2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura , India . Counting of votes occurred on 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.[1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) , led by Manik Sarkar , won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura [2]
Highlights [ ]
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003. 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
6 AITC All India Trinamool Congress
7 INPT ndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
8 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
State Parties - Other States
9 CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
10 FBL All India Forward Bloc
11 JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
12 AMB Amra Bangalee
13 LJNSP Lok Jan Shakti Party
Independents
14 IND Independent
[3]
No. of Constituencies [ ]
Type of Constituencies
GEN
SC
ST
Total
No. of Constituencies
33
7
20
60
[4]
Electors [ ]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Electors
1,000,309
931,411
1,931,720
No.of Electors who Voted
809,492
710,925
1,520,417
Polling Percentage
80.92%
76.33%
78.71%
[5]
Performance of Women Candidates [ ]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Contestants
235
19
254
Elected
58
02
60
[6]
Results [ ]
Performance of the political parties in this election
Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
No. of Votes
% of Votes
1998 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party
21
0
20,032
1.32%
0
Communist Party of India
2
1
23,443
1.54%
1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
55
38
711,119
46.82%
38
Indian National Congress
42
13
498,749
32.84%
13
Nationalist Congress Party
12
0
4,553
0.30%
0
All India Trinamool Congress
18
0
6,493
0.43%
0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
18
6
189,186
12.46%
4
Revolutionary Socialist Party
2
2
28,688
1.89%
2
Independents
52
0
12,788
0.84%
2
Total
254
60
1,518,789
[7]
Constituency wise Winners [ ]
A.C
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) Prakash Ch.Das M INC
4 Barjala Dipak Kumar Roy M INC
5 Khayerpur Pabitra Kar M CPM
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman M INC
7 Ramnagar Surajit Datta M INC
8 Town Bordowali Ashok Kr, Bhattacharyya M INC
9 Banamalipur Gopal Ch.Ray M INC
10 Majlishpur Manik Dey M CPM
11 Mandaibazar (ST) Manoranjan Debbarma M CPM
12 Takarjala (ST) Rajeswar Debbarma M INPT
13 Pratapgarh (SC) Anil Sarkar M CPM
14 Badharghat Subrata Chakrabarty M CPM
15 Kamalasagar Narayan Ch.Choudhury M CPM
16 Bishalgarh Samir Ranjan Barman M INC
17 Golaghati (ST) Ashok Debbarma M INC
18 Charilam (ST) Narayan Rupini M CPM
19 Boxanagar Sahid Choudhury M CPM
20 Nalchar (SC) Sukumar Barman M CPM
21 Sonamura Subal Rudra M CPM
22 Dhanpur Manik Sarkar M CPM
23 Ramchandraghat (ST) Padma Kumar Debbarma F CPM
24 Khowai Samir Deb Sarkar M CPM
25 Asharambari (ST) Sachindra Debbarma M CPM
26 Pramodnagar (ST) Animesh Debbarma M INPT
27 Kalyanpur Kajal Ch.Das M INC
28 Krishnapur (ST) Khagendra Jamatia M CPM
29 Teliamura Ashok Kumar Baidya M INC
30 Bagma (ST) Gunapada Jamatia M CPM
31 Salgarh (SC) Gopal Ch.Das M RSP
32 Radhakishorepur Joy Gobinda Deb Roy M RSP
33 Matarbari Madhab Ch.Saha M CPM
34 Kakraban Keshab Majumder M CPM
35 Rajnagar (SC) Sudhan Das M CPM
36 Belonia Basudeb Majumder M CPM
37 Santirbazar (ST) Manindra Reang M CPI
38 Hrishyamukh Badal Choudhury M CPM
39 Jolaibari (ST) Jashabir Tripura M CPM
40 Manu (ST) Jitendra Choudhury M CPM
41 Sabroom Gour Kanti Goswami M CPM
42 Ampinagar (ST) Nagendra Jamatia M INPT
43 Birganj Ranjit Debnath M CPM
44 Raima Valley (ST) Rabindra Debbarma M INPT
45 Kamalpur Bijoy Lakshmi Singha F CPM
46 Surma (SC) Sudhir Das M CPM
47 Salema (ST) Prasanta Debbarma M CPM
48 Kulai (ST) Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl M INPT
49 Chhawmanu (ST) Syamacharan Tripura M INPT
50 Pabiachhara (SC) Bidhubhusan Malakar M CPM
51 Fatikroy Bijoy Roy M CPM
52 Chandipur Tapan Chakrabarty M CPM
53 Kailasahar Birajit Sinha M INC
54 Kurti Faizur Rohman M CPM
55 Kadamtala Jyotirmoy Nath M INC
56 Dharmanagar Amitabha Datta M CPM
57 Jubarajnagar Ramendra Ch.Debnath M CPM
58 Pencharthal (ST) Arun Kr,Chakma M CPM
59 Panisagar Subodh Das M CPM
60 Kanchanpur (ST) Rajendra Reang M CPM
[8]
Government Formation [ ]
The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar , sworn in on 7 March 2003.[9]
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