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1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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The 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 2 February 1988 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[1] More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and TNV representatives agreed to a cessation of military hostilities on August 12, 1988. Several thousand individuals were killed, and some 200,000 individuals were displaced during the conflict.[2]
Highlights
[edit]Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 2, 1988. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.
Participating Political Parties
[edit]National Parties
[edit]- BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- CPI (Communist Party of India)
- CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
- INC (Indian National Congress (I))
- JNP (Janata Party)
State Parties
[edit]- FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
- RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
- TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)
No. of constituencies
[edit]| Type of Constituencies | GEN | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Constituencies | 36 | 7 | 17 | 60 |
Electors
[edit]| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Electors | 684,596 | 658,470 | 1,343,066 |
| No.of Electors who Voted | 590,887 | 560,771 | 1,151,658 |
| Polling Percentage | 86.31% | 85.16% | 85.75% |
Performance of women candidates
[edit]| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Contestants | 268 | 3 | 271 |
| Elected | 58 | 02 | 60 |
Result
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| Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | No. of Votes | % of Votes | 1983 Seats | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 10 | 0 | 1,757 | 0.15% | 0 | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 9,314 | 0.82% | 0 | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 55 | 26 | 520,697 | 45.82% | 37 | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 46 | 25 | 424,241 | 37.33% | 12 | ||||
| Janata Party | 10 | 0 | 1,138 | 0.10% | 0 | ||||
| All India Forward Block | 1 | 0 | 7,631 | 0.67% | 0 | ||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 2 | 18,182 | 1.60% | 2 | ||||
| Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | 14 | 7 | 119,599 | 10.52% | 6 | ||||
| Independents | 81 | 0 | 33,846 | 2.98% | 3 | ||||
| Total | 220 | 60 | 1,136,405 | ||||||
| Source: ECI[7] | |||||||||
Results by constituency
[edit]| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Simna | 86.04% | Abhiram Debbarma | CPI(M) | 10,318 | 60.67% | Rabindra Debbarma | TUS | 6,605 | 38.84% | 3,713 | ||
| 2 | Mohanpur | 84.32% | Dhirendra Chandra Debnath | INC | 8,810 | 51.05% | Radharaman Debnath | CPI(M) | 7,469 | 43.28% | 1,341 | ||
| 3 | Bamutia | 86.75% | Prakash Chandra Das | INC | 9,109 | 51.1% | Dilip Kumar Das | CPI(M) | 8,636 | 48.45% | 473 | ||
| 4 | Barjala | 85.85% | Dipak Kumar Roy | INC | 11,889 | 53.53% | Gouri Bhattacharjee | CPI(M) | 10,020 | 45.11% | 1,869 | ||
| 5 | Khayerpur | 86.25% | Ratan Lal Ghosh | INC | 10,910 | 50.99% | Pabitra Kar | CPI(M) | 10,419 | 48.7% | 491 | ||
| 6 | Agartala | 82.% | Maharani Bidhu Kumari Debi | INC | 12,776 | 49.72% | Manik Sarkar | CPI(M) | 12,695 | 49.4% | 81 | ||
| 7 | Ramnagar | 83.8% | Surajit Datta | INC | 10,663 | 51.79% | Khagen Das | CPI(M) | 9,802 | 47.61% | 861 | ||
| 8 | Town Bordowali | 81.35% | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | INC | 10,308 | 57.03% | Brajagopal Roy | AIFB | 7,631 | 42.22% | 2,677 | ||
