1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Tripura The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[ 1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) , led Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura .
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.
Participating Political Parties [ edit ] Partytype Abbreviation Party National Parties 1 CPI Communist Party of India 2 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 INC Indian National Congress 4 JNP Janata Party State Parties 5 FBL All India Forward Bloc 6 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party Registered (Unrecognised ) Parties 7 PBI Proutist Bloc of India 8 TCD Congress for Democracy 9 TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti Independents 10 IND IndependentS
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No. of Constituencies [ edit ] Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total No. of Constituencies 34 7 19 60
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Men Women Total No.of Electors 495,342 466,656 961,998 No.of Electors who Voted 406,052 358,878 764,930 Polling Percentage 81.97% 76.90% 79.51%
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Men Women Total No.of Contestants 322 06 328 Elected 59 01 60
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Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1972 Seats Communist Party of India 10 0 6,266 0.84% 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 51 352,652 47.00% 16 Indian National Congress 60 0 133,240 17.76% 41 Janata Party 59 0 78,479 10.46% - All India Forward Bloc 1 1 7,800 1.04% 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 12,446 1.66% - Proutist Bloc of India 6 0 2,139 0.29% - Congress for Democracy 59 0 66,913 9.08% - Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 28 4 59,474 7.93% 0 Independents 48 2 30,862 4.11% 2 Total 328 60 750,271 Source: ECI[ 6]
Results by constituency [ edit ] Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[ 7] Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin #k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Simna 83.98% Abhiram Debbarma CPI(M) 6,800 54.13% Maharajkumar Sahadev Bikram Kishore Dev Barman JP 2,739 21.8% 4,061 2 Mohanpur 81.74% Radharaman Debnath CPI(M) 4,599 36.51% Ambika Deb Congress for Democracy 2,797 22.21% 1,802 3 Bamutia 83.52% Haricharan Sarkar CPI(M) 6,195 49.7% Parfulla Kumar Das Congress for Democracy 5,276 42.33% 919 4 Barjala 82.1% Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 8,178 58.79% Reserwar Datta Congress for Democracy 3,317 23.84% 4,861 5 Khayerpur 78.93% Akhil Debnath CPI(M) 5,833 45.4% Amar Ranjan Gupta INC 2,168 16.87% 3,665 6 Agartala 78.14% Ajoy Biswas Independent 10,682 68.2% Kamal Kumar Singha Congress for Democracy 2,021 12.9% 8,661 7 Ramnagar 78.72% Biren Datta CPI(M) 8,420 63.41% Apanshu Mohan Lodh INC 2,553 19.23% 5,867 8 Town Bordowali 77.93% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 7,800 62.76% Dwijen Dey JP 2,034 16.37% 5,766 9 Banamalipur 79.01% Bibekananda Bhowmik Independent 6,734 64.43% Priya Lal Paul Congress for Democracy 1,745 16.7% 4,989 10 Majlishpur 84.67% Khagen Das CPI(M) 4,437 37.07% Jatindra Kumar Majumdar Congress for Democracy 2,425 20.26% 2,012 11 Mandaibazar 78.24% Rashiram Debbarma CPI(M) 6,915 50.72% Kshirode Debbarma TUS 3,606 26.45% 3,309 12 Takarjala 76.36% Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI(M) 5,358 41.5% Biswa Kumar Debbarma TUS 4,075 31.56% 1,283 13 Pratapgarh 82.27% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 10,869 66.44% Madhusudan Das INC 3,397 20.76% 7,472 14 Badharghat 80.06% Jadab Majumder CPI(M) 10,816 74.83% Sachindra Lal Singha Congress for Democracy 1,844 12.76% 8,972 15 Kamalasagar 79.99% Matilal Sarkar CPI(M) 7,041 58.12% Manoranjan Laskar JP 2,451 20.23% 4,590 16 Bishalgarh 81.89% Gautam Prasad Dutta CPI(M) 5,384 45.47% Samir Ranjan Barman JP 3,546 29.95% 1,838 17 Golaghati 80.92% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 4,254 31.85% Budha Debbarma TUS 3,171 23.74% 1,083 18 Charilam 79.78% Harinath Debbarma TUS 4,259 33.2% Durga Prasad Sikdar CPI(M) 3,231 25.18% 1,028 19 Boxanagar 84.81% Arabar Rahaman CPI(M) 5,255 47.1% Munsur Ali INC 4,114 36.88% 1,141 20 Nalchar 83.37% Sumanta Kumar Das CPI(M) 6,433 52.69% Bir Chandra Barman INC 2,945 24.12% 3,488 21 Sonamura 84.