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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2008
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| election_date = 14 February 2013
| turnout = 93.57%
| image1 = [[File:Manik Sarkar.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 46
| seats1 = 49
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}3
| popular_vote1 = 1,059,327
| percentage1 = 48.11%
| image2 = [[File:Sudip Roy Barman.png|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Sudip Roy Barman]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 10
| seats2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote2 = 804,457
| percentage2 = 36.53%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|CM]]
| before_election = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| before_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|CM]]-elect
| after_election = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| after_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| next_election = Tripura_Legislative_Assembly_election,_2018
| next_year = 2018
| majority_seats = 31
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]

The '''2013''' '''Tripura Legislative Assembly election''' took place in a single phase on 14 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]].

==Highlights==
Election to the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] were held on 14 February 2013. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

===Participating Political Parties===
<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=ECI|website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
<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 - Other States</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>AIFB </td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>JD(U) </td><td>Janata Dal (United)</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>RSP </td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>SP </td><td>Samajwadi Party</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>AMB </td><td>Amra Bangalee</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>CPI(ML)(L) </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>INPT </td><td>Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>IPFT</td><td>Indigenousn People's Front of Tripura</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>SUCI</td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</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>

===No. of Constituencies===
<ref name="auto"/>
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 30
| 10
| 20
| 60
|}

===Electors===
<ref name="auto"/>
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Electors
| 1,201,209
| 1,157,284
| 2,358,493
|-
| No.of Electors who Voted
| 1,089,860
| 1,075,622
| 2,165,482
|-
| Polling Percentage
| 90.73%
| 92.94%
| 91.82%
|}

===Performance of Women Candidates===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 234
| 15
| 249
|-
| Elected
| 55
| 05
| 60
|}<ref name="auto"/>

==Background==
The [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|previous elections]] to the 10th [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] and 10 are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ceotripura.nic.in/PDF/Electors_PC1.pdf | title=Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura West | publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura |format= PDF | date=2009-04-04 | accessdate=2014-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ceotripura.nic.in/PDF/Electors_PC2.PDF | title=Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura East | publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura |format= PDF | date=2009-04-04 | accessdate=2014-03-07}}</ref> February 2013 Elections in all [[polling station]]s were held using [[Electronic voting machines]].{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left Front]], led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3309-tripura-2008/ |title=Tripura 2008 - Tripura |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= 19 July 2021}}</ref>

==Campaign==
The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term.
A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election.<ref name="candi date">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tripura-assembly-elections-2013-voter-turnout/1/250304.html|title=Assembly Elections 2013: Tripura records 92 percent turnout, polling peaceful| work=[[India Today]]|date=15 February 2013|accessdate=15 February 2013}}</ref>

===Election Day===
Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits.<ref name="ibnturnout"/>

According to the report by ''[[Times of India]]'', the chief election officer of the state told that the [[voter turnout]] across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout.<ref name="toiturnout">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/guwahati/37143686_1_majlishpur-inpt-tripura-elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209143849/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/guwahati/37143686_1_majlishpur-inpt-tripura-elections|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2013|title=Tripura scripts poll history|date=17 February 2013|accessdate=19 February 2013| last= Bhattacharjee|work=[[The Times of India]]| first=Biswendu}}</ref> This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.<ref name="ibnturnout">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tripura-records-highest-voter-turnout-in-the-country-at-93-per-cent-ec/372924-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217042627/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tripura-records-highest-voter-turnout-in-the-country-at-93-per-cent-ec/372924-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|title=Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC| publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=15 February 2013}}</ref> Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent.<ref name="toiturnout"/> There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.<ref name="candi date"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly election, 2013]]<ref name=TPRResults>{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/TRP2013_Reports.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Tripura |format= PDF |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= April 3, 2014}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable"| 
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br> in seats !! % of <br> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br>vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|35px]]
| 55 || 49 || {{increase}} 3 || 81.67 || 10,59,327 || 48.11 || -
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 48 || 10 || {{steady}} 0 || 16.67 || 8,04,457 || 36.53 || -
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 2 || 1 || {{steady}} 0 || 1.67 || 34,500 || 1.57 || -
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total !! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 23,58,493 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|22,02,065 ( 93.57%)
|}
{{election table|title=Summary of the 14 February 2013 [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] election results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/TRP2013_Reports.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404193718/http://eci.nic.in/ECI_Main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/TRP2013_Reports.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2014 |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura}}</ref>}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="45"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| align="left"| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPM)
| 1,059,327 || 48.1 || {{increase}}0.1
| 49 || {{increase}}3
|- style="text-align:right"
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 804,457 || 36.5 || {{decrease}}0.1
| 10 || {{steady}}
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
| align="left"| [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
| 34,500 || 1.6 || {{increase}}0.1
| 1 || {{steady}}
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra]] (INPT)
| 167,078 || 7.6 || {{increase}}1.4
| 0 || {{decrease}}1
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
| align="left"| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (RSP)
| 31,717 || 2.0 || {{increase}}0.3
| 0 || {{decrease}}2
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| 33,808 || 1.5 || {{steady}}
| 0 || {{steady}}
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
| align="left"| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 21,126 || 1.0 || {{decrease}}2.2
| 0 || {{steady}}
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="black"|
| align="left"| Others
| 50,052 || 1.8 || {{increase}}0.4
| 0 || {{steady}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 2,202,065 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
|}<section end=Results />

