1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
11 March 1972
60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sukhamoy Sen Gupta -
Party INC(R) CPI(M)
Leader's seat Agartala Town III -
Last election 27/30 2/30
Seats won 41 16
Seat change - -
Popular vote 224,821 189,667
Percentage 44.83% 37.82%
Tripura District Map
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

Sukhamoy Sen Gupta
INC

Tripura

Tripura was recognized as a state in India on January 21, 1972. Before that, Tripura was a Union Territory. The first Legislative Assembly Election as a state was held on March 11, 1972.[1] The 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[2]

Indian National Congress led by Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, won 41 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on March 11, 1972. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating political parties

# Type Abbreviation Party
1 National Party BJS Bharatiya Jan Sangh
2 CPI Communist Party of India
3 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 INC Indian National Congress
5 State Party FBL All India Forward Bloc
6 Registered (Unrecognised) Party TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba Samiti
7 Independents IND Independent

[3]

No. of constituencies

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 36 5 19 60

[4]

Electors

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 406,712 359,381 766,093
No.of Electors who Voted 284,765 231,288 516,053
Polling Percentage 70.02% 64.36% 67.36%

[5]

Performance of women candidates

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 230 04 328
Elected 60 00 60

[6]

Result

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Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1967 Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 345 0.07% 0
Communist Party of India 11 1 15,226 3.04% 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 57 16 189,667 37.82% 2
Indian National Congress 59 41 224,821 44.83% 27
All India Forward Bloc 9 0 5,739 1.14% -
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 0 5,883 1.17% -
Independents 85 2 59,792 11.92% 0
Total 234 60 501,473
Source: ECI[7]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[8]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Simna 75.04% Bhadramani Debbarma CPI(M) 4,594 53.02% S. B. Kishore Debbarman INC 3,656 42.2% 938
2 Mohanpur 66.05% Radharaman Debnath CPI(M) 4,277 51.58% Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta INC 3,592 43.32% 685
3 Bamutia 71.4% Prafulla Kumar Das INC 4,862 61.72% Brajendra Biswas CPI(M) 3,015 38.28% 1,847
4 Barjala 67.67% Basana Chakraborty INC 3,733 55.67% Gouri Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 2,307 34.4% 1,426
5 Kunjaban 65.46% Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 7,033 52.38% Kanu Ghosh CPI(M) 5,633 41.95% 1,400
6 Pratapgarh 62.8% Madhusudan Das INC 3,862 49.% Jadab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 3,593 45.59% 269
7 Agartala Town III 59.74% Sukhamoy Sen Gupta INC 4,415 49.44% Supriyo Bhowmik CPI(M) 2,963 33.18% 1,452
8 Ananda Nagar 68.21% Tarit Mohan Dasgupta INC 4,341 45.07% Khagen Das CPI(M) 4,159 43.18% 182
9 Agartala Town I 64.27% Ajoy Biswas Independent 3,810 50.28% Renuka Chakraborty INC 2,742 36.19% 1,068
10 Agartala Town II 65.01% Krishnadas Bhattacharjee INC 3,009 48.01% Ashoke Chakraborty CPI(M) 2,322 37.05% 687
11 Old Agartala 70.44% Sailesh Chandra Some INC 5,098 56.76% Jagadish Chandra Dey CPI(M) 2,217 24.69% 2,881
12 Majlishpur 70.59% Jatindra Kumar Majumder INC 3,724 54.79% Bhanu Gosh CPI(M) 3,073 45.21% 651
13 Mandaibazar 65.98% Kalidas Debbarma CPI(M) 4,717 66.28% Bagala Prasad Debbarma INC 1,664 23.38% 3,053
14 Uttar Debendranagar 69.% Sabhiram Debbarma CPI(M) 4,208 56.51% Rabindra K. Debbarma INC 1,949 26.18% 2,259
15 Ishanchandranagar 69.56% Naresh Chandra Roy INC 3,349 46.62% Mati Lal Sarkar CPI(M) 3,328 46.33% 21
16 Takarjala 65.21% Gunapada Jamatia CPI(M) 3,461 41.37% Mahendra Debbarma INC 3,049 36.45% 412
17 Kamalasagar 75.41% Bichitra Mohan Saha INC 3,936 52.56% Nagendra Deb CPI(M) 2,316 30.93% 1,620
18 Bishalgarh 73.54% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 2,777 32.32% Babul Sengupta CPI(M) 2,638 30.7% 139
19 Charilam 67.03% Niranjan Deb CPI(M) 2,805 36.78% Monmohan Debbarma INC 2,474 32.44% 331
20 Bishramganj 69.65% Sudhanwa Debbarma CPI(M) 2,745 35.12% Deuan Chandra Tripura INC 2,479 31.72% 266
21 Boxanagar 74.34% Munsur Ali INC 3,787 54.69% Phani Bhushan Bhakta CPI(M) 2,097 30.29% 1,690
22 Nalchar 67.01% Benode Behari Das INC 4,078 48.77% Hari Madhab Bhowmik CPI(M) 3,199 38.26% 879
23 Sonamura 65.74% Debendra Kishore Chowdhury INC 3,340 55.44% Sultan Miah Independent 1,504 24.97% 1,836
