linked to the Sangh Parivar.[44][45] The Tipra Motha Party and lawyer Kapil Sibal, an independent MP have also extended their support to the teachers.[46]

Tipraland Movement[edit]

The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) has demanded a separate state called Tipraland. However the ruling party BJP refuses to bifurcate the state.[47] TIPRA party also has won elections in 2021 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election. The TTADC areas have 20 of the 60 Assembly seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly.

Ruling BJP has offered talk with the TIPRA party for their demand. Former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb stated that demands by TIPRA are not possible without BJP.[48] But Chief Minister, Manik Saha said that Tipraland is not possible.[49]

Home Ministry on 25 January 2023 called upon TIPRA leadership to discuss the issue of Greater Tipraland. The talk however did not result in any announcement as the delegates did not reach to any agreement.[50][51]

Bru refugees[edit]

Bru refugees who are living in shelters are demanding food and monetary help. They are demanding faster rehabilitation.[52]

Campaigns[edit]

Bharatiya Janata Party[edit]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Agartala, Tripura on 18 December 2022 and addressed a public meeting. He was welcomed by his supporters at the city. He praised the work done by the BJP government and said that Tripura is becoming logistics hub of northeast India.[53][54]

Manifesto[55]

  • More autonomy to the tribal areas amid a demand for a separate state.
  • A meal in Rs. 5.
  • Rs. 50,000 to EWS families on the birth of a girl-child.
  • A scooty to meritorious college going girls.
  • Smart phones to 50,000 meritorious students.
  • Two free LPG cylinders to the beneficiaries of PM Ujjwala Yojana.
  • Land pattas to all eligible landless citizens.
  • Financial assistance of Rs 3,000 per year to landless farmers.
  • Annual financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to ST families under Tripura Janjati Bikash Yojana.
  • Establishment of Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Tribal University in Gandacherra to research, promote and preserve tribal culture and studies.

Communist Party of India (Marxist)[edit]

CPI(M) launched door-to-door campaign against the ‘propaganda’ of BJP's ‘Good Governance’ on 25 December 2022 and urged people not to establish the BJP government.[56] On 8 January 2023, CPIM leaders appealed people to oust the incumbent government mentioning BJP's 2018 poll promises as 'jumla' (false promise) in a public meeting organised by Centre of Indian Trade Unions.[57]

Manifesto

CPI(M) released its manifesto on 3 February 2023.[58][59][60][61]

  • Restoration of democratic, political and religious rights.
  • 200-day work to the poor under MGNREGA.
  • Bring back the Old Pension Scheme if it came to power. The scheme has been reimplemented in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh.[62]
  • 250,000 new jobs in government, semi-government and private sectors in next 5 years.
  • Free electricity up to 50 units per family.
  • Two DA hikes for government employees every year based on consumer prime index.
  • Reinstatement of the 10,323 suspended teachers.
  • Regularisation of services of contractual employees.
  • Maximum possible autonomy to the tribal council (TTAADC).
  • Social pension to seniors (>60 years) earning under ₹1 lakh (100,000 rupees) per year.
  • Ban on privatisation of educational institutions.
  • Land allotment to landless people.

Indian National Congress[edit]

The Indian National Congress organised a mega rally in Agartala on 29 December 2022 in which BJP MLA Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl along with 1 BJP & AITC leader joined the Congress. AICC in-charge for Tripura Ajoy Kumar said at the rally, "BJP has so many fathers but we have only one father of the nation - Mahatma Gandhi,". Kumar alleged that the BJP is giving money to young people to join their "Bike Bahini" to unleash panic and assault opposition party leaders and workers.[10]

Manifesto[63]

  • Old pension scheme for government employees.
  • Free 150 units of electricity.
  • 50,000 new jobs will be created for agriculture labourers.
  • Dearness allowance hike twice a year for government employees.
  • Wages of tea cultivators and farmers will be increased based on consumer price index.
  • 50,000 new government jobs will be created in the next 5 years.

