In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Quick facts for Tripura Election
Parliamentary Constituencies | 2 |
Assembly Constituencies | 60 |
Ruling Party | BJP |
Opposition Party | CPI(M) |
Chief Minister | Biplab Kumar Deb |
Governor | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
Chief Electoral Officer | Sriram Taranikanti |
CEO's Address | New Civil Secretariat Agartala, Tripura-799010 |
Election Schedule for Tripura Lok Sabha General Election 2019
State | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | PhaseIV | Phase V | Phase VI | Phase VII |
Tripura | 11/Apr | 18/Apr | - | - | - | - | - |
Constituencies | Phase | Polling Date |
Tripura West | I | Apr-11 |
Tripura East | II | Apr-18 |
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.
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) | - |
List of Chief Ministers of Tripura
S. No. | Chief Minister | From | To | Party Name |
1 | Biplab Kumar Deb | Mar 09, 2018 | Present | BJP |
2 | Manik Sarkar | Mar 11, 1998 | Mar 09, 2018 | CPM |
3 | Dasarath Deb | Apr 10, 1993 | Mar 11, 1998 | CPM |
4 | President's rule | Mar 11, 1993 | Apr 10, 1993 | |
5 | Samir Ranjan Barman | Feb 19, 1992 | Mar 10, 1993 | INC |
6 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | Feb 5, 1988 | Feb 19, 1992 | INC |
7 | Nripen Chakraborty | Jan 5, 1978 | Feb 5, 1988 | CPM |
8 | President's rule | Nov 5, 1977 | Jan 5, 1978 | |
9 | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | Jul 26, 1977 | Nov 4, 1977 | JP |
10 | Prafulla Kumar Das | Apr 1, 1977 | Jul 25, 1977 | CD |
11 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta | Mar 20, 1972 | Mar 31, 1977 | INC |
12 | President's rule | Nov 1, 1971 | Mar 20, 1972 | |
13 | Sachindra Lal Singh | Jul 1, 1963 | Nov 1, 1971 | INC |
List of Governors of Tripura
S.No. | Name of Governor | From | To |
1 | Kaptan Singh Solanki | Aug 25, 2018 | Incumbent |
2 | Tathagata Roy | May 20, 2015 | Aug 25, 2018 |
3 | Shri Padmanabha Acharya | Jul 21, 2014 | May 19, 2015 |
4 | Shri Vakkom Purushothaman | Jun 30, 2014 | Jul 14, 2014 |
5 | Devanand Konwar | Mar 9, 2013 | Jun 29, 2014 |
6 | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | Nov 27, 2009 | Mar 8, 2013 |
7 | Kamla Beniwal | Oct 15, 2009 | Nov 26, 2009 |
8 | Dinesh Nandan Sahay | Jun 2, 2003 | Jul 1, 1905 |
9 | Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth, PVSM, AVSM | Jun 23, 2000 | May 31, 2003 |
10 | Prof. Siddheswar Prasad | Jun 16, 1995 | Jun 22, 2000 |
11 | Romesh Bhandari | Aug 15, 1993 | Jun 15, 1995 |
12 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | Feb 12, 1990 | Aug 14, 1993 |
13 | Sultan Singh | Jul 12, 1989 | Feb 11, 1990 |
14 | General K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM (Retd.) | Jun 14, 1984 | Jul 11, 1989 |
15 | S. M. H. Burney | Aug 14, 1981 | Jun 13, 1984 |
16 | L. P. Singh | Sep 23, 1973 | Aug 13, 1981 |
17 | B. K. Nehru | Jan 21, 1972 | Sep 22, 1973 |
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 |
Last Updated on March 14, 2020