2026 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election

The District Council elections were held in TTAADC on 12 April 2026 to elect all 28 members of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. 25 of the 28 elected seats in the Autonomous District Council are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 17 April 2026.

The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Tipra Motha Party, which secured 24 of the 28 elected seats and secured 57.62% of the total votes polled. Despite being ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state and national elections, it decided to contest on its own in the district council polls. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the remaining 4 seats and increased its vote share by 8 percent to 27.44% but its number of seats decreased.

The Left Front which had ruled the council for many years, drew a blank for a second consecutive time. The alliance could not even secure 10% of the votes polled and did even come second in any seat.

Background The tenure of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council is scheduled to end on 18 April 2026. The previous elections were held on 6 April 2021. After the election Tipra Motha Party formed the government and Purna Chandra Jamatia sworn in as the chief executive member. The 15 year ruling CPI(M) led Left Front were wiped out in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party had emerged as the second largest party.

On 24 March 2026, the current Executive member Ananta Debbarma and seating MDC Sadagar Kalai left Tipra Motha Party and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.

Schedule The State Election Commission of Tripura announced the schedule for the election on 17 March 2026. Poll event Schedule Notification date 18 March 2026 Last date for filing nomination 25 March 2026 Scrutiny of nomination 26 March 2026 Last date for withdrawal of nomination 28 March 2026 Date of poll 12 April 2026 Date of counting of votes 17 April 2026Deadline for the completion of election process18 April 2026

Voter statistics According to the State Election Commission of Tripura, 9,62,697 voters were eligible to vote in the district council elections in TTAADC. This includes 4,82,025 male, 4,80,666 female, and 6 third gender voters. Parties and alliances

Tipra Motha Party Despite its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state, the Tipra Motha Party decided to contest the election independently after seat-sharing negotiations failed.

colspan="6" Tipra Motha PartyParty Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma 28

National Democratic Alliance The Tipra Motha Party and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura left the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance following unsuccessful seat-sharing talks and BJP announced to contest solo. However, they are still alliance in Legislative Assembly.

colspan="6" Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Manik Saha 28Total28

Left Front

colspan="6" Left Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Jitendra Chaudhury 25 Paresh Chandra Sarkar 1 Milan Baidya 1 Dipak Deb 1Total28

Indian National Congress Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Ashish Kumar Saha 28

Others Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Prem Kumar Reang 26

Candidates The Bharatiya Janata Party released its 28 candidates list on 24 March 2026.

The Tipra Motha Party released the list of 28 candidates on 24 March 2026.

The Left Front released 27 candidates on 9 March 2026, 25 are from CPI(M), 1 each from RSP and CPI the second list of 1 candidate for All India Forward Bloc on 18 March.

The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura released the first list of 9 candidates on 22 March 2026. The second list of 17 candidates released on 25 March 2026.

The Indian National Congress released a list of 28 candidates on 23 March 2026, including one seat allocated to its ally party Tripura Peoples Party.

