Election Name: | Indian general election in Tripura, 2009 |
Country: | India |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Indian general election in Tripura, 2004 |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Election Date: | April–May 2009 |
Seats For Election: | 2 seats |
Turnout: | 84.55% |
Party1: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Seats1: | 2 |
Percentage1: | 61.69% |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2009 Indian general election in the state of Tripura was held in April with two seats being contested. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held both seats, receiving a total of 1,084,883 votes with a state-wide share of 61.69%.[1] Congress and the BJP received 31% and 3% of the state-wide vote, respectively, and won no seats.[2]
Source: Election Commission of India[3]
Constituency | Turnout% | Winning Candidate | Winning Party | Margin | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Tripura West | 85.71 | Khagen Das | bgcolor=#FF0000 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,48,549 |
2. Tripura East | 83.06 | Baju Ban Riyan | bgcolor=#FF0000 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,95,581 |