The 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 2 February 1988 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and TNV representatives agreed to a cessation of military hostilities on August 12, 1988. Several thousand individuals were killed, and some 200,000 individuals were displaced during the conflict.

Contesting parties 271 candidates registered to contest the election.

PartySymbolAllianceSeats contested Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Left Front 55 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Left Front2 Communist Party of India (CPI) Left Front 1 All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Left Front1 Indian National Congress (INC) Congress Alliance46Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS)Congress Alliance14Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)10Janata Party 10Independents (IND)81Total271

Highlights Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 2, 1988. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

National Parties BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) CPI (Communist Party of India) CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist)) INC (Indian National Congress (I)) JNP (Janata Party)

State Parties FBL (All India Forward Bloc) RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party) TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

No. of constituencies Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total No. of Constituencies 36 7 17 60

Electors Men Women Total No.of Electors 684,596 658,470 1,343,066 No.of Electors who Voted 590,887 560,771 1,151,658 Polling Percentage 86.31% 85.16% 85.75%

Performance of women candidates Men Women Total No.of Contestants 268 3 271 Elected 58 02 60

Result

Results by party

Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1983 Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 26 520,697 45.82% 37 Indian National Congress 46 25 424,241 37.33% 12 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 7 119,599 10.52% 6 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 18,182 1.60% 2 Communist Party of India 1 0 9,314 0.82% 0 All India Forward Block 1 0 7,631 0.67% 0 Bharatiya Janata Party 10 0 1,757 0.15% 0 Janata Party 10 0 1,1380.10% 0 Independents 81 0 33,846 2.98% 3 Total 220 60 1,136,405 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%1Simna86.04%Abhiram Debbarma10,31860.67%Rabindra Debbarma6,60538.84%3,7132Mohanpur84.32%Dhirendra Chandra Debnath8,81051.05%Radharaman Debnath7,46943.28%1,3413Bamutia86.75%Prakash Chandra Das9,10951.1%Dilip Kumar Das8,63648.45%4734Barjala85.85%Dipak Kumar Roy11,88953.53%Gouri Bhattacharjee10,02045.11%1,8695Khayerpur86.25%Ratan Lal Ghosh10,91050.99%Pabitra Kar10,41948.7%4916Agartala82.%Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi12,77649.72%Manik Sarkar12,69549.4%817Ramnagar83.8%Surajit Datta10,66351.79%Khagen Das9,80247.61%8618Town Bordowali81.35%Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar10,30857.03%Brajagopal Roy7,63142.22%2,6779Banamalipur82.43%Ratan Chakraborty8,64256.26%Bibekananda Bhowmik6,61243.04%2,03010Majlishpur86.34%Dipak Nag9,49350.61%Manik Dey9,18748.98%30611Mandaibazar79.65%Rashiram Debbarma10,76851.59%Chandrodoy Rupini9,89847.42%87012Takarjala85.14%Tarani Debbarma9,71952.8%Surya Kumar Debbarma8,48346.09%1,23613Pratapgarh85.36%Anil Sarkar15,77853.42%Madhusudan Das13,49245.68%2,28614Badharghat84.04%Dilip Sarkar13,92350.15%Ila Bhattacharjee13,59748.98%32615Kamalasagar87.31%Matilal Sarkar9,48751.51%Deba Prasad Chowdhury8,70247.25%78516Bishalgarh87.97%Samir Ranjan Barman10,06854.98%Bhanu Lal Saha8,18644.7%1,88217Golaghati83.65%Budha Debbarma9,14148.58%Niranjan Debbarma9,13248.53%918Charilam84.01%Matilal Saha9,68051.54%Brajgopal Bhowmic8,77246.71%90819Boxanagar91.32%Billal Miah8,62151.47%Araber Rahaman8,08948.29%53220Nalchar89.92%Sukumar Barman9,42052.73%Narayan Das8,25446.2%1,16621Sonamura89.29%Rashik Lal Roy8,90051.32%Subal Rudra8,40348.45%49722Dhanpur91.09%Samar Chowdhury10,80954.45%Prabir Kumar Pul8,84344.54%1,96623Ramchandraghat88.4%Dasarath