No.ConstituencyReservationTMPBJPLeft FrontINCParty CandidateParty CandidateParty CandidateParty Candidate1Damchharra–Jampui STBhaba Ranjan ReangRabindra ReangBarendra Reang Ramanjay Reang2Machmara NoneSwapan Kumar ChakmaManju Rani SarkarParesh Chandra Sarkar Arjun Roy3Dasda–Kanchanpur NoneUmasankar ReangSailendra NathRamakanta NathJatibrata Deb4Karamchhara STRatish TripuraBimal Kanti ChakmaSadhan Chakma Dhirendra Debbarma5Chhawmanu STHangsa Kumar TripuraEsmel Joy TripuraKhusiram Tripura Surjalal Chakma6Manu–Chailengta NoneHollywood ChakmaSukesh Datta BaruaRahul Das Ratan Paul7Demchhara–Kachuchhara STDhirendra DebbarmaBipin DebbarmaBadarbhum Halam Harinath Debbarma8Ganganagar–Gandachhara STKhtrojoy ReangBhumika Nanda ReangDhanchamani Reang Dinaram Reang9Halahali–Asharambari STPrasmit DebbarmaAnanta DebbarmaKarim DebbarmaPranab Debbarma10Kulai–Champahour STRajeswar DebbarmaBimal DebbarmaAtul DebbarmaKamendra Reang11Maharanipur–Teliamura STUtpal Debbarma (Uomthai)Billow JamatiaRatan Kishore JamatiaShyamal Debbarma12Ramchandraghat STJames DebbarmaDevid DebbarmaSamaresh DebbarmaAmalen Debbarma13Simna–Tamakari STRabindra DebbarmaIndrajit DebbarmaAmulya Debbarma TPPAnanta Orang14Bodhjungnagar–Wakkinagar STRuniel DebbarmaRanabir DebbarmaSanjit DebbarmaTapan Debbarma15Jirania STJagadish DebbarmaAbhijit DebbarmaRadhacharan DebbarmaChampa Debbarma16Mandainagar–Pulinpur STJiten DebbarmaRajesh DebbarmaSurjya DebbarmaBikash Debbarma17Pekuarjala–Janmejoynagar STGita DebbarmaMajee DebbarmaBrajalal DebbarmaDinesh Debbarma18Takarjala–Jampaijala STSuraj DebbarmaNirmal DebbarmaBenilal DebbarmaBinod Debbarma19Amtali–Golaghati STBuddha Kumar DebbarmaKanuraj DebbarmaBrinda DebbarmaKesharam Debbarma20Killa–Bagma STPurna Chandra JamatiaAmar JamatiaAmrita Sadhan JamatiaArat Bahadur Molsom21Maharani–Chelagang STChandra Kumar JamatiaSamrat JamatiaHaradhan JamatiaSadhan Jamatia22Kathalia–Mirja–Rajapur STDavid MurasingPadma Lochan TripuraParikshit MurasingBhuiya Lila Noatia23Ampinagar STKamal KalaiSadagar KalaiPrithwiraj KoloiFalindra Jamatia24Raima Valley STDhananjoy TripuraSamir Ranjan TripuraSumati Ranjan ChakmaSuresh Tripura25Nutanbazar–Malbasa STSujoy UchoiAbindra ReangMagendra ReangJitendra Reang26Birchandranagar–Kalashi STKenaram ReangSanjib ReangNarendra ReangAbraham Reang27Purba Muhuripur–Buratali STDebajit TripuraAbhijit TripuraBarjung TripuraBihan Tripura28Silachhari–Manubankul STManindra TripuraKanijaong MogUchathoi MogKejari Mog

Voting Turnout According to the State Election Commission of Tripura, voting turnout was 83.74% for male voters, 83.30% for female voters, and 16.67% for third gender voters. Total voter turnout was 83.52%.

+By constituency DC Constituency Vote %Damchharra-Jampui (ST) 69.09%Machmara 80.98%Dasda-Kanchanpur 79.46%Karamchhara (ST) 81.36%Chhawmanu (ST)82.83%Manu-Chailengta83.62%Demchara-Kachuchharra (ST)83.05%Ganganagar-Gandachharra (ST)81.36%Halahali-Asharambari (ST)80.54%Kulai-Champahour (ST)83.16%Maharanipur-Teliamura (ST)83.77%Ramchandraghat (ST)84.46%Simna-Tamakari (ST)85.31%Bodhjung Nagar-Wakkinagar (ST)87.66%Jirania (ST)85.77%Mandainagar-Pulinpur (ST)83.81%Pekuarjala-Janmayjaynagar (ST)87.65%Takarjala-Jampuijala (ST)83.50%Amtali-Golaghati (ST)85.56%Killa-Bangma (ST)84.91%Maharani-Chellagang (ST)86.01%Kathalia-Mirja-Rajapur (ST)84.66%Ampinagar (ST)82.42%Raima Valley (ST)85.74%Natunbazar-Malbasa (ST)85.89%Birchandranagar-Kalashi (ST)85.23%Purba Mahuripur-Buratali (ST)89.91%Silachari-Manubankul (ST)87.82%Total 83.52%

Results Result by party PartyTMPNDANomSeats2442

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Vote % ±pp Contested Won +/-Tipra Motha Party457,94357.6220.1928248Bharatiya Janata Party218,07227.448.722845Left Front (Tripura)72,3359.103.362503,7010.470.20101,5220.19101,1670.1510 Total 78,725 9.91 3.32 28 0 Indigenous People's Front of Tripura17,6642.228.4026015,1801.910.33270Tripura Peoples Party1810.020.0210 Total 15,361 1.93 0.3128 0Independents01NOTA6,0220.760.24Total794,779100% — 28 —