Tipra Motha Party[edit]

TIPRA chief Pradyot Deb Barma in a rally in Agartala on 12 November 2022 said that 2023 is a fight to achieve a permanent constitutional solution in the form of Greater Tipraland. He slammed the BJP for its communal politics. He asserted that regional parties can bring about change and that his party wanted to give a constitutional solution, education, healthcare and jobs to all sections of people.[64] Manikya also emphasized that since when the party had come to power in the TTAADC last year, it has focused on bring real development in the neglected regions.[65]

Manifesto

On 4 February 2023, the Tipra Motha Party released its manifesto.[66]

  • Speedy public grievance redressal system for citizens.
  • Hike in budget of TTAADC.
  • 20,000 fresh jobs and opportunities
  • Land allotment to deprived people.
  • Setting up of a Tribal University, Agriculture University, Sports University and Buddhist University.
  • Resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act in state assembly.
  • Socio-economic survey of all tribes.
  • Maharani Kanchanprabha Devi Women Empowerment Scheme for small-scale micro industries for production of rignai, risa along with packaged food awareness campaign through state-run schemes.
  • Rights for LGBTQ individuals.
  • 30% subsidies for entrepreneurship.

Incidents[edit]

Indian National Congress

On 18 January 2023, the Congress claimed 15 of its workers and functionaries were attacked in Jirania allegedly by BJP workers who pelted stones. The attacked included AICC state-incharge Ajoy Kumar and many others.[67][68]

Tipra Motha Party

On 19 January 2023, TIPRA Motha worker Pranajit Namasudra died after being attacked by unidentified miscreants in Dhalai. It has been reported that Namasudra and friends were travelling in a car through Bamancherra area when miscreants stopped them then dragged him out and assaulted him.[69][70] Five persons were arrested by police in relation to the incident.[71]

Surveys & Polls[edit]

Election Commission of India had banned opinion polls and exit polls from 14 February till 7:00 pm of 27 February 2023.[72][73] Controversy erupted in Tripura on 27 February during the polling an exit poll was circulated in social media which favoured BJP, Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman asked ECI to probe and Tipra Motha Party leader Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma called the exit poll BJP-paid.[74]

Polling agency
NDA SDF TMP Others
Zee News-Matrize[75][76] 29–36 13–21 11–16 0–3
India Today-Axis My India[76] 36–45 6–11 9–16 1
Times Now-ETG[77] 21–27 18–24 12–17 1–2
India News-Jan Ki Baat 29–40 9–16 10–14 0–1
Poll of Polls (Average)[78] 32 15 12 0
Actual Result 33 14 13 0

Results[edit]

Results by alliance and party[edit]

Results[79]
Alliance Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 985,797 38.97 Decrease4.62 55 32 Decrease 4
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura 31,838 1.26 Decrease6.12 6 1 Decrease 7
Total 1,017,635 40.23 Decrease10.78 60[a] 33 Decrease 11
SDF Communist Party of India (Marxist) 622,829 24.62 Decrease17.6 43 11 Decrease 5
Indian National Congress 216,637 8.56 Increase6.77 13 3 Increase 3
All India Forward Bloc 26,138 1.03 Increase0.47 1 0 Steady
Revolutionary Socialist Party 17,007 0.67 Decrease0.08 1 0 Steady
Independent 16,558 0.65 N/A 1 0 N/A
Communist Party of India 12,063 0.48 Decrease0.34 1 0 Steady
Total 911,232 36.01 Decrease10.08 60 14 Decrease 2
None Tipra Motha Party 498,182 19.69 Increase 19.7 42 13 New
Trinamool Congress 22,316 0.88 Increase 0.58 28 0 Steady
Independents 40279 1.6 TBD 0 Steady
Others 0.23 TBD 0 Steady
NOTA 34,449 1.36 Increase 0.33
Total 100%
Valid votes 2,495,210
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout 2,537,769 89.83%
Abstentions
Registered voters 2,824,928

Results by district[edit]

District Seats NDA SDF TMP
West Tripura 14 7 5 2
Sipahijala 9 4 2 3
Khowai 6 3 1 2
Gomati 7 5 0 2
South Tripura 7 4 3 0
Dhalai 6 3 0 3
Unakoti 4 3 1 0
North Tripura 7 4 2 1
Total 60 33 14 13

Results by constituency[edit]