Deb11,30678.18%Sashi Kumar Debbarma3,04821.08%8,25824Khowai89.7%Arun Kumar Kar7,65749.67%Samir Deb Sarkar7,54448.93%11325Asharambari85.21%Bidya Chandra Debbarma12,59777.2%Arun Kumar Debbarma3,21119.68%9,38626Pramodenagar89.9%Nirpen Chakraborty12,82861.83%Pradip Kumar Roy7,20934.75%5,61927Kalyanpur87.64%Makhan Lal Chakraborty8,27549.65%Kajal Chandra Das7,52845.16%74728Krishnapur81.76%Khagendra Jamatia9,86157.78%Karna Singh Jamatia6,92240.56%2,93929Teliamura84.44%Jitendra Sarkar9,50248.77%Ashok Kumar Baidya9,11146.77%39130Bagma86.86%Rati Mohan Jamaitia10,30955.74%Gunapada Jamatia8,04643.51%2,26331Salgarh88.54%Gopal Chandra Das9,57851.27%Kamini Kumar Das9,06448.52%51432Radhakishorpur86.13%Chitta Ranjan Saha8,60450.97%Ranajit Singha Roy7,97147.22%63333Matarbari87.29%Kashiram Reang9,51449.65%Madhab Chandra Saha9,50649.61%834Kakraban88.21%Kashab Chandra Majumder10,37257.01%Subrata Dhar7,67042.16%2,70235Rajnagar90.58%Nakul Das12,81354.99%Jogendra Das10,39344.6%2,42036Belonia88.52%Amal Mallik10,22751.96%Jitendra Lal Das9,31447.32%91337Santirbazar84.96%Gouri Sankar Reang11,58251.88%Manik Majumder10,47046.9%1,11238Hrishyamukh90.83%Badal Chowdhury11,47954.46%Debabrata Baidya9,53945.26%1,94039Jolaibari87.08%Brajamohan Jamatia7,80049.75%Brajamohan Tripura7,68249.%11840Manu89.39%Angju Mog11,83250.12%Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury11,66349.4%16941Sabroom89.39%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury10,60551.05%Manoranjan Debnath10,10948.67%49642Ampinagar83.16%Nagendra Jamatia10,88254.61%Debabrata Koloy8,79244.12%2,09043Birganj83.42%Jawhar Shaha11,80153.41%Shyamal Saha10,00745.29%1,79444Raima Valley82.29%Rabindra Debbarma10,64050.99%Ram Kumar Debbarma10,22549.01%41545Kamalpur89.82%Bimal Singha8,02152.88%Saroj Kumar Chakraborty7,06346.57%95846Surma88.35%Rudreswar Das8,94150.93%Harendra Chandra Das8,15246.44%78947Salema87.34%Dinesh Debbarma9,04749.59%Mangal Prasad Debbarma8,42846.19%61948Kulai82.98%Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl10,04750.34%Subindra Debbarma9,58448.02%46349Chawamanu82.27%Purna Mohan Tripura9,32356.57%Shyama Charan Tripura7,15743.43%2,16650Pabiachhara85.47%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar9,38850.34%Jyotirmoy Malakar8,83247.36%55651Fatikroy87.6%Sunil Chandra Das12,28872.14%Bhudeb Bhattacharya4,29925.24%7,98952Chandipur91.75%Baidyanath Majumdar10,12853.38%Debasish Sen8,51644.89%1,61253Kailashahar87.72%Birajit Sinha9,51950.88%Tapan Chakraborty8,78046.93%73954Kurti84.43%Faizur Rahaman8,40550.38%Abdul Matin Chowdhury7,57645.41%82955Kadamtala81.8%Jyotirmoy Nath6,75942.49%Samir Kumar Nath6,31739.71%44256Dharmanagar83.1%Kalidas Dutta9,50552.89%Amarendra Sarma8,28346.09%1,22257Jubarajnagar86.31%Biva Rani Nath7,59146.95%Ram Kumar Nath7,40045.77%19158Pencharthal79.89%Sushil Kumar Chakma8,34843.51%Malendhan Chakma6,52734.02%1,82159Panisagar81.07%Subodh Chandra Das7,77449.94%Ashutosh Das6,49141.69%1,28360Kanchanpur75.72%Drao Kumar Reang6,45739.44%Len Prasad Malsai6,26338.25%194

Government formation Indian National Congress (INC) – Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) coalition won 30 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 28 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar formed a INC-TUJS coalition government on February 5, 1988.

On February 17, 1992, the eight members of the Tripura Tribal Youth League (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti-TUJS), who were part of the governing coalition in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly, resigned in protest over more than 500 starvation deaths in tribal areas in recent months. Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned on February 19, 1992, and Samir Ranjan Barman was sworn in as Chief Minister of an INC-TUJS coalition government on February 20, 1992.

Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman resigned on February 27, 1993, and the state of Tripura was placed under president's rule from March 11, 1993 to April 10, 1993.

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