Constituency wise results

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMarginNoNameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%1Damchharra-Jampui (ST)Bhaba Ranjan Reang12,83637.43%Rabindra Reang9,02226.31%3,8142MachmaraManju Rani Sarkar13,70048.36%Swapan Kumar Chakma8,98131.70%4,7193Dasda-KanchanpurShailendra Nath13,46746.46%Umashankar Reang8,48229.26%4,9854Karamchhara (ST)Ratish Tripura14,34841.18%Bimal Kanti Chakma12,54336.00%1,8055Chhawmanu (ST)Esmel Joy Tripura12,78946.11%Hangsa Kumar Tripura11,09139.98%1,6986Manu-ChailengtaHollywood Chakma10,80939.06%Sukesh Datta Barua10,34737.39%4627Demchara-Kachuchharra (ST)Dhirendra Debbarma17,72659.72%Bipin Debbarma8,82429.73%8,9028Ganganagar-Gandachharra (ST)Khotrojoy Reang11,26444.70%Bhumikananda Reang9,29436.88%1,9709Halahali-Asharambari (ST)Prasmit Debbarma17,79663.73%Ananta Debbarma6,13621.97%11,66010Kulai-Champahour (ST)Rajeshwar Debbarma19,53668.65%Bimal Debbarma5,54219.47%13,99411Maharanipur-Teliamura (ST)Utpal Debbarma19,39372.98%Billow Jamatia5,57720.99%13,81612Ramchandraghat (ST)James Debbarma20,83781.57%Devid Debbarma2,65010.37%18,18713Simna-Tamakari (ST)Rabindra Debbarma17,86279.82%Indrajit Debbarma2,31410.34%15,54814Bodhjung Nagar-Wakkinagar (ST)Runeil Debbarma20,05580.22%Ranabir Debbarma3,98515.94%16,07015Jirania (ST)Jagadish Debbarma21,50080.42%Abhijit Debbarma3,06611.47%18,43416Mandainagar-Pulinpur (ST)Jitendra Debbarma19,03378.47%Rajesh Debbarma3,29413.58%15,73917Pekuarjala-Janmayjaynagar (ST)Gita Debbarma22,70787.87%Majee Debbarma1,8847.29%20,82318Takarjala-Jampuijala (ST)Suraj Debbarma16,05589.03%Nirmal Debbarma1,2106.71%14,84519Amtali-Golaghati (ST)Buddha Kumar Debbarma29,79485.49%Kanuraj Debbarma2,8288.12%26,96620Killa-Bangma (ST)Purna Chandra Jamatia17,08261.73%Amar Jamatia8,17429.54%8,90821Maharani-Chellagang (ST)Chandra Kumar Jamatia10,32948.65%Samrat Jamatia8,05037.92%2,27922Kathalia-Mirja-Rajapur (ST)David Murasing21,60856.44%Padma lochan Tripura10,95428.61%10,65423Ampinagar (ST)Kamal Kalai15,27858.39%Sadagar Kalai4,48817.15%10,79024Raima Valley (ST)Dhananjoy Tripura11,06539.21%Samir Ranjan Tripura9,65434.21%1,41125Natunbazar-Malbasa (ST)Sujoy Uchoi17,28446.54%Abindra Reang13,08835.24%4,19626Birchandranagar-Kalashi (ST)Kenaram Reang14,93746.73%Sanjib Reang11,23735.16%3,70027Purba Mahuripur-Buratali (ST)Debajit Tripura16,78148.89%Abhijit Tripura9,99029.10%6,79128Silachari-Manubankul (ST)Kangjaong Mog13,96537.98%Manindra Tripura13,47436.65%491

Reactions and aftermath The BJP Tripura claimed, hundreds of its party workers were homeless in post poll violence. However, the Tipra Motha Party has denied any link to the violence.

Just days after the election result Ananta Debbarma rejoined Tipra Motha Party on 21 April 2026, who was left the party before the election and contested against Tipra Motha Party with BJP ticket.

Tipra Motha Party MLA Swapna Debbarma who was among a group of legislators who were reportedly in talks with the BJP ahead of the TTAADC polls. However, prior to the polls, she met party supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma in Shillong and expressed regret over the developments.

On 27 April 2026, the oath taking ceremony of newly elected members of TTAADC took place at Khumulwng. But the BJP boycotted the oath taking ceremony alleging irregularities in recruitment in the TTAADC. According to the statement of former Lok Sabha MP Rebati Tripura, approximately 120 appointments were made without public notification or adherence to established procedures, and some appointees had already joined their posts.

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