Tripura General(Lok Sabha) Election Results 2019 Updates

Tripura Election 2018

Tripura Assembly poll took place on 18 February 2018. The results are scheduled on March 3. The polls were conducted for 60 seats in the House. Out of the total seats in the House, 20 are reserved for the SC candidates, while 10 are reserved for ST candidates. The rest of the 30 seats are for General candidates.

The total eligible voters in the state are reported to be 25,69,216. The total polling stations in the states were 3214. The candidates who contested the polls were 297. Out of the total candidates, 273 were men and rest 24 were women. A total of 22 candidates have criminal cases while 17 of the candidates have serious criminal charges filed against them. The IPFT ranks highest in the number of criminal candidates. BJP comes close second, while Congress ranks on the distant third position.

The key candidates in the polls are Manik Sarkar (the four-time elected CM, a CPM candidate), Biplap Deb (BJP), Sudip Roy Burman (BJP), NC Debbarma (IPTF). On the voting day, the state recorded a total turnout of 89.96%. The Khowai district in the state had the biggest turnout - 92.19%. On the election day, there were reports of EVM malfunctioning. However, according to the Election Commission, re-polling orders were not given in any part of the state.

In the last Assembly polls in 2013, CPI(M) won 49 seats, while Congress managed 10, and the remaining 1 seat was won by CPI. The key issues the state currently is dealing with are unemployment, transportation, and connectivity.

Elections in Tripura

Tripura Legislative Assembly has a unicameral legislature. The state Legislative Assembly is also known as the Vidhan Sabha. The Assembly consists of 60 members which are elected through polls every five years and earlier if the Assembly dissolves before time. Currently, the Assembly is at Gurkhabasti.

The state is represented in the Indian Parliament by two directly elected members in the Lok Sabha and one indirectly elected member in the Rajya Sabha. Jharna Das of the CPM is the current Rajya Sabha MP of the state. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Indian National Congress (INC) are the main political parties of the state. Manik Sarkar of the CPI(M) has been the Chief Minister of the state since 1998.

The Left Front, an alliance comprising of CPI (M), CPI, Forward Block and Revolutionary Socialist Party, has been in power in the state since 1978, except in 1988 when the INC formed the government.

Tripura Election - State Legislative Assembly

The last election for the Tripura Legislative assembly was in Feb 2013. The CPI (M) won 49 out of the 60 assembly seats. The CPI won only 1 seat while the INC managed 10 seats in the election. Manik Sarkar of the CPI (M) became the Chief Minister of the state for his fourth term.

The Speaker of the current State assembly is Ramendra Chandra Debnath. The Deputy Speaker of the assembly is Pabitra Kar‎. The Leader of the Opposition is Sudip Roy Barman of the BJP. Some of the members of the Assembly are Pranab Debbarma and Ratan Lal Nath. The next Tripura assembly election was held on February 18 as the current assembly's tenure ends in March 2018. The results will be declared on March 3, along with the Assembly results of Meghalaya election and Nagaland election.

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Tripura Election for Lok Sabha 2014

Belonging to the northeastern region, Tripura is a small state which was established in the year 1956 and became a Union Territory post-independence. Tripura contributes only two Lok Sabha seats in the Parliament. Tripura's Parliamentary constituencies were won by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
View Tripura Lok Sabha Elections Result, 2014

Political Parties in Tripura

National political parties in Tripura
Indian National Congress	Bharatiya Janata Party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Communist Party of India (CPI)
Revolutionary Socialist Party	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
Trinamool Congress (TMC)

The main regional parties in Tripura
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)	Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT)
National Conference of Tripura (NCT)	Tipraland State Party (TSP)
Tripura Peoples Front (TPF)	Twipra Dophani Sikla Srwngnai Motha (TDSSM)
Ganamukti Parishad (GMP)	Ganamukti Parishad (GMP)
National Socialist Party of Tripura (NSPT)	Janganotantrik Morcha (JM)
Tripura Ganatantrik Manch (TGM)

Cabinet Ministers of Tripura

S.No	Name	Designation	Ministery
1	Biplab Deb	Chief Minister	Minister for Home, PWD (excluding DWS), Industry & Commerce (excluding IT), UDD, General Administration Department, Labour,Information & Cultural Affairs, All Policies and any other Department(s) which are not allocated to any Minister
2	Jishnu Dev Burman	Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura	Minister for Power, RD (including Panchayat), Finance, Planning and Coordination (including Statistics)
3	Santana Chakma	Minister	Minister for Social Welfare & Social Education, Animal Resource Development
4	N C Debbarma	Minister	Minister for Revenue, Fisheries
5	Ratan Lal Nath	Minister	Minister for Education(Higher), Education(School), Law (including Parliamentary Affairs), Welfare of Others Backward Communities, Welfare of Minorities
6	Sudeep Roy Burman	Minister	Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science, Technology & Environment, Industry & Commerce (IT), PWD (DWS)
7	Panajit Singh Roy	Minister	Minister for Agriculture, Transport, Tourism
8	Manoj Kanti Deb	Minister	Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
9	Mevar Kumar Jamatiya	Minister	Minister for Tribal Welfare, Forest

Rajya Sabha Members from Tripura

Name	Party	Term
Smt. Jharna Das Baidya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	April 03, 2016 to April 02, 2022

Tripura Lok Sabha Election

Year	Lok Sabha Election	Winning Party/Coalition in Tripura
2014	Sixteenth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009	Fifteenth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004	Fourteenth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999	Thirteenth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998	Twelfth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1984	Eighth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress (1)
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	Indian National Congress
1962	Third Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India
1957	Second Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India (1)
1952	First Lok Sabha	Communist Party of India