The 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 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
| Partytype Abbreviation | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| National Parties | ||
| 1 | BJP | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 2 | CPI | COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA |
| 3 | CPM | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 4 | INC | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | NCP | Nationalist Congress Party |
| State Parties - Other States | ||
| 6 | AIFB | All India Forward Bloc |
| 7 | JD(U) | Janata Dal (United) |
| 8 | RSP | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 9 | SP | Samajwadi Party |
| Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties | ||
| 10 | AMB | Amra Bangalee |
| 11 | CPI(ML)(L) | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) |
| 12 | INPT | Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra |
| 13 | IPFT | Indigenousn People's Front of Tripura |
| 14 | SUCI | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
| Independents | ||
| 15 | IND | Independent |
No. of Constituencies
| Type of Constituencies | GEN | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Constituencies | 30 | 10 | 20 | 60 |
Electors
| 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
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Contestants | 234 | 15 | 249 |
| Elected | 55 | 05 | 60 |
Background
The 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 Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.[2][3] February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.Template:Citation needed
The 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.[6] Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent.[7] There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.[5]
Results
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! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
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! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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| 55 || 49 || Template:Increase 3 || 81.67 || 10,59,327 || 48.11 || -
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
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| 48 || 10 || Template:Steady 0 || 16.67 || 8,04,457 || 36.53 || -
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
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| 2 || 1 || Template:Steady 0 || 1.67 || 34,500 || 1.57 || -
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! 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%)
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! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
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! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="45"| ±pp
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
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| align="left"| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
| 1,059,327 || 48.1 || Template:Increase0.1
| 49 || Template:Increase3
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| width="1" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
| align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC)
| 804,457 || 36.5 || Template:Decrease0.1
| 10 || Template:Steady
|- style="text-align:right"
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| align="left"| Communist Party of India (CPI)
| 34,500 || 1.6 || Template:Increase0.1
| 1 || Template:Steady
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
| align="left"| Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)
| 167,078 || 7.6 || Template:Increase1.4
| 0 || Template:Decrease1
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
| align="left"| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
| 31,717 || 2.0 || Template:Increase0.3
| 0 || Template:Decrease2
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
| align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
| 33,808 || 1.5 || Template:Steady
| 0 || Template:Steady
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
| align="left"| Independents (IND)
| 21,126 || 1.0 || Template:Decrease2.2
| 0 || Template:Steady
|- style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="black"|
| align="left"| Others
| 50,052 || 1.8 || Template:Increase0.4
| 0 || Template: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
|-
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Winners by Constituency
| 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 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ECI. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura West. Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura(2009-04-04).
- ↑ Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura East. Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura(2009-04-04).
- ↑ Tripura 2008 - Tripura. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assembly Elections 2013: Tripura records 92 percent turnout, polling peaceful(15 February 2013).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC. IBN Live(14 February 2013).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tripura scripts poll history, Bhattacharjee, Biswendu(17 February 2013).