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 in Tripura, India. The counting of votes occurred on 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed the government in Tripura

Contesting parties 254 candidates registered to contest the election.

PartySymbolAllianceSeats contested Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Left Front 55 Communist Party of India (CPI) Left Front 2 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Left Front2 All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Left Front1 Indian National Congress (INC) Congress Alliance42Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)NDA21Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) 18All India Trinamool Congress18Nationalist Congress PartyCongress Alliance12Lok Janshakti Party 10Amra Bangali 9Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 8Janata Dal (United) NDA4Independents (IND)52Total254

Highlights Election to all 60 constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003, in a single phase.

Participating Political Parties Partytype AbbreviationPartyNational Parties1BJP Bhartiya Janta Party2CPI Communist Party of India3CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)4INC Indian National Congress5NCP Nationalist Congress PartyState Parties6AITC All India Trinamool Congress7INPT Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra8RSP Revolutionary Socialist PartyState Parties - Other States9CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)10FBL All India Forward Bloc11JD(U) Janata Dal (United)Registered (Unrecognised) Parties12AMB Amra Bangalee13LJNSP Lok Jan Shakti PartyIndependents14INDIndependent

No. of Constituencies Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

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%

Performance of Women Candidates Men Women Total No.of Contestants 235 19 254 Elected 58 02 60

Results

Results by party

Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1998 Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 38 711,119 46.82% 38 Indian National Congress 42 13 498,749 32.84% 13 Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 18 6 189,186 12.46% 4 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 28,688 1.89% 2 Communist Party of India 2 1 23,443 1.54% 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 21 0 20,032 1.32% 0 All India Trinamool Congress 18 0 6,493 0.43% 0 Nationalist Congress Party 12 0 4,553 0.30% 0 Independents 52 0 12,788 0.84% 2 Total 254 60 1,518,789 Source: ECI

Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Simna73.91%Pranab Debbarma10,68651.32%Rabindra Debbarma9,66646.42%1,0202Mohanpur76.99%Ratan Lal Nath12,94756.95%Sanjit Debnath8,97439.48%3,9733Bamutia81.45%Prakash Chandra Das13,17050.46%Haricharan Sarkar12,53948.04%6314Barjala81.96%Dipak Kumar Roy18,85150.26%Kalyani Dey(Mitra)17,82147.51%1,0305Khayerpur79.5%Pabitra Kar16,42957.01%Lakhsmi Nag12,39042.99%4,0396Agartala75.88%Sudip Roy Barman18,65652.24%Sankar Das16,04644.94%2,6107Ramnagar75.89%Surajit Datta14,43154.1%Samir Chakraborty11,60843.51%2,8238Town Bordowali73.74%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya12,01053.16%Brajagopal Roy9,84443.57%2,1669Banamalipur73.4%Gopal Chandra Roy10,43752.03%Prashanta Kapali8,90744.4%1,53010Majlishpur81.93%Manik Dey14,90853.8%Dipak Nag12,14443.83%2,76411Mandaibazar69.73%Manoranjan Debbarma13,44852.85%Jagadish Debbarma11,99847.15%1,45012Takarjala62.11%Rajeshwar Debbarma12,78477.75%Baijayanti Kalai3,10118.86%9,68313Pratapgarh80.96%Anil Sarkar24,63854.26%Narayan Das18,78441.37%5,85414Badharghat80.01%Subrata Chakraborty22,77349.21%Dilip Sarkar21,82547.16%94815Kamalasagar82.1%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury13,93654.86%Arun Bhowmik10,61541.79%3,32116Bishalgarh83.33%Samir Ranjan Barman12,41451.24%Bhanu Lal Saha10,82044.66%1,59417Golaghati71.86%Ashok Debbarma10,08048.55%Niranjan Debbarma10,07948.54%118Charilam74.2%Narayan Rupini10,57348.07%Narendra Chandra Debbarma10,51747.81%5619Boxanagar86.2%Sahid Chowdhury13,05153.5%Billal Miah10,73544.01%2,31620Nalchar82.98%Sukumar Barman13,22056.18%Nani Gopal Das9,64841.%3,57221Sonamura85.83%Subal Rudra13,45552.3%Sudhir Ranjan Majumder11,70445.49%1,75122Dhanpur84.23%Manik Sarkar15,61355.85%Dipak Chakraborty11,11139.74%4,50223Ramchandraghat76.59%Padma Kumar Debbarma9,00360.03%Ananta Debbarma5,56937.13%3,43424Khowai85.7%Samir Deb Sarkar13,51155.78%Arun Kumar Kar10,08441.63%3,42725Asharambari76.07%Sachindra Debbarma9,92454.05%Amiya Kumar Debbarma8,43845.95%1,48626Pramodenagar73.08%Animesh Debbarma10,60748.52%Aghore Debbarma10,22046.75%38727Kalyanpur76.43%Kajal Chandra Das10,29050.64%Manindra Chandra Das9,11044.83%1,18028Krishnapur69.98%Khagendra Jamatia9,92250.09%Sabda Kumar Jamatia8,88544.86%1,03729Teliamura78.%Ashok Kumar Baidya12,57951.7%Jitendra Sarkar10,85644.62%1,72330Bagma80.52%Gunapada Jamatia12,58850.15%Rati Mohan Jamaitia12,51349.85%7531Salgarh84.27%Gopal Chandra Das15,75658.3%Mira Das10,64339.38%5,11332Radhakishorpur83.96%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy12,93250.21%Pranjit Singha Roy12,04846.78%88433Matarbari85.66%Madhab Chandra Saha14,30452.61%Kashiram Reang12,33345.36%1,97134Kakraban84.21%Kashab Chandra Majumder15,73662.8%Rajib Samaddar8,57334.21%7,16335Rajnagar87.02%Sudhan Das19,46261.93%Bikash Chandra Das10,72734.13%8,73536Belonia84.65%Basudev Majumder15,41959.13%Babul Majumder9,46936.31%5,95037Santirbazar80.38%Manindra Reang14,53653.04%Rana Kishore Reang12,10644.17%2,43038Hrishyamukh87.37%Badal Chowdhury18,05266.76%Dilip Chowdhury7,98729.54%10,06539Jolaibari81.21%Jashabir Tripura11,32459.52%Mever Kumar Jamatia6,82035.85%4,50440Manu85.%Jitendra Chaudhury17,35855.31%Chandan Tripura13,25342.23%4,10541Sabroom85.64%Gour Kanti Goswami16,44558.54%Sankar Malla10,86138.67%5,58442Ampinagar76.05%Nagendra Jamatia11,43951.04%Nakshatra Jamatia10,97548.96%46443Birganj83.67%Ranjit Debnath16,31054.59%Jawhar Shaha13,07043.74%3,24044Raima Valley74.13%Rabindra Debbarma13,48347.98%Lalit Mohan Tripura13,33447.45%14945Kamalpur83.38%Bijoy Lakshmi Singha11,20854.86%Manoj Kanti Deb8,63942.28%2,56946Surma80.21%Sudhir Das12,86555.74%Harendra Chandra Das9,62641.71%3,23947Salema80.71%Prasanta Debbarma13,00759.02%Ajit Debbarma8,28537.59%4,72248Kulai71.53%Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl12,77255.07%Bijoy Kumar Debbarma8,79237.91%3,98049Chawamanu65.97%Shyama Charan Tripura10,35254.3%Gajendra Tripura7,27738.17%3,07550Pabiachhara72.47%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar12,69650.25%Swapna Das10,72942.46%1,96751Fatikroy78.96%Bijoy Roy11,38149.91%Sujit Paul10,14444.48%1,23752Chandipur82.56%Tapan Chakraborty14,01055.72%Debasish Sen10,27740.88%3,73353Kailashahar80.57%Birajit Sinha14,75152.5%Inuch Mia Khadim12,75045.38%2,00154Kurti81.37%Faizur Rahaman12,49550.41%Abdul Matin Chowdhury11,48446.33%1,01155Kadamtala77.89%Jyotirmoy Nath9,84742.46%Subodh Nath9,79542.24%5256Dharmanagar73.%Amitabha Datta11,81146.29%Sima Pal Chowdhury11,34544.47%46657Jubarajnagar80.33%Ramendra Chandra Debnath11,96749.61%Biva Rani Nath11,36347.1%60458Pencharthal71.49%Arun Kumar Chakma12,86348.51%Nirupama Chakma10,79040.69%2,07359Panisagar75.78%Subodh Chandra Das10,93148.57%Bikash Sharma9,13840.61%1,79360Kanchanpur64.25%Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)9,70044.37%Rajendra Reang9,69944.36%1

Government Formation The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003.

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