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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1972
| next_election = 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1983
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 31 December 1977
| image1 =[[File:Nripen Chakraborty.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Pramodenagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pramodenagar]]
| last_election1 = 16
| seats1 = 51
| seat_change1 ={{increase}} 35
| popular_vote1 = 352,652
| percentage1 = 47.00%

| image2 =INPT-flag.svg
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 = 0
| seats2 = 4
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote2 = 59,474
| percentage2 = 7.93%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_party =
| after_election = [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| after_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| majority_seats = 31
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.tripura.gov.in/|title=State Election Commission, Tripura}}</ref>

The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]], led [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left front]] won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]].

==Highlights==
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 ===
<div class="mob-table"><table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>Partytype Abbreviation</th><th> Party</th><th></th></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">National Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>CPI </td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>CPM </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>INC </td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>JNP </td><td>Janata Party</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">State Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>FBL </td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>RSP </td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>PBI </td><td>Proutist Bloc of India</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>TCD </td><td>Congress for Democracy</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>TUS </td><td>Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Independents</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>IND</td><td>IndependentS</td></tr>
</table>
</div><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=List of Participating Political Parties}}</ref>
=== No. of Constituencies ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 34
| 7
| 19
| 60
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Constituencies-Tripura}}</ref>
=== Electors ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! 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%
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Total No.of Electors}}</ref>
=== Performance of Women Candidates ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 322
| 06
| 328
|-
| Elected
| 59
| 01
| 60
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates}}</ref>

==Result==
{{Politics of India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=10|[[File:India Tripura Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|-
! 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 (India)|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
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 48
| 2
| 30,862
| 4.11%
| 2
|-
! Total
! 328
! 60
! 750,271
!
!
|-
|colspan=10|Source: ECI<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1977/|title=1977 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Constituency wise Winners==
<div class="mob-table">

<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AC
No
</th><th>Assembly Constituency Name</th><th>Winner Candidates Name</th><th>Gender</th><th>Party</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Simna (ST)</td><td>Abhiram Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Mohanpur</td><td>Radharaman Deb Nath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Bamutia (SC)</td><td>Hari Charan Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Barjala</td><td>Gouri Bhattacharjee</td><td>F</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Khayerpur</td><td>Akhil Debnath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Agartala</td><td>Ajoy Biswas</td><td>M</td><td>IND</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Ramnagar</td><td>Biren Datta</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Town Bordowali</td><td>Braja Gopal Roy</td><td>M</td><td>FBL</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Banamalipur</td><td>Bibekanand Bhowmik</td><td>M</td><td>IND</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Majlishpur</td><td>Khagen Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Mandaibazar (ST)</td><td>Rashiram Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Takarajala (ST)</td><td>Sudhanwa Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Pratapgarh (SC)</td><td>Anil Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Badharghat</td><td>Jadab Majumdar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Kamalasagar</td><td>Matilal Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Bishalgarh</td><td>Gautam Prasad Dutta</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Golaghati (ST)</td><td>Naranjan Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Charilam</td><td>Hari Nath Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>TUS</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Boxanagar</td><td>Arabar Rahaman</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Nalchar (SC)</td><td>Sumanta Kumar Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Sonamura</td><td>Subal Rudra</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Dhanpur</td><td>Samar Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Ramchandraghat (ST)</td><td>Dasaratha Deb</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Khowai</td><td>Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Asharambari (ST)</td><td>Bidya Chandra Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Pramodnagar (ST)</td><td>Nripen Chakrabarty</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Kalyanpur</td><td>Makhan Lal Chakrabarty</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>Krishnapur (ST)</td><td>Manindra Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>Teliamura</td><td>Jitendra Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>Bagma (ST)</td><td>Ratimohan Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>TUS</td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>Salgarh (SC)</td><td>Gopal Chandra Das</td><td>M</td><td>RSP</td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>Radhakishorepur</td><td>Jogesh Chakraborty</td><td>M</td><td>RSP</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>Matarbari</td><td>Naresh Chandra Ghosh</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>Kakraban</td><td>Kashab Ch. Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>Rajnagar (SC)</td><td>Nakul Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>Belonia</td><td>Jyotirmoy Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>Santirbazar (ST)</td><td>Drao Kumar Riang</td><td>M</td><td>TUS</td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>Hrishyamukh</td><td>Badal Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>Jolaibari (ST)</td><td>Braja Mahan Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>Manu (ST)</td><td>Matahari Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>41</td><td>Sabroom</td><td>Sunil Kumar Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>42</td><td>Ampinagar (ST)</td><td>Nagendra Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>TUS</td></tr>
<tr><td>43</td><td>Birganj</td><td>Syamal Saha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>Raima Valley (ST)</td><td>Baju Ban Riyan</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>Kamalpur</td><td>Bimal Singha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>46</td><td>Surma (SC)</td><td>Rudrewar Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>47</td><td>Salema (ST)</td><td>[[Dinesh Debbarma]]</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>48</td><td>Kulai (ST)</td><td>Kamini Deb Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>49</td><td>Chhawmanu (ST)</td><td>Purna Mohan Tripura</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>50</td><td>Pabiachhara (SC)</td><td>Bindu Bhushan Malakat</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>51</td><td>Fatikroy</td><td>Tarani Mohan Sinha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>52</td><td>Chandipur</td><td>Baidyanath Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>53</td><td>Kailasahar</td><td>Tapan Kumar Chakraborty</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>54</td><td>Kurti</td><td>Faizur Rahaman</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>55</td><td>Kadamtala</td><td>Umesh Chandra Nath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>56</td><td>Dharmanagar</td><td>Amarendra Sarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>57</td><td>Jubarajnagar</td><td>Ram Kumar Nath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Pencharthal (ST)</td><td>Mohan Lal Chakma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>59</td><td>Panisagar</td><td>Subodh Chandra Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>60</td><td>Kanchanpur (ST)</td><td>Mandida Reang</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr></table>
</div><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1988-election-results.html|title=Detailed Result 1988}}</ref>

==Government Formation==
The [[Left Front (Tripura)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Government formation-1978,Tripura}}</ref>

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