===Winners by Constituency===
{| class="wikitable tableizer-table"
|- class="tableizer-firstrow"
! AC No !!Assembly Constituency Name!!Winner Candidates Name!!Gender!!Party
|-
| 1||Simna (ST)||Pranab Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 2||Mohanpur||Ratan Lal Nath||M||INC
|-
| 3||Bamutia (SC)||Haricharan Sarkar||M||CPM
|-
| 4||Barjala (SC)||Jitendra Sarkar||M||INC
|-
| 5||Khayerpur||Pabitra Kar||M||CPM
|-
| 6||Agartala||Sudip Roy Barman||M||INC
|-
| 7||Ramnagar||Ratan Das||M||CPM
|-
| 8||Town Bordowali||Asish Kumar Saha||M||INC
|-
| 9||Banamalipur||Gopal Chandra Roy||M||INC
|-
| 10||Majlishpur||Manik Dey||M||CPM
|-
| 11||Mandaibazar (ST)||Monoranjan Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 12||Takarjala (ST)||Niranjan Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 13||Pratapgarh (SC)||Anil Sarkar||M||CPM
|-
| 14||Badharghat (SC)||Dilip Sarkar||M||INC
|-
| 15||Kamalasagar||Narayan Chandra Chowdhuri||M||CPM
|-
| 16||Bishalgarh||Bhanulal Saha||M||CPM
|-
| 17||Golaghati (ST)||Keshab Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 18||Suryamaninagar||Raj Kumar Chaudhuri||M||CPM
|-
| 19||Charilam (ST)||Ramendra Narayan Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 20||Boxanagar||Sahid Choudhuri||M||CPM
|-
| 21||Nalchar (SC)||Tapan Chandra Das||M||CPM
|-
| 22||Sonamura||Shyamal Chakraborty||M||CPM
|-
| 23||Dhanpur||Manik Sarkar||M||CPM
|-
| 24||Ramchandraghat (ST)||Padma Kumar Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 25||Khowai||Samir Debsarkar||M||CPM
|-
| 26||Asharambari (ST)||Aghore Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 27||Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar||Manindra Chandra Das||M||CPM
|-
| 28||Teliamura||Gouri Das||F||CPM
|-
| 29||Krishnapur (ST)||Khagendra Jamatia||M||CPM
|-
| 30||Bagma (ST)||Naresh Chandra Jamatia||M||CPM
|-
| 31||Radhakishorepur||Pranajit Singha Roy||M||INC
|-
| 32||Matarbari||Madhab Chandra Saha||M||CPM
|-
| 33||Kakraban-Salgarh (SC)||Ratan Bhowmik||M||CPM
|-
| 34||Rajnagar (SC)||Sudhan Das||M||CPM
|-
| 35||Belonia||Basudev Majumder||M||CPM
|-
| 36||Santirbazar (ST)||Manindra Reang||M||CPI
|-
| 37||Hrishyamukh||Badal Choudhury||M||CPM
|-
| 38||Jolaibari (ST)||JashabirTripura||M||CPM
|-
| 39||Manu (ST)||Jitendra Chaudhury||M||CPM
|-
| 40||Sabroom||Rita Kar (Majumder)||F||CPM
|-
| 41||Ampinagar (ST)||Daniel Jamatia||M||CPM
|-
| 42||Amarpur||ManoranjanAcharjee||M||CPM
|-
| 43||Karbook (ST)||Priyamani Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 44||Raima Valley (ST)||Lalit MohanTripura||M||CPM
|-
| 45||Kamalpur||Bijoy Lakshmi Singha||F||CPM
|-
| 46||Surma (SC)||Sudhir Das||M||CPM
|-
| 47||Ambassa (ST)||Lalit Kumar Debbarma||M||CPM
|-
| 48||Karmachhara (ST)||Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl||M||INC
|-
| 49||Chawamanu (ST)||NirajoyTripura||M||CPM
|-
| 50||Pabiachhara (SC)||Samiran Malakar||M||CPM
|-
| 51||Fatikroy (SC)||Tunubala Malakar||F||CPM
|-
| 52||Chandipur||Tapan Chakrabarti||M||CPM
|-
| 53||Kailashahar||Birajit Sinha||M||INC
|-
| 54||Kadamtala-Kurti||Fayzur Rohaman||M||CPM
|-
| 55||Bagbassa||Bijita Nath||F||CPM
|-
| 56||Dharmanagar||Biswabandhu Sen||M||INC
|-
| 57||Jubarajnagar||Ramendra Chandra Debnath||M||CPM
|-
| 58||Panisagar||Subodh Das||M||CPM
|-
| 59||Pencharthal (ST)||Arun Kumar Chakma||M||CPM
|-
| 60||Kanchanpur (ST)||Rajendra Reang||M||CPM
|}

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