2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2003
Next Election:2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2013
Seats For Election:60 seats in the Assembly
Election Date:23 Feb 2008
Leader1:Manik Sarkar
Party1:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Leaders Seat1:Dhanpur
Seats Before1:38
Seats1:46
Seat Change1: 8
Popular Vote1:903,009
Percentage1:48.01%
Leader2:Samir Ranjan Barman
Party2:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat2:Bishalgarh
Seats Before2:13
Seats2:10
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:684,207
Percentage2:36.38%
Map Size:200px
Chief Minister
Before Election:Manik Sarkar
Before Party:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
After Election:Manik Sarkar
After Party:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Majority Seats:31

The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority.[1] This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.[2]

CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers.[3]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 23, 2008. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1 BJP Bhartiya Janta Party
2 CPI COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA
3 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 INC Indian National Congress
5 NCP Nationalist Congress Party
State Parties
6 INPT Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
State Parties - Other States
7 AIFB All India Forward Bloc
8 AITCAll India Trinamool Congress
9 CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10 JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
11 LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party
12 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
13 AMB Amra Bangalee
14 PDS Party For Democratic Socialism
Independents
15 IND Independent
[4]

No. of Constituencies

[4]

Electors

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors 1,038,782 999,2192,038,001
No.of Electors who Voted942,604 916,5181,859,122
Polling Percentage 90.74% 91.72%91.22%
[4]

Performance of Women Candidates

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants28231313
Elected 570360
[4]

Background

Except for a one term period of Congress government between 1988 and 1993, the CPI(M) was the dominant governing party in the state since 1978.

The previous elections to the 9th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2003 and the term for this Assembly was set to expire on 19 March 2008. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced fresh elections for the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly on 14 January 2008. Of the 60 constituencies for the 2008 election, 20 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes and seven reserved for Scheduled Castes. Elections in all polling stations were held using electronic voting machines.

The CPI(M), headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 9th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2003. The Left Front had won 41 of the 60 seats.[5]

Campaign

A total of 313 candidates contested this election.

Election Day

Election Day (23 Feb 2008) was peaceful and passed without any incidents of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits. Unprecedented security arrangements were in place for this election - 20,000 paramilitary personnel from the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force supported by air surveillance.[6]

Voter turnout across the state was over 90%, a record high for any state in India. This beat the previous record of around 86% set in Sikkim during the Assembly Elections in 2002.[7] [8]

Results

Party Seats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes% of Votes% in Seats contestedSeats Forfeited2003 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party49028,1021.49%1.79%490
Communist Party of India2127,8911.48%48.65%01
Communist Party of India (Marxist)5646903,00948.01%51.21%038
Indian National Congress4810684,20736.38%44.38%113
Nationalist Congress Party501,8820.10%0.92%50
All India Forward Bloc1202,9610.16%0.74%120
All India Trinamool Congress2206,6200.35%0.92%220
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation1405,2610.28%1.11%140
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra111116,7616.21%38.23%26
Janata Dal (United)201,0810.06%1.74%20
Lok Janshakti Party802,7380.15%1.07%80
Revolutionary Socialist Party2231,7171.69%52.58%02
Amra Bangalee1905,5320.29%0.96%190
Party of Democratic Socialism102,0620.11%6.13%10
Independents62061,0103.24%4.94%580
Total313601,880,834193
Source: ECI

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[9]

