The 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 1 May 1983, to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from each of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura, India.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Nripen Chakraborty, won 37 seats and formed the Government in Tripura.

Highlights Election for all 60 assembly constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly were conducted in a single phase, on February 15, 1993.

Participating Political Parties Partytype AbbreviationPartyNational Parties1BJP Bhartiya Janta Party2CPI Communist Party of India3CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)4ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)5INC Indian National Congress6JNP Janata PartyState Parties7FBL All India Forward BlocK8RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party9TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba SamitiIndependents10INDIndependent

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

Electors Men Women Total No.of Electors 579,123 555,134 1,134,257 No.of Electors who Voted 495,281 446,504 941,785 Polling Percentage 85.52% 80.43% 83.03%

Performance of Women Candidates Men Women Total No.of Contestants 195 11 206 Elected 56 04 60

Result

Results by party

Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1977 Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 37 433,608 46.78% 51 Indian National Congress 45 12 282,859 30.51% 0 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 6 97,039 10.47% 4 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 15,218 1.64% 2 Communist Party of India 1 0 7,657 0.83% 0 All India Forward Block 1 0 6,549 0.71% 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 578 0.06% - Indian Congress Secular 3 0 540 0.06% - Janata Party 5 0 515 0.06% 0 Independents 75 3 82,443 8.89% 2 Total 206 60 927,006 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%1Simna83.41%Abhiram Debbarma9,20665.23%Kripa Rani Debbarma4,82834.21%4,3782Mohanpur80.89%Dhirendra Chandra Debnath6,56845.07%Radharaman Debnath5,95340.85%6153Bamutia85.47%Haricharan Sarkar7,41750.79%Prafulla Kumar Das7,02348.09%3944Barjala83.66%Gouri Bhattacharjee8,16049.3%Basana Chakraborty4,90429.63%3,2565Khayerpur83.34%Sudhir Ranjan Majumder8,53952.98%Akhil Debnath7,32145.43%1,2186Agartala80.44%Manik Sarkar10,62352.18%Promode Ranjandas Gupta9,48546.59%1,1387Ramnagar80.24%Biren Dutta8,02650.8%Amar Ranjan Gupta7,64048.35%3868Town Bordowali79.31%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya7,68952.95%Brajagopal Roy6,54945.1%1,1409Banamalipur82.11%Sukhamoy Sen Gupta6,88352.43%Bibekananda Bhowmik5,91345.04%97010Majlishpur83.16%Khagen Das6,39744.21%Ranjit Saha4,90133.87%1,49611Mandaibazar81.%Rashiram Debbarma9,86156.04%Amiya Kumar Debbarma7,59443.16%2,26712Takarjala79.35%Sudhanwa Debbarma9,02959.83%Suriya Kumar Debbarma5,93039.29%3,09913Pratapgarh85.63%Anil Sarkar12,73658.4%Monomohan Das8,75840.16%3,97814Badharghat82.65%Jadab Majumder11,24456.37%Niranjan Paul8,55142.87%2,69315Kamalasagar84.88%Matilal Sarkar7,60150.85%Monoranjan Laskar7,17047.97%43116Bishalgarh84.65%Bhanu Lal Saha7,34051.54%Samir Ranjan Barman6,90048.46%44017Golaghati81.76%Budha Debbarma8,01150.18%Niranjan Debbarma7,19845.09%81318Charilam83.44%Parimal Chandra Saha8,52852.7%Braja Gopal Bhowmik7,30245.12%1,22619Boxanagar88.79%Araber Rahaman7,02251.21%Munsur Ali6,64848.49%37420Nalchar89.03%Narayan Das7,42049.94%Sumanta Kumar Das7,21048.53%21021Sonamura87.97%Rashik Lal Roy7,26451.55%Subal Rudra6,62347.