% Subal Rudra CPI(M) 6,469 53.88% Debendra Kishore Chowdhury INC 4,389 36.55% 2,080 22 Dhanpur 83.08% Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,244 48.79% Brojendra Ghosh JP 3,100 24.22% 3,144 23 Ramchandraghat 89.22% Dasarath Deb CPI(M) 9,585 81.57% Nand Kumar Debbarma JP 1,166 9.92% 8,419 24 Khowai 84.66% Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha CPI(M) 5,715 51.25% Arun Kar Congress for Democracy 3,215 28.83% 2,500 25 Asharambari 82.94% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 9,506 77.7% Dayanand Debbarma INC 1,125 9.19% 8,381 26 Pramodenagar 82.3% Nirpen Chakraborty CPI(M) 8,786 57.53% Upendra Chandra Debnath INC 2,565 16.79% 6,221 27 Kalyanpur 83.94% Makhan Lal Chakraborty CPI(M) 5,211 41.27% Ashoke Kumar Bhattacharya INC 2,842 22.51% 2,369 28 Krishnapur 67.32% Manindra Debbarma CPI(M) 6,116 57.3% Maharajkumar Nakshatra Bikram INC 1,703 15.95% 4,413 29 Teliamura 78.97% Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 5,769 42.31% Ratan Chakraborty INC 3,387 24.84% 2,382 30 Bagma 79.66% Rati Mohan Jamaitia TUS 5,652 45.26% Ganapada Jamatia CPI(M) 5,194 41.59% 458 31 Salgarh 82.49% Gopal Chandra Das RSP 6,968 60.32% Jitendra Chandra Das INC 1,620 14.02% 5,348 32 Radhakishorpur 80.8% Jogesh Chakraborty RSP 5,478 54.62% Usha Ranjan Sen INC 1,755 17.5% 3,723 33 Matarbari 82.2% Naresh Chandra Ghosh CPI(M) 6,372 50.91% Anil Sarkar INC 2,418 19.32% 3,954 34 Kakraban 82.71% Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 6,781 53.7% Ajit Ranjan Ghosh INC 3,006 23.8% 3,775 35 Rajnagar 78.8% Nakul Das CPI(M) 7,828 55.49% Upendra Kumar Das INC 5,100 36.15% 2,728 36 Belonia 81.72% Jyotirmoy Das CPI(M) 5,460 41.65% Manoranjan Majumder INC 5,341 40.74% 119 37 Santirbazar 78.29% Drao Kumar Reang TUS 4,397 30.08% Subodh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 3,902 26.69% 495 38 Hrishyamukh 83.22% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 7,552 56.01% Arun Chandra Bhowmik INC 5,209 38.63% 2,343 39 Jolaibari 76.69% Brajamohan Jamatia CPI(M) 3,603 36.57% Kashi Ram Reang INC 3,071 31.17% 532 40 Manu 78.9% Matahari Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,292 42.65% Angju Mog INC 5,098 34.56% 1,194 41 Sabroom 83.94% Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 6,537 46.94% Rabindra Kumar Patari INC 3,712 26.66% 2,825 42 Ampinagar 73.6% Nagendra Jamatia TUS 5,744 45.17% Madhu Sudan Kalai CPI(M) 4,814 37.86% 930 43 Birganj 77.9% Syamal Saha CPI(M) 5,745 39.5% Kanai Lal Sarkar INC 4,212 28.96% 1,533 44 Raima Valley 67.65% Baju Ban Riyan CPI(M) 7,661 72.65% Monojay Roaja TUS 1,588 15.06% 6,073 45 Kamalpur 84.04% Bimal Singha CPI(M) 7,634 70.06% Brajakishore Singha INC 1,156 10.61% 6,478 46 Surma 83.58% Rudrewar Das CPI(M) 7,403 57.83% Jogendra Das INC 2,096 16.37% 5,307 47 Salema 81.29% Dinesh Debbarma CPI(M) 6,890 53.24% Madan Mohan Debbarma INC 3,302 25.52% 3,588 48 Kulai 76.7% Kamini Debbarma CPI(M) 6,050 46.34% Prafulla Roaja INC 2,664 20.41% 3,386 49 Chawamanu 68.48% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 4,613 49.9% Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 1,587 17.17% 3,026 50 Pabiachhara 75.96% Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 6,270 53.84% Brajendra Das INC 2,778 23.85% 3,492 51 Fatikroy 82.67% Tarani Mohan Singha CPI(M) 6,057 44.21% Gopesh Ranjan Deb INC 3,365 24.56% 2,692 52 Chandipur 82.56% Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 9,197 64.38% Manindralal Bhowmik INC 3,260 22.82% 5,937 53 Kailashahar 78.54% Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 7,111 53.36% Abdul Shahid INC 3,954 29.67% 3,157 54 Kurti 76.51% Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 5,500 48.28% Gopendra Kumar Das JP 1,233 10.82% 4,267 55 Kadamtala 73.02% Umesh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 5,575 56.06% Luthfur Rahaman Chowdhury JP 1,731 17.41% 3,844 56 Dharmanagar 79.12% Amarendra Sarma CPI(M) 6,640 53.94% Debiprasad Purkayastha INC 2,963 24.07% 3,677 57 Jubarajnagar 80.62% Ram Kumar Nath CPI(M) 6,379 56.21% Manoranjan Nath Congress for Democracy 2,255 19.87% 4,124 58 Pencharthal 70.29% Mohan Lal Chakma CPI(M) 4,977 42.47% Sushil Kumar Chakma INC 2,966 25.31% 2,011 59 Panisagar 75.21% Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 5,588 58.4% Debendra Chandra Nath Independent 781 8.16% 4,807 60 Kanchanpur 65.06% Mandida Reang CPI(M) 5,608 55.81% Sukadayal Jamatia TUS 2,012 20.02% 3,596
The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978.[ 8]