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Assembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin
  1. k
Names%CandidatePartydata-sort-type=number Votes%CandidatePartydata-sort-type=number Votes%
1Simna92.82%Pranab Debbarma14,43954.86%Rabindra Debbarma11,10842.2%3,331
2Mohanpur92.85%Ratan Lal Nath14,34950.74%Subhas Chandra Debnath12,99345.95%1,356
3Bamutia93.91%Haricharan Sarkar17,32452.07%Prakash Chandra Das14,94444.91%2,380
4Barjala93.47%Sankar Prasad Datta24,85348.93%Dipak Kumar Roy24,25547.76%598
5Khayerpur92.35%Pabitra Kar18,83349.67%Ratan Chakraborty17,83247.03%1,001
6Agartala88.15%Sudip Roy Barman21,01950.82%Bikash Roy19,19446.41%1,825
7Ramnagar89.19%Surajit Datta16,56952.22%Ratan Das14,19844.74%2,371
8Town Bordowali89.3%Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar14,19054.43%Dr. Sudhir Chandra Majumder10,96542.06%3,225
9Banamalipur87.44%Gopal Chandra Roy12,35454.68%Prasanta Kapali9,54642.25%2,808
10Majlishpur94.06%Manik Dey17,74550.88%Dipak Nag16,49747.3%1,248
11Mandaibazar90.67%Manoranjan Debbarma16,60549.44%Jagadish Debbarma15,63846.56%967
12Takarjala90.79%Niranjan Debbarma12,47050.9%Rajeshwar Debbarma11,00844.93%1,462
13Pratapgarh92.75%Anil Sarkar32,10553.79%Bimal Chandra Barman25,05541.97%7,050
14Badharghat92.96%Dilip Sarkar29,72448.43%Subrata Chakraborty29,34947.82%375
15Kamalasagar94.13%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury17,04252.52%Matilal Sarkar14,20943.79%2,833
16Bishalgarh94.52%Bhanu Lal Saha15,45750.5%Samir Ranjan Barman14,54347.51%914
17Golaghati93.29%Kesab Debbarma13,99054.04%Ashok Debbarma11,00342.51%2,987
18Charilam92.28%Narayan Rupini14,21649.44%Narendra Chandra Debbarma13,72947.75%487
19Boxanagar94.46%Sahid Chowdhury13,79149.55%Billal Miah13,09947.06%692
20Nalchar95.09%Sukumar Barman14,74852.4%Sukla Das12,21643.4%2,532
21Sonamura95.22%Subal Bhowmik14,83750.24%Subal Rudra14,00847.43%829
22Dhanpur94.83%Manik Sarkar17,99252.91%Shah Alam15,07444.32%2,918
23Ramchandraghat91.85%Padma Kumar Debbarma11,61159.22%Animesh Debbarma5,10826.05%6,503
24Khowai95.86%Samir Deb Sarkar15,38554.33%Arun Kumar Kar12,06242.59%3,323
25Asharambari92.5%Sachindra Debbarma13,76556.78%Amiya Kumar Debbarma9,23438.09%4,531
26Pramodenagar93.23%Aghore Debbarma14,97254.%Animesh Debbarma10,15336.62%4,819
27Kalyanpur93.75%Manindra Chandra Das12,65350.13%Kajal Chandra Das11,79146.72%862
28Krishnapur90.36%Khagendra Jamatia13,32551.57%Sabda Kumar Jamatia11,50844.54%1,817
29Teliamura92.68%Gouri Das14,81650.1%Ashok Kumar Baidya13,64746.15%1,169
30Bagma93.21%Naresh Chandra Jamatia14,97952.05%Rati Mohan Jamaitia13,06445.39%1,915
31Salgarh94.62%Partha Das17,23555.6%Mira Das12,28439.63%4,951
32Radhakishorpur94.67%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy14,48249.39%Pranjit Singha Roy14,01547.8%467
33Matarbari95.31%Madhab Chandra Saha15,60150.18%Bibhu Kumari Devi14,38146.26%1,220
34Kakraban93.81%Kashab Chandra Majumder16,65958.87%Rajib Samaddar10,63837.6%6,021
35Rajnagar94.17%Sudhan Das22,11156.58%Bikash Chandra Das14,84337.98%7,268
36Belonia95.25%Basudev Majumder15,97150.47%Amal Mallik14,65246.3%1,319
37Santirbazar93.86%Manindra Reang18,34552.81%Gouri Sankar Reang15,56244.8%2,783
38Hrishyamukh95.24%Badal Chowdhury19,61060.16%Dilip Chowdhury11,84936.35%7,761
39Jolaibari93.49%Jashabir Tripura13,86459.44%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury8,35635.82%5,508
