2010 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election

Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) were held on 3 May 2010. On that day elections were held for 27 of the 28 elected seats in the Autonomous District Council. In one seat (Maharani-Chellagong) the election was countermanded, following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ranjit Jamatia.TRIPURA LF CLEAN SWEEPS ADC POLLS BJP candidate dies of dog bite 25 of the 28 elected seats in the Autonomous District Council are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.Left Fronte List

Security arrangements ahead of the election were tight. The Tripura Home Department had identified 91 polling stations as "hyper-sensitive" and 347 as "sensitive". Authorities in Tripura had asked the Indian government to provide an additional thirty paramilitary companies to ensure the electoral process.

There were 636,169 eligible voters. The electoral turnout stood at 83.69%. The votes were counted on 7–8 May 2010. The election result was a landslide victory for the Left Front. The Left Front, with 63.81% of the votes cast, won all 27 seats that were up for election. 25 seats went to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), one seat to the Communist Party of India and one seat to the All India Forward Bloc.

The Indian National Congress emerged as a second-largest party in the election. The party finished second in 18 seats. Amongst its candidates was Debabrata Koloi, former TTAADC Chief Executive Member. Other parties in the fray were the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (an INPT splinter-group, that campaigned for a separate TTAADC state), the National Socialist Party of Tripura, National Conference of Tripura, All India Trinamool Congress and BJP. NCT and Trinamool Congress contested in an alliance. 44 candidates were independents. In total 122 candidates had filed their nominations. The Left Front, Congress and INPT each contested all 28 seats.Congress List INPT List

Results

Results by party

Party Popular voteSeats Vote %+/- Contested Won +/-Communist Party of India (Marxist)302,54059.632.8025254Communist Party of India 13,2622.6111All India Forward Bloc7,9391.5611Revolutionary Socialist Party 11 Total 323,741 63.81 8.20 28 28 Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra60,32111.891.3Bharatiya Janata PartyIndian National Congress105,92520.888.8Independents Total 507,300 100 28 28

Constituency wise results

ConstituencyLeft FrontCongressINPT1Damchharra-Jampui (ST)Rajendra Reang11777Chandiram Reang4766Lal Rin Puia Molsoi9222MachmaraParesh Chandra Sarkar (AIFB)7939Ruhidas Chandra Sahaji7589Bimal Chakma2733Dasda-KanchanpurLalit Debnath11163Rabindra Kumar Kar7355Nepal Chandra Reang9454Karamchhara (ST)Sanbdhya Rani Chakma13878Raju Chakma7258Lura Darlong7695Chhawmanu (ST)Gajendra Tripura9471Mukal Kanti Chakma3975Subha Ranjan Chakma18636Manu-ChailengtaMatilal Sukal Baidya10561Basudeb Das6771Hapaiti Reang13577Damchara-Kachuchharra (ST)Sabitri Debbarma 10975Purana Mohan Tripura5246Naidhanjoy Halam19608Ganganagar-Gadachharra (ST)Judhisthir Reang8509Shabda Rai Reang2847Amar Krishna Tripura24629Hala Hali-Asharambari (ST)Gurupada Debbarma14978Rinku Debbarma3009Renu Kumar Debbarma130610Kulai-Champahour (ST)Madhumati Debbarma11472Anita Debbarma1601Kartik Kalai271611Maharanipur-Teliamura (ST)Dhananjoy Debbarma11760Rajendra Reang1865Surendra Mohan Jamatia135312Ramchandra Ghat (ST)Ranjit Debbarma13893Kalyani Debbarma259Swapana Debbarma122113Simna-Tamakari (ST)Ranabir Debbarma10967Amiya Debbarma362Shibanjali Debbarma440814Budhung Nagar-Wakkinagar (ST)Jahar Debbarma10204Sachindra Debbarma992Rabindra Debbarma609815Jirania (ST)Radhacharan Debbarma12990Jiten Debbarma699Jamu Debberma574516Mandainagar-Pulinpur (ST)Sukumar Debbarma10742Chakra Dhar Debbarma1386Chandroday Rupini439517Pekuajala-Janmayjaynagar (ST)Santosh Debbarma12040Balaram Debbarma2265Ramani Debbarma305718Takarjala-Jampuijala (ST)Ramendra Debbarma8099Sridam Debbarma680Sindhukanya Jamatia370419Amtali-Golaghati (ST)Shyamlal Debbarma15576Kamal Krishna Debbarma4585Rajesh Debberma222920Killa-Bangma (ST)Joykishore Jamatia10366Rathindra Jamatia5953Purna Chandra Jamatia212421Maharani-Chellagong (ST)Joy Bahadur Jamatia (RSP) - Pramod Reang - Samrat Jamatia - 22Kathalia-Mirja-Rajapur (ST)Parikshit Murashit Murasingh16912Indramanik Jamatia5953Naidar Bashi Tripura57823Ampinagar (ST)Alindra Debbarma11268Manindra Kalai Singha1697Madhusudhan Kalai415724Raimavelly (ST)Patiram Tripura9864Laljoy Chakma3856Dhirendra Tripura217625Natunbazar-Malbasa (ST)Shantanu Jamatia14934Eradhan Uchui6443Krishna Mohan Jamatia229826Birchandranagar-Kalashi (ST)Dhirendra Reang (CPI)13262Brighuram Reang6048Chandi Basi Murasing69427Purba Mahuripur-Buratali (ST)Arun Tripura15305Swapan Kr. Tripura5175Kriti Mohan Tripura60728Silachari-Manubankul (ST)Mongsajal Mog14836Kamal Dewan7290Dharjya Tripura904

Source:TTAADC Election -2010, Result at a Glance '(ST)' indicates that the seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Names of winning candidates in bold text. Left Front candidates are from CPI(M) unless stated otherwise. Only results of Left Front, Congress and INPT candidates are listed above. In the Ramchandra Ghat constituency, Saranjit Debbarma of the National Council of Tripura finished second with 2,158 votes.http://www.tripuratimes.com/leadnews/lead1_8.05.10.html

See also 2015 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election 2005 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election 2000 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election

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