Source:[80][81]
District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
West Tripura 1 Simna (ST) Brishaketu Debbarma TMP 22,757 64.89 Kumodh Debbarma CPI(M) 5,811 16.57 16,946
2 Mohanpur Ratan Lal Nath BJP 19,663 45.34 Tapas Dey TMP 12,278 28.31 7,385
3 Bamutia (SC) Nayan Sarkar CPI(M) 20,119 46.39 Krishnadhan Das BJP 18,093 41.72 2,026
4 Barjala (SC) Sudip Sarkar CPI(M) 21,486 50.93 Dr. Dilip Kumar Das BJP 19,697 46.69 1,789
5 Khayerpur Ratan Chakraborty BJP 22,453 47.48 Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 18,343 38.79 4,110
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman INC 26,435 57.35 Papiya Dutta BJP 18,273 39.64 8,162
7 Ramnagar Surajit Datta BJP 17,455 46.2 Purushuttam Roy Barman IND 16,558 43.83 897
8 Town Bordowali Manik Saha BJP 19,586 49.77 Ashish Kumar Saha INC 18,329 46.6 1,257
9 Banamalipur Gopal Chandra Roy INC 17,128 49.58 Rajib Bhattacharjee BJP 15,759 45.61 1,369
10 Majlishpur Sushanta Chowdhury BJP 21,349 46.8 Sanjoy Das CPI(M) 16,177 35.46 5,172
11 Mandaibazar (ST) Swapna Debbarma TMP 28,726 66.35 Radhacharan Debbarma CPI(M) 7,077 16.35 21,649
Sipahijala 12 Takarjala (ST) Biswajit Kalai TMP 34,717 86.81 Bidhan Debbarma IPFT 2,262 5.66 32,455
West Tripura 13 Pratapgarh (SC) Ramu Das CPI(M) 26,422 49.61 Rebati Mohan Das BJP 24,336 45.7 2,086
14 Badharghat (SC) Mina Rani Sarkar BJP 27,427 48.94 Partha Ranjan Sarkar AIFB 26,138 46.64 1,289
Sipahijala 15 Kamalasagar Antara Sarkar Deb BJP 19,052 47.39 Hiranmay Narayan Debnath CPI(M) 17,308 43.06 1,744
16 Bishalgarh Sushanta Deb BJP 22,314 48.52 Partha Pratim Majumder CPI(M) 20,988 45.64 1,326
17 Golaghati (ST) Manab Debbarma TMP 19,800 50.79 Himani Debbarma BJP 10,602 27.2 9,198
West Tripura 18 Suryamaninagar Ram Prasad Paul BJP 24,991 49.92 Susanta Chakraborty INC 23,083 46.11 1,908
Sipahijala 19 Charilam (ST) Subodh Deb Barma TMP 13,657 37.34 Jishnu Dev Varma BJP 12,799 34.99 858
20 Boxanagar Samsul Haque CPI(M) 19,404 50.34 Tafajjal Hossain BJP 14,555 37.76 4,849
21 Nalchar (SC) Kishor Barman BJP 20,836 49.95 Tapan Chandra Das CPI(M) 18,452 44.24 2,384
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty CPI(M) 20,039 50.47 Debabrata Bhattacharjee BJP 17,624 44.39 2,415
23 Dhanpur Pratima Bhoumik BJP 19,148 42.25 Kaushik Chanda CPI(M) 15,648 34.53 3,500
Khowai 24 Ramchandraghat (ST) Ranjit Debbarma TMP 23,143 60.87 Ranjit Debbarma CPI(M) 6,941 18.26 16,202
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas CPI(M) 19,696 49.73 Subrata Majumdar BJP 18,656 47.1 1,040
26 Asharambari (ST) Animesh Debbarma TMP 23,838 66.56 Jayanti Deb Barma IPFT 5,510 15.38 18,328
27 Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar Pinaki Das Chowdhury BJP 17,903 43.59 Jayanti Deb Barma TMP 11,290 27.49 6,613
28 Teliamura Kalyani Saha Roy BJP 16,755 42.1 Ashok Kr. Baidya INC 12,603 31.67 4,152
29 Krishnapur (ST) Bikash Debbarma BJP 13,800 39.97 Mahendra Debbarma TMP 11,162 32.33 2,638
Gomati 30 Bagma (ST) Ram Pada Jamatia BJP 19,482 38.74 Purna Ch. Jamatia TMP 17,399 34.6 2,083
31 Radhakishorpur Pranajit Singha Roy BJP 24,421 56.07 Srikanta Datta RSP 17,007 39.05 7,414
32 Matarbari Abhishek Debroy BJP 25,494 51.06 Pranajit Roy INC 16,453 32.95 9,041
33 Kakraban-Salgarh (SC) Jitendra Majumder BJP 23,625 48.17 Ratan Kr. Bhowmik CPI(M) 18,574 37.87 5,051
South Tripura 34 Rajnagar (SC) Swapna Majumder BJP 20,849 48.07 Sudhan Das CPI(M) 19,514 45 1,335
