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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1983
| next_election = 1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1993
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 2 Feb 1988
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Town bordowali]]
| last_election1 = 12 (INC only)
| seats1 = 25
| seat_change1 ={{increase}} 13
| popular_vote1 = 424,241
| percentage1 = 37.33%
| image2 =
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 = 37
| seats2 = 26
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 11
| popular_vote2 = 520,697
| percentage2 = 45.82%
| image3 =
| leader3 =-
| party3 = Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
| leaders_seat3 =-
| last_elections = 6
| seats3 = 7
| seat_change3 ={{increase}} 1
| popular_vote3 = 119,599
| percentage3 = 10.52%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| before_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| after_election = [[Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 31
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.tripura.gov.in/|title=State Election Commission, Tripura}}</ref> More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and [[Tripura National Volunteers|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Conflict Period in Tripura}}</ref>

==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===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=List of Participating Political Parties}}</ref>

====National Parties====
* BJP ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])
* CPI ([[Communist Party of India]])
* CPM ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]])
* INC ([[Indian National Congress]])
* JNP ([[Janata Party]])

====State Parties====
* FBL ([[All India Forward Bloc]])
* RSP ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]])
* TUS ([[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]])

===No. of Constituencies===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 36
| 7
| 17
| 60
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Constituencies-Tripura}}</ref>

===Electors===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! 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%
|}<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
| 268
| 3
| 271
|-
| Elected
| 58
| 02
| 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"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! 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 (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 18,182
| 1.60%
| 2
|-
| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]
| 14
| 7
| 119,599
| 10.52%
| 6
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 81
| 0
| 33,846
| 2.98%
| 3
|-
! Total
! 220
! 60
! 1,136,405
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1988/|title=1988 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>Dhirendra Chandra Debnath </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Bamutia (Sc)</td><td>Prakash Chandra Das </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Barjala</td><td>Dipak Kumar Roy </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Khayerpur</td><td>Ratan Lal Ghosh </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Agartala</td><td>Maharani Bidhu Kumari Debi </td><td>F</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Ramnagar</td><td>Surajit Datta </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Town Bordowali</td><td>Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Banamalipur</td><td>Ratan Chakraborty </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Majlishpur</td><td>Dipak Nag </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Mandaibazar (St)</td><td>Rashiram Debbarma </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Takarjala (St)</td><td>Tarani Debbarma </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>Dilip Sarkar </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Kamalasagar</td><td>Matlal Sarkar </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Bishalgarh</td><td>Samir Ranjan Barman </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Golaghati (St)</td><td>Budha Debbarma </td><td>M</td><td>TUS</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Charilam</td><td>Matilal Saha </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Boxanagar</td><td>Billal Mia </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Nalchar (Sc)</td><td>Sukumar Barman </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Sonamura</td><td>Rasiklal Roy </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Dhanpur</td><td>Samar Choudhoury </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>Arun Kumar Kar </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Asharambari (St)</td><td>Bidhya Chandra Debbarma </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Pramodenagar</td><td>Nirpen Chakraborty </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Kalyanpur</td><td>Makhan Lal Chakraborty </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>Krishnapur (St)</td><td>Khagendra Jamatia </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>Rati Mohan 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>Chitta Ranjan Saha </td><td>M</td><td>RSP</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>Matarbari</td><td>Kashiram Reang </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>Kakraban</td><td>Keshab 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>Amal Mallik </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>Santirbazar</td><td>Gouri Sankar Reang </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>Brajamohan Jaimatia </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>Manu (St)</td><td>Angju Mog </td><td>M</td><td>INC</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>Jawhar Shaha </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>Raima Valley (St)</td><td>Rabindra Debbarma </td><td>M</td><td>TUS</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>Rudreswar 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>Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl </td><td>M</td><td>TUS</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>Bidhu Bhushan Malakar </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>51</td><td>Fatikroy</td><td>Sunil Chandra Das </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>52</td><td>Chandipur</td><td>Baidyanath Majumdar </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>53</td><td>Kailasahar</td><td>Birajit Sinha </td><td>M</td><td>INC</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>Jyotirmoy Nath </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>56</td><td>Dharmanagar</td><td>Kalidas Dutta </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>57</td><td>Jubarajnagar</td><td>Biva Rani Nath </td><td>F</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Pencharthal (St)</td><td>Sushil Kumar Chakma </td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>59</td><td>Panisagar</td><td>Subodh Das </td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>60</td><td>Kanchanpur (St)</td><td>Drao Kumar Riang </td><td>M</td><td>TUS</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==
[[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Government formation-1988,Tripura}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned as Tripura Chief Minister}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f389ac.html|title=President's rule in Tripura}}</ref>

==References==
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