24 Dhanpur 67.66% Samar Chowdhury CPI(M) 3,530 48.64% Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta INC 2,757 37.99% 773
25 Salgarh 69.29% Tapash Dey INC 3,966 48.67% Abani Mohan Bhowmik CPI(M) 2,907 35.67% 1,059
26 Kakraban 69.4% Ajit Ranjan Ghosh INC 3,387 43.19% Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 2,849 36.33% 538
27 Radhakishorpur 72.7% Usha Ranjan Sen INC 4,888 48.37% Sushil Mukerjee CPI(M) 3,509 34.73% 1,379
28 Matarbari 67.34% Nishi Kanta Sarkar INC 3,851 45.7% Naresh Chandra Ghosh CPI(M) 3,215 38.16% 636
29 Rajnagar 63.83% Lakshmi Nag INC 3,265 34.63% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 2,908 30.85% 357
30 Belonia 58.79% Jitendra Lal Das CPI 3,992 43.57% Suresh Chandra Chowdhury INC 3,627 39.59% 365
31 Hrishyamukh 63.1% Chandra Sekhar Dutta INC 5,911 66.14% Amalendu Chakraborty CPI(M) 2,613 29.24% 3,298
32 Muhuripur 58.6% Achaichhi Mog INC 4,394 55.93% Brajmohan Jamatia CPI(M) 2,583 32.88% 1,811
33 Manu 67.92% Hari Chanran Choudhrury INC 4,764 54.25% Thaingya Mog CPI(M) 3,157 35.95% 1,607
34 Sabroom 72.9% Kalipada Banerji INC 6,180 66.31% Sunil Kumar Chowdhury CPI(M) 3,140 33.69% 3,040
35 Chellagong 59.33% Baju Ban Riyan CPI(M) 3,032 41.25% Panji Ham Reang INC 2,989 40.67% 43
36 Birganj 66.57% Sushil Ranjan Saha INC 3,645 46.61% Syamal Kantisaha CPI(M) 3,142 40.17% 503
37 Dumburnagar 53.6% Pakhi Tripura CPI(M) 3,272 60.15% Rajprasad Chowdhury INC 1,664 30.59% 1,608
38 Ampinagar 59.63% Bullu Kuki CPI(M) 3,663 57.84% Gopinath Jamatia Independent 2,140 33.79% 1,523
39 Teliamura 73.05% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 5,458 51.19% Bir Chandra Barman INC 3,847 36.08% 1,611
40 Mohar Chhera 72.83% Ananta Hari Jamatia INC 5,351 51.36% Joy Mohan Debbarma CPI(M) 3,691 35.43% 1,660
41 Kalyanpur 84.55% Bidya Chandra Debbarma CPI(M) 10,273 77.36% Krishna Kumar Debbarma INC 3,006 22.64% 7,267
42 Pramodenagar 79.25% Manindra Debbarma CPI(M) 7,439 61.25% Nanda Kumar Debbarma INC 4,707 38.75% 2,732
43 Khowai 76.52% J Prasanna Bhattacharjee INC 5,069 56.35% Kaminisingh CPI(M) 3,162 35.15% 1,907
44 Asharambari 82.01% Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M) 6,290 58.92% Arun Kar INC 4,137 38.75% 2,153
45 Kamalpur 75.44% Sunil Chandra Datta INC 4,422 49.45% Makhan Datta CPI(M) 3,768 42.14% 654
46 Surma 77.2% Kshitish Chandra Das INC 4,737 48.73% Rudreswar Das CPI(M) 4,202 43.23% 535
47 Kulaihower 67.21% Mongchabai Mog INC 6,380 55.81% Dinesh Debbarma CPI(M) 4,662 40.78% 1,718
48 Chawamanu 50.4% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 3,164 48.03% Ghanshyam Dewan INC 2,189 33.23% 975
49 Fatikroy 67.29% Radhika Ranjan Gupta INC 4,019 38.55% Tarani Mohan Singha CPI(M) 2,966 28.45% 1,053
50 Pabiachhara 60.46% Gopi Nath Tripura INC 3,973 50.09% K. Mohan Debbarma CPI(M) 3,279 41.34% 694
51 Chandipur 77.71% Manindralal Bhowmik INC 3,418 48.94% Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 3,138 44.93% 280
52 Kailashahar 70.73% Moulana Abdul Ratif INC 4,299 55.43% Bonode Dey Independent 1,720 22.18% 2,579
53 Bilaspur 70.01% Subal Chandra Biswas INC 4,228 56.82% Barindra Malaker CPI(M) 2,230 29.97% 1,998
54 Jubarajnagar 65.03% Monoranjan Nath INC 3,777 51.37% Ram Kumar Nath CPI(M) 2,180 29.65% 1,597
55 Longai 57.45% Hangshadhwaz Dewan INC 3,690 46.41% Indu Madhav Chakma CPI(M) 2,156 27.12% 1,534
56 Kanchanpur 48.99% Raimuni Reang Chowdhury INC 3,126 46.66% Len Prasad Reang CPI(M) 2,138 31.92% 988
57 Deocherra 62.76% Abdul Wazid INC 3,399 44.97% Karunamoy Nath Chowdhury Independent 1,870 24.74% 1,529
58 Dharmanagar 66.35% Amarendra Sarma Independent 3,728 47.21% Debiprasad Purkayastha INC 3,489 44.19% 239
59 Kadamtala 61.99% Benoy Bhushan Banerjee INC 2,684 40.74% Abdul Rup Independent 1,717 26.06% 967
60 Sonichera 61.18% Radha Raman Nath INC 2,637 33.61% Abdul Matin Chowdhury Independent 1,551 19.77% 1,086

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) won 41 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sukhamoy Sen Gupta of the INC formed a government as Chief Minister on March 20, 1972.

Prafulla Kumar Das formed a government as Chief Minister on April 1, 1977.

Radhika Ranjan Gupta formed a coalition government with the Janata Party (JP) and the Left Front (LF) on July 26, 1977. Chief Minister Radhika Ranjan Gupta resigned, and the state of Tripura was placed under presidential rule from November 5, 1977 to January 5, 1978.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Historical background of Tripura".
  2. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  3. ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. ^ "Total No.of Electors".
  6. ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. ^ "1972 Tripura Election result".
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ^ "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
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