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen CPI(M) 20,016 48.27 Goutam Sarkar BJP 19,613 47.3 403
36 Santirbazar (ST) Pramod Reang BJP 18,709 40.04 Harendra Reang TMP 14,615 31.28 4,094
37 Hrishyamukh Asoke Chandra Mitra CPI(M) 19,986 46.37 Dipayan Choudhury BJP 18,568 43.08 1,418
38 Jolaibari (ST) Sukla Charan Noatia IPFT 17,621 38.54 Debendra Tripura CPI(M) 17,246 37.72 375
39 Manu (ST) Mailafru Mog BJP 15,469 34.5 Pravat Chowdhury CPI(M) 14,922 33.28 547
40 Sabroom Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 21,801 49.02 Sankar Roy BJP 21,405 48.13 396
Gomati 41 Ampinagar (ST) Pathan Lal Jamatia TMP 21,525 57.03 Patal Kanya Jamatia BJP 9,339 24.74 12,186
42 Amarpur Ranjit Das BJP 17,989 44.21 Parimal Debnath CPI(M) 13,395 32.92 4,594
43 Karbook (ST) Sanjoy Manik Tripura TMP 16,647 44.88 Ashim Kumar Tripura BJP 12,200 32.89 4,447
Dhalai 44 Raima Valley (ST) Nandita Debbarma(Reang) TMP 19,269 40.66 Bikash Chakma BJP 15,827 33.40 3,442
45 Kamalpur Manoj Kanti Deb BJP 18,287 45.16 Rubi Ghosh INC 13,027 32.17 5,260
46 Surma (SC) Swapna Das Paul BJP 17,313 40.3 Anjan Das CPI(M) 12,475 29.04 4,838
47 Ambassa (ST) Chitta Ranjan Debbarma TMP 15,317 33.27 Suchitra Debbarma BJP 14,824 32.19 493
48 Karamcherra (ST) Paul Dangshu TMP 20,496 52.73 Braja Lal Tripura BJP 9,901 25.47 10,595
49 Chawamanu (ST) Sambhu Lal Chakma BJP 16,644 41.85 Hangsa Kumar Tripura TMP 13,745 34.56 2,899
Unakoti 50 Pabiachhara (SC) Bhagaban Das BJP 19,542 44.46 Satyaban Das INC 19,134 43.53 408
51 Fatikroy (SC) Sudhangshu Das BJP 19,570 49.96 Subrata Das CPI(M) 14,458 36.91 5,112
52 Chandipur Tinku Roy BJP 17,395 42.68 Krishnendu Choudhury CPI(M) 16,818 41.26 577
53 Kailashahar Birajit Sinha INC 25,300 59.62 Moboshor Ali BJP 15,614 36.8 9,686
North Tripura 54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin CPI(M) 20,012 49.65 Dilip Tanti BJP 18,120 44.95 1,892
55 Bagbassa Jadab Lal Debnath BJP 18,905 47.41 Bijita Nath CPI(M) 17,444 43.74 1,461
56 Dharmanagar Biswa Bandhu Sen BJP 18,684 49.35 Chayan Bhattacharya INC 17,586 46.45 1,098
57 Jubarajnagar Sailendra Chandra Nath CPI(M) 19,386 49.29 Malina Debnath BJP 19,090 48.54 296
58 Panisagar Binay Bhushan Das BJP 15,745 41.61 Sital Das CPI(M) 13,247 35.01 2,498
59 Pencharthal (ST) Santana Chakma BJP 17,781 45.5 Sadhan Kumar Chakma CPI(M) 9,808 25.1 7,973
60 Kanchanpur (ST) Philip Kumar Reang TMP 15,413 36.44 Rajendra Reang CPI(M) 10,522 24.88 4,891

Government formation[edit]

Imcumbent Chief Minister Manik Saha gave resignation to Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya and staked claim new government with support of 33 MLAs (32 BJP and 1 IPFT).[82][83]

Aftermath[edit]

After the poll results, violent attacks were unleashed on the workers of Left Front and Congress, allegedly by BJP. The CPI(M) demanded a judicial inquiry into the violence and also wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking intervention in the matter.[84][85] Partido Comunista Português expressed its solidarity with CPI(M), CPI and other democratic and progressive forces in Tripura.[86] A delegation composed of Member of Parliaments from CPI(M), CPI and Congress visited Tripura on 10 March 2023 and met with the affected families and administration officials to assess the situation on the ground.[85]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d BJP and IPFT will have a contest on Ampinagar constituency

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