40Manu94.45%Jitendra Chaudhury21,10056.07%Thaikhai Mog14,94039.7%6,160
41Sabroom93.86%Rita Kar (Majumder)19,18157.05%Premtosh Nath10,87432.34%8,307
42Ampinagar91.28%Daniel Jamatia14,28453.26%Nagendra Jamatia11,34042.28%2,944
43Birganj95.62%Manoranjan Acharjee18,26252.05%Jawhar Saha15,60744.48%2,655
44Raima Valley92.39%Lalit Mohan Tripura19,12052.58%Rabindra Debbarma15,25641.95%3,864
45Kamalpur93.19%Manoj Kanti Deb11,83948.2%Bijoy Lakshmi Singha11,70447.65%135
46Surma91.5%Sudhir Das14,35951.88%Sukha Ranjan Das11,71142.31%2,648
47Salema91.28%Prasanta Debbarma14,35454.17%Jadu Mohan Tripura10,55939.85%3,795
48Kulai90.72%Bijoy Kumar Harngkhawl14,94446.87%Sabitri Debbarma14,82946.51%115
49Chawamanu87.99%Nirajoy Tripura12,32948.17%Shyama Charan Tripura11,22843.86%1,101
50Pabiachhara92.17%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar17,35451.1%Phanindra Das14,88843.84%2,466
51Fatikroy92.51%Bijoy Roy14,45751.04%Sunil Chandra Das12,14442.88%2,313
52Chandipur92.38%Tapan Chakraborty17,56556.44%Rudrendu Bhattacharjee11,53137.05%6,034
53Kailashahar91.83%Birajit Sinha17,01949.86%Jayanta Chakraborty16,08847.13%931
54Kurti89.58%Faizur Rahaman14,33749.79%Abdul Matin Chowdhury11,10938.58%3,228
55Kadamtala88.07%Bijita Nath12,65645.16%Jyotirmoy Nath12,52844.7%128
56Dharmanagar90.05%Biswa Bandhu Sen15,98751.65%Amitabha Datta13,57743.86%2,410
57Jubarajnagar92.95%Ramendra Chandra Debnath14,71051.22%Biva Rani Nath13,09445.59%1,616
58Pencharthal89.79%Arun Kumar Chakma17,21050.54%Sushil Kumar Chakma14,46042.47%2,750
59Panisagar89.26%Subodh Chandra Das13,94249.8%Radhika Ranjan Das12,23443.7%1,708
60Kanchanpur88.57%Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)13,95248.06%Sanjit Kumar Reang13,44946.33%503

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gokhale. Nitin. 2008-03-07. Red march in Tripura, hung House in Meghalaya. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080310132300/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Story.aspx?&id=NEWEN20080043281&ch=3%2F7%2F2008%2010%3A30%3A00%20AM. 10 March 2008. ndtv.com. 6 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Red carpet welcome for CPM in Tripura - India News - IBNLive. 22 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522130621/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/red-carpet-welcome-for-cpm-in-tripura/60655-3.html. 22 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Manik Sarkar sworn in as Tripura CM for 4th time. www.rediff.com.
  4. Web site: ECI. Election Commission of India.
  5. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura. dead. eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 2008-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125908/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_TP.pdf. 2005-05-29.
  6. Web site: Tripura CM says polling peaceful, women voters coming out in large numbers | TopNews. topnews.in.
  7. Web site: Tripura sets record for maximum voter turnout. www.rediff.com.
  8. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election 2008 - Voter turn out in %. dead. tripurainfo.com. 2008-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20080808121800/http://www.tripurainfo.com/election/per230208.htm. 2008-08-08.
  9. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf. 6 October 2010. pdf.

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