1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
First party
Second party
Leader
Nripen Chakraborty
-
Party
CPI(M)
TUS
Leader's seat
-
Last election
16
0
Seats won
51
4
Seat change
35
4
Popular vote
352,652
59,474
Percentage
47.00%
7.93%
The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) , led Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura .
Highlights [ ]
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.
Participating Political Parties [ ]
Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1 CPI Communist Party of India
2 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3 INC Indian National Congress
4 JNP Janata Party
State Parties
5 FBL All India Forward Bloc
6 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
7 PBI Proutist Bloc of India
8 TCD Congress for Democracy
9 TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
Independents
10 IND IndependentS
[2]
No. of Constituencies [ ]
Type of Constituencies
GEN
SC
ST
Total
No. of Constituencies
34
7
19
60
[3]
Electors [ ]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Electors
495,342
466,656
961,998
No.of Electors who Voted
406,052
358,878
764,930
Polling Percentage
81.97%
76.90%
79.51%
[4]
Performance of Women Candidates [ ]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Contestants
322
06
328
Elected
59
01
60
[5]
Result [ ]
Performance of the political parties in this election
Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
No. of Votes
% of Votes
1972 Seats
Communist Party of India
10
0
6,266
0.84%
1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
55
51
352,652
47.00%
16
Indian National Congress
60
0
133,240
17.76%
41
Janata Party
59
0
78,479
10.46%
-
All India Forward Bloc
1
1
7,800
1.04%
0
Revolutionary Socialist Party
2
2
12,446
1.66%
-
6
0
2,139
0.29%
-
Congress for Democracy
59
0
66,913
9.08%
-
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
28
4
59,474
7.93%
0
Independents
48
2
30,862
4.11%
2
Total
328
60
750,271
[6]
Constituency wise Winners [ ]
AC
No
Assembly Constituency Name Winner Candidates Name Gender Party
1 Simna (ST) Abhiram Deb Barma M CPM
2 Mohanpur Radharaman Deb Nath M CPM
3 Bamutia (SC) Hari Charan Sarkar M CPM
4 Barjala Gouri Bhattacharjee F CPM
5 Khayerpur Akhil Debnath M CPM
6 Agartala Ajoy Biswas M IND
7 Ramnagar Biren Datta M CPM
8 Town Bordowali Braja Gopal Roy M FBL
9 Banamalipur Bibekanand Bhowmik M IND
10 Majlishpur Khagen Das M CPM
11 Mandaibazar (ST) Rashiram Deb Barma M CPM
12 Takarajala (ST) Sudhanwa Deb Barma M CPM
13 Pratapgarh (SC) Anil Sarkar M CPM
14 Badharghat Jadab Majumdar M CPM
15 Kamalasagar Matilal Sarkar M CPM
16 Bishalgarh Gautam Prasad Dutta M CPM
17 Golaghati (ST) Naranjan Debbarma M CPM
18 Charilam Hari Nath Debbarma M TUS
19 Boxanagar Arabar Rahaman M CPM
20 Nalchar (SC) Sumanta Kumar Das M CPM
21 Sonamura Subal Rudra M CPM
22 Dhanpur Samar Choudhury M CPM
23 Ramchandraghat (ST) Dasaratha Deb M CPM
24 Khowai Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha M CPM
25 Asharambari (ST) Bidya Chandra Deb Barma M CPM
26 Pramodnagar (ST) Nripen Chakrabarty M CPM
27 Kalyanpur Makhan Lal Chakrabarty M CPM
28 Krishnapur (ST) Manindra Deb Barma M CPM
29 Teliamura Jitendra Sarkar M CPM
30 Bagma (ST) Ratimohan Jamatia M TUS
31 Salgarh (SC) Gopal Chandra Das M RSP
32 Radhakishorepur Jogesh Chakraborty M RSP
33 Matarbari Naresh Chandra Ghosh M CPM
34 Kakraban Kashab Ch. Majumder M CPM
35 Rajnagar (SC) Nakul Das M CPM
36 Belonia Jyotirmoy Das M CPM
37 Santirbazar (ST) Drao Kumar Riang M TUS
38 Hrishyamukh Badal Choudhury M CPM
39 Jolaibari (ST) Braja Mahan Jamatia M CPM
40 Manu (ST) Matahari Choudhury M CPM
41 Sabroom Sunil Kumar Choudhury M CPM
42 Ampinagar (ST) Nagendra Jamatia M TUS
43 Birganj Syamal Saha M CPM
44 Raima Valley (ST) Baju Ban Riyan M CPM
45 Kamalpur Bimal Singha M CPM
46 Surma (SC) Rudrewar Das M CPM
47 Salema (ST) Dinesh Debbarma M CPM
48 Kulai (ST) Kamini Deb Barma M CPM
49 Chhawmanu (ST) Purna Mohan Tripura M CPM
50 Pabiachhara (SC) Bindu Bhushan Malakat M CPM
51 Fatikroy Tarani Mohan Sinha M CPM
52 Chandipur Baidyanath Majumder M CPM
53 Kailasahar Tapan Kumar Chakraborty M CPM
54 Kurti Faizur Rahaman M CPM
55 Kadamtala Umesh Chandra Nath M CPM
56 Dharmanagar Amarendra Sarma M CPM
57 Jubarajnagar Ram Kumar Nath M CPM
58 Pencharthal (ST) Mohan Lal Chakma M CPM
59 Panisagar Subodh Chandra Das M CPM
60 Kanchanpur (ST) Mandida Reang M CPM
[7]
Government Formation [ ]
The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978.[8]
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