Elections in Tripura have been conducted since 1952.
For the first Indian general election of 1951-52, voters in Tripura directly elected two members of the Lok Sabha and elected 30 members of an Electoral College which subsequently convened to elect a single member for the Rajya Sabha.
For elections in 1957 and 1962, voters in Tripura elected 30 members to a Territorial Council (with an extra two members appointed). In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly. The first elections to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967. In March 1972, the Legislative Assembly was enlarged to 60 members as a result of Tripura attaining statehood.
Lok Sabha elections The Lok Sabha election results for Tripura are as follows: Year Tripura WestTripura East19521stCommunist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India19572ndIndian National Congress19623rdCommunist Party of India19674thIndian National CongressIndian National Congress19715thCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)19776thJanata PartyIndian National Congress19807thCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)19848th19899thIndian National CongressIndian National Congress199110th199611thCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)199812th199913th200414th200915th201416th201917thBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party202418th
Legislative Assembly Elections Legislative assembly election WinnerRunner-upChief MinisterLeader of OppositionYear#PartySeats Vote %PartySeatsVote % 1967 2nd 27 57.95% 2 21.61% Sachindra Lal Singh Bidya Debbarma 1972 3rd 41 44.83% 16 37.82% Sachindra Lal Singh Prafulla Kumar Das Radhika Ranjan Gupta Nripen Chakraborty Munsur Ali 1977 4th 51 47.00% 4 7.93% Nripen Chakraborty Drao Kumar Reang 1983 5th 37 46.78% 12 30.51% Nripen Chakraborty Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 1988 6th 32 47.85% 26 45.82% Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Samir Ranjan Barman Nripendra Chakraborty Dasarath Deb 1993 7th 44 44.78% 10 32.73% Dasarath Deb Samir Ranjan Barman 1998 8th 38 45.49% 13 33.96% Manik Sarkar Samir Ranjan Barman Jawahar Saha 2003 9th 38 46.82% 13 32.84% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath 2008 10th 46 48.01% 10 36.38% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath 2013 11th 49 48.11% 6 36.53% Manik Sarkar Ratan Lal Nath 2018 12th 36 43.59% 16 42.22% Biplab Kumar Deb Manik Sarkar 2023 13th 32 38.97% 13 19.69% Manik Saha Animesh Debbarma Jitendra Chaudhury
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