%64122Dhanpur89.26%Samar Chowdhury8,79554.02%Brajendra Kumar Ghosh7,48745.98%1,30823Ramchandraghat87.55%Dasarath Deb11,45186.89%Bathsailyamani Jamatia1,72813.11%9,72324Khowai88.15%Samir Deb Sarkar5,77745.18%Sukhamoy Kar3,58728.05%2,19025Asharambari85.91%Bidya Chandra Debbarma11,36079.67%Kishalaya Kanti Debbarma1,59111.16%9,76926Pramodenagar87.6%Nripen Chakraborty10,84560.87%Siromani Roy5,21229.25%5,63327Kalyanpur84.93%Makhan Lal Chakraborty7,06449.%Debabrata Datta4,56631.67%2,49828Krishnapur71.86%Kali Kumar Debbarma7,26754.29%Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore Debbarma5,05937.8%2,20829Teliamura83.15%Gita Chowdhury6,83542.48%Jitendra Sarkar5,98437.19%85130Bagma81.6%Rati Mohan Jamaitia10,15762.93%Gunapada Jamatia5,50634.11%4,65131Salgarh87.11%Gopal Chandra Das8,14853.21%Kamini Kumar Das7,03245.92%1,11632Radhakishorpur84.17%Jogesh Chakraborty7,07051.44%Bhanu Gopal Baisnab6,59047.95%48033Matarbari86.26%Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi9,19557.41%Madhab Saha6,62541.36%2,57034Kakraban87.28%Keshab Chandra Majumder8,25652.%Nanik Chandra Das7,52147.37%73535Rajnagar87.29%Nakul Das10,14454.83%Bhuban Mohan Das7,95142.98%2,19336Belonia87.18%Manoranjan Majumder8,08150.75%Jitendra Lal Das7,65748.08%42437Santirbazar83.85%Shyama Charan Tripura10,47855.63%Narayan Chandra Kar7,75941.19%2,71938Hrishyamukh90.43%Badal Chowdhury9,20453.87%Amal Mallik7,70345.08%1,50139Jolaibari83.61%Kashi Ram Reang6,71851.9%Brajamohan Jamatia6,22748.1%49140Manu83.5%Angju Mog10,30455.2%Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury8,36244.8%1,94241Sabroom87.5%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury9,11852.55%Adhir Chandra Bhaumik7,98146.%1,13742Ampinagar75.29%Nagendra Jamatia9,44958.99%Madhu Sudan Kalai4,94130.84%4,50843Birganj79.77%Jawhar Saha8,74748.54%Syjmal Kanti Saha6,35235.25%2,39544Raima Valley71.66%Rabindra Debbarma7,77251.82%Anand Mohan Reaja7,22548.18%54745Kamalpur89.17%Bimal Singha7,67459.48%Kanak Ranjan Ghosh5,16140.%2,51346Surma86.82%Rudreswar Das7,76351.45%Harendra Chandra Das6,21541.19%1,54847Salema84.5%Dinesh Debbarma8,03251.65%Bijoy Kumar Jamatia6,76143.48%1,27148Kulai78.96%Diba Chandra Harangkhal8,41950.78%Kamini Debbarma7,48045.12%93949Chawamanu75.94%Purna Mohan Tripura6,66250.24%Jadumohan Tripura6,59849.76%6450Pabiachhara81.19%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar7,54450.6%Subal Chandra Biswas6,41343.02%1,13151Fatikroy86.31%Tarani Mohan Singha7,58051.65%Radhika Ranjan Gupta5,89840.19%1,68252Chandipur88.38%Baidyanath Majumdar9,06654.64%Birajit Sinha7,39844.59%1,66853Kailashahar83.9%Syed Basit Ali8,11650.82%Tapan Chakraborty7,48746.88%62954Kurti79.5%Faizur Rahaman7,73857.78%Abdul Razak Bisharad4,79435.79%2,94455Kadamtala76.63%Samir Kumar Nath5,06140.81%Jyotirmoy Nath4,72738.11%33456Dharmanagar79.09%Amarendra Sarma7,30951.59%Binay Bhushan Ray5,57039.31%1,73957Jubarajnagar84.5%Ram Kumar Nath6,07445.23%Prasanna Kumar Nath4,22531.46%1,84958Pencharthal77.93%Ratna Prava Das5,34334.84%Mohan Lal Chakma5,00032.6%34359Panisagar79.32%Subodh Chandra Das6,64253.45%Bibekananda Chakraborty3,04724.52%3,59560Kanchanpur72.88%Len Prasad Malsai6,05243.21%Drao Kumar Reang4,32130.85%1,731

Government Formation The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 37 out of 60 seats in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister.

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