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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2003
| next_election = 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2013
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 23 Feb 2008
| image1 = [[File:Manik Sarkar.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Dhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhanpur]]
| seats_before1 = 38
| seats1 = 46
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 8
| popular_vote1 = 903,009
| percentage1 = 48.01%
| image2 = [[File:Hand_INC.svg|160x150px]]
| leader2 = [[Samir Ranjan Barman]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat2 = [[Bishalgarh]]
| seats_before2 = 13
| seats2 = 10
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 3
| popular_vote2 = 684,207
| percentage2 = 36.38%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| before_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| after_election = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| after_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| majority_seats = 31
}}

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

The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]]-led alliance, the [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left Front]], retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gokhale|first=Nitin|date=2008-03-07|title=Red march in Tripura, hung House in Meghalaya|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Story.aspx?&id=NEWEN20080043281&ch=3/7/2008%2010:30:00%20AM|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310132300/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Story.aspx?&id=NEWEN20080043281&ch=3%2F7%2F2008%2010%3A30%3A00%20AM|archive-date=10 March 2008|website=ndtv.com|access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref> This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/red-carpet-welcome-for-cpm-in-tripura/60655-3.html|title=Red carpet welcome for CPM in Tripura - India News - IBNLive|date=22 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522130621/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/red-carpet-welcome-for-cpm-in-tripura/60655-3.html|archive-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>

CPI(M) leader [[Manik Sarkar]] was sworn in as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Tripura|Chief Minister of Tripura]] for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other [[cabinet Minister]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/mar/10trip.htm|title=Manik Sarkar sworn in as Tripura CM for 4th time|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

==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===
<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>BJP </td><td>Bhartiya Janta Party</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>CPI </td><td>COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>CPM </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>INC </td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>NCP </td><td>Nationalist Congress Party</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">State Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>INPT </td><td>ndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">State Parties - Other States</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>AIFB </td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>AITC</td><td> All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>CPI(ML)(L) </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>JD(U) </td><td>Janata Dal (United)</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>LJP </td><td>Lok Jan Shakti Party</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</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>13</td><td>AMB </td><td>Amra Bangalee</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>PDS </td><td>Party For Democratic Socialism</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Independents</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>IND</td><td>Independent</td></tr>
</table>
</div><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=ECI|website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

===No. of Constituencies===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 33
| 7
| 20
| 60
|}<ref name="auto1"/>

===Electors===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! 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%
|}<ref name="auto1"/>

===Performance of Women Candidates===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 282
| 31
| 313
|-
| Elected
| 57
| 03
| 60
|}<ref name="auto1"/>

==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 [[State Assembly elections in India, 2003|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|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 castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] and seven reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]]. Elections in all [[polling station]]s were held using [[Indian voting machines|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.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_TP.pdf|url-status=dead|website=eci.gov.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2008-12-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125908/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_TP.pdf|archivedate=2005-05-29}}</ref>

==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 forces of India|paramilitary]] personnel from the [[Border Security Force]], [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] and [[Central Reserve Police Force]] supported by air surveillance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://topnews.in/tripura-cm-says-polling-peaceful-women-voters-coming-out-large-numbers-221869|title=Tripura CM says polling peaceful, women voters coming out in large numbers | TopNews|website=topnews.in}}</ref>

[[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/25trip.htm|title=Tripura sets record for maximum voter turnout|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tripura Assembly Election 2008 - Voter turn out in %|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/election/per230208.htm|url-status=dead|website=tripurainfo.com|accessdate=2008-12-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808121800/http://www.tripurainfo.com/election/per230208.htm|archivedate=2008-08-08}}</ref>

==Results==
{{Politics of India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! 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 (India)|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 (India)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]
| 1
| 0
| 2,062
| 0.11%
| 6.13%
| 1
| 0
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 62
| 0
| 61,010
| 3.24%
| 4.94%
| 58
| 0
|-
! Total
! 313
! 60
! 1,880,834
!
!
! 193
!
|}
<ref name="auto"/>

===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>Pranab Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Mohanpur</td><td>Ratan Lal Nath</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Bamutia (SC)</td><td>Haricharan Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Barjala</td><td>Sankar Prasad Datta</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Khayerpur</td><td>Pabitra Kar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Agartala</td><td>Sudip Roy Barman</td><td>M</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 Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Banamalipur</td><td>Gopal Chandra Roy</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Majlishpur</td><td>Manik Dey</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Mandaibazar (ST)</td><td>Monoranjan Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Takarjala (ST)</td><td>Niranjan 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>Narayan Chandra Choud</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Bishalgarh</td><td>Bhanulal Saha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Golaghati (ST)</td><td>Kesab Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Charilam (ST)</td><td>Narayan Rupini</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Boxanagar</td><td>Sahid Choudhuri</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</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>Subal Bhowmik</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Dhanpur</td><td>Manik Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Ramchandraghat (ST)</td><td>Padma Kumar Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Khowai</td><td>Samir Deb Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Asharambari (ST)</td><td>Sachindra Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Pramodenagar (ST)</td><td>Aghore Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Kalyanpur</td><td>Manindra Chandra Das</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>Gouri Das</td><td>F</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>Bagma (ST)</td><td>Naresh Chandra Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>Salgarh (SC)</td><td>Partha Das</td><td>M</td><td>RSP</td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>Radhakishorepur</td><td>Joygobinda Deb Roy</td><td>M</td><td>RSP</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>Matarbari</td><td>Madhab Chandra Saha</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</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>Sudhan Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>Belonia</td><td>Basu Dev Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>Santirbazar (ST)</td><td>Manindra Reang</td><td>M</td><td>CPI</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>Jashabirtripura</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>Manu (ST)</td><td>Jitendra Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>41</td><td>Sabroom</td><td>Rita Kar (Majumder)</td><td>F</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>42</td><td>Ampinagar (ST)</td><td>Daniel Jamatia</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>43</td><td>Birganj</td><td>Manoranjanacharjee</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>Raima Valley (ST)</td><td>Sri Lalit Mohan Tripura.</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>Kamalpur</td><td>Sri Manoj Kanti Deb</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>46</td><td>Surma (SC)</td><td>Sri Sudir Das</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>47</td><td>Salema (ST)</td><td>Prasanta Debbarma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>48</td><td>Kulai (ST)</td><td>Sri Bijoy Kumar Harngkhawl</td><td>M</td><td>INPT</td></tr>
<tr><td>49</td><td>Chhawmanu (ST)</td><td>Sri Nirajoy Tripura</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>50</td><td>Pabiachhara (SC)</td><td>Bidhu Bhusan Malakar</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>51</td><td>Fatikroy</td><td>Bijoy Roy</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>52</td><td>Chandipur</td><td>Tapan Chakraborty</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>Fayzur Rahman</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>55</td><td>Kadamtala</td><td>Bijita Nath</td><td>F</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>56</td><td>Dharmanagar</td><td>Biswa Bandhu Sen</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>57</td><td>Jubarajnagar</td><td>Ramendra Chandra Debnath</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Pencharthal (ST)</td><td>Arun Kumar Chakma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</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>Rajendra Reang</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr></table></div>

==References==
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