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{{short description|Political elections for public offices in Tripura}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
'''Elections in [[Tripura]]''' have been conducted since 1952.

For the first [[1951–52 Indian general election|Indian general election of 1951-52]], voters in Tripura directly elected two members of the [[Lok Sabha]] and elected 30 members of an Electoral College which subsequently convened to elect a single member for the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Harihar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnhQDwAAQBAJ|title=Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura|date=2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-21116-7|language=en}}</ref>

For elections in 1957 and 1962, voters in Tripura elected 30 members to a Territorial Council (with an extra two members appointed).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bareh|first=Hamlet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk8kq9PUapkC&pg=PA27|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura|date=2001|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-795-5|language=en}}</ref> In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":1" /> The first elections to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967.<ref name=":0" /> In March 1972, the Legislative Council was enlarged to 60 members as a result of Tripura attaining [[States and union territories of India|statehood]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/historicalbackground.html|title=Brief History of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|website=Tripura Legislative Assembly|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>

== Lok Sabha elections ==
The Lok Sabha election results for Tripura are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/loksabha.html|title=Members of Lok Sabha elected from Tripura|publisher=Tripura Legislative Assembly|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135204/http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/loksabha.html|archive-date=3 November 2019|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!{{nowrap|Lok Sabha}} Election
! colspan="2" |Tripura West Constituency
! colspan="2" |Tripura East Constituency
|----
|1952
|1st Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|----
|1957
|2nd Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|Communist Party of India
|----
|1962
|3rd Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|Communist Party of India
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|Communist Party of India
|----
|1967
|4th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|----
|1971
|5th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|1977
|6th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/|title=General Election, 1977|date=21 August 2018|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
| style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|----
|1980
|7th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|1984
|8th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|1989
|9th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
| style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|----
|1991
|10th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
| style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|----
|1996
|11th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|1998
|12th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|1999
|13th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|2004
|14th Lok Sabha
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|2009
|[[Indian general election, 2009 (Tripura)|15th Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|2014
|[[Indian general election, 2014 (Tripura)|16th Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|----
|2019
|[[Indian general election, 2019 (Tripura)|17th Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|}

==Vidhan Sabha Elections==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! colspan="2" |Vidhan sabha election
! colspan="3" |Winner
! colspan="3" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Chief Minister
! rowspan="2" |Leader of Opposition
! rowspan="2" |Remarks
|-
!Year
!#
!Party
!Seats
!Vote %
!Party
!Seats
!Vote %
|-
| [[1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 1st Legislative Assembly
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 27
| 57.95%
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 2
| 21.61%
| [[Sachindra Lal Singh]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| 2nd Legislative Assembly
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 41
| 44.83%
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 16
| 37.82%
| [[Sachindra Lal Singh]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 3rd Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 51
| 47.00%
| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti|TUS]]
| 4
| 7.93%
| [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1983]]
| 4th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 37
| 46.78%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 12
| 30.51%
| [[Nripen Chakraborty]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1988]]
| 5th Legislative Assembly
| [[Indian National Congress|INC+]]
| 32
| 47.85%
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 26
| 45.82%
| [[Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar]]<br><br>[[Samir Ranjan Barman]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| 6th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 44
| 44.78%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 10
| 32.73%
| [[Dasarath Deb]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| 7th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 38
| 45.49%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13
| 33.96%
| [[Manik Sarkar]]
| <center>-</center>
| [[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
| 8th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 38
| 46.82%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13
| 32.84%
| [[Manik Sarkar]]
| [[Samir Ranjan Barman]]
| [[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
| 9th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 46
| 48.01%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 10
| 36.38%
| [[Manik Sarkar]]
| [[Samir Ranjan Barman]]
| [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| 10th Legislative Assembly
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 49
| 48.11%
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 6
| 36.53%
| [[Manik Sarkar]]
| [[Sudip Roy Barman]]
| [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
| [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| 11th Legislative Assembly
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 36
| 41.5%
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 16
| 42.22%
| [[Biplab Kumar Deb]]
| [[Manik Sarkar]]
| [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|''click here'']]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tripura elections}}
{{Indian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Tripura| ]]

Elections in Tripura - Revision history

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