| 9 | Banamalipur | 82.43% | Ratan Chakraborty | INC | 8,642 | 56.26% | Bibekananda Bhowmik | CPI(M) | 6,612 | 43.04% | 2,030 | ||
| 10 | Majlishpur | 86.34% | Dipak Nag | INC | 9,493 | 50.61% | Manik Dey | CPI(M) | 9,187 | 48.98% | 306 | ||
| 11 | Mandaibazar | 79.65% | Rashiram Debbarma | CPI(M) | 10,768 | 51.59% | Chandrodoy Rupini | TUS | 9,898 | 47.42% | 870 | ||
| 12 | Takarjala | 85.14% | Tarani Debbarma | CPI(M) | 9,719 | 52.8% | Surya Kumar Debbarma | TUS | 8,483 | 46.09% | 1,236 | ||
| 13 | Pratapgarh | 85.36% | Anil Sarkar | CPI(M) | 15,778 | 53.42% | Madhusudan Das | INC | 13,492 | 45.68% | 2,286 | ||
| 14 | Badharghat | 84.04% | Dilip Sarkar | INC | 13,923 | 50.15% | Ila Bhattacherje | CPI(M) | 13,597 | 48.98% | 326 | ||
| 15 | Kamalasagar | 87.31% | Matilal Sarkar | CPI(M) | 9,487 | 51.51% | Deba Prasad Chowdhury | INC | 8,702 | 47.25% | 785 | ||
| 16 | Bishalgarh | 87.97% | Samir Ranjan Barman | INC | 10,068 | 54.98% | Bhanu Lal Saha | CPI(M) | 8,186 | 44.7% | 1,882 | ||
| 17 | Golaghati | 83.65% | Budha Debbarma | TUS | 9,141 | 48.58% | Niranjan Debbarma | CPI(M) | 9,132 | 48.53% | 9 | ||
| 18 | Charilam | 84.01% | Matilal Saha | INC | 9,680 | 51.54% | Brajgopal Bhowmic | CPI(M) | 8,772 | 46.71% | 908 | ||
| 19 | Boxanagar | 91.32% | Billal Miah | INC | 8,621 | 51.47% | Araber Rahaman | CPI(M) | 8,089 | 48.29% | 532 | ||
| 20 | Nalchar | 89.92% | Sukumar Barman | CPI(M) | 9,420 | 52.73% | Narayan Das | INC | 8,254 | 46.2% | 1,166 | ||
| 21 | Sonamura | 89.29% | Rashik Lal Roy | INC | 8,900 | 51.32% | Subal Rudra | CPI(M) | 8,403 | 48.45% | 497 | ||
| 22 | Dhanpur | 91.09% | Samar Chowdhury | CPI(M) | 10,809 | 54.45% | Prabir Kumar Pul | INC | 8,843 | 44.54% | 1,966 | ||
| 23 | Ramchandraghat | 88.4% | Dasarath Deb | CPI(M) | 11,306 | 78.18% | Sashi Kumar Debbarma | TUS | 3,048 | 21.08% | 8,258 | ||
| 24 | Khowai | 89.7% | Arun Kumar Kar | INC | 7,657 | 49.67% | Samir Deb Sarkar | CPI(M) | 7,544 | 48.93% | 113 | ||
| 25 | Asharambari | 85.21% | Bidya Chandra Debbarma | CPI(M) | 12,597 | 77.2% | Arun Kumar Debbarma | INC | 3,211 | 19.68% | 9,386 | ||
| 26 | Pramodenagar | 89.9% | Nirpen Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 12,828 | 61.83% | Pradip Kumar Roy | INC | 7,209 | 34.75% | 5,619 | ||
| 27 | Kalyanpur | 87.64% | Makhan Lal Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 8,275 | 49.65% | Kajal Chandra Das | INC | 7,528 | 45.16% | 747 | ||
| 28 | Krishnapur | 81.76% | Khagendra Jamatia | CPI(M) | 9,861 | 57.78% | Karna Singh Jamatia | TUS | 6,922 | 40.56% | 2,939 | ||
| 29 | Teliamura | 84.44% | Jitendra Sarkar | CPI(M) | 9,502 | 48.77% | Ashok Kumar Baidya | INC | 9,111 | 46.77% | 391 | ||
| 30 | Bagma | 86.86% | Rati Mohan Jamaitia | TUS | 10,309 | 55.74% | Gunapada Jamatia | CPI(M) | 8,046 | 43.51% | 2,263 | ||
| 31 | Salgarh | 88.54% | Gopal Chandra Das | RSP | 9,578 | 51.27% | Kamini Kumar Das | INC | 9,064 | 48.52% | 514 | ||
| 32 | Radhakishorpur | 86.13% | Chitta Ranjan Saha | RSP | 8,604 | 50.97% | Ranajit Singha Roy | INC | 7,971 | 47.22% | 633 | ||
| 33 | Matarbari | 87.29% | Kashiram Reang | INC | 9,514 | 49.65% | Madhab Chandra Saha | CPI(M) | 9,506 | 49.61% | 8 | ||
| 34 | Kakraban | 88.21% | Kashab Chandra Majumder | CPI(M) | 10,372 | 57.01% | Subrata Dhar | INC | 7,670 | 42.16% | 2,702 | ||
| 35 | Rajnagar | 90.58% | Nakul Das | CPI(M) | 12,813 | 54.99% | Jogendra Das | INC | 10,393 | 44.6% | 2,420 | ||
| 36 | Belonia | 88.52% | Amal Mallik | INC | 10,227 | 51.96% | Jitendra Lal Das | CPI | 9,314 | 47.32% | 913 | ||
| 37 | Santirbazar | 84.96% | Gouri Sankar Reang | TUS | 11,582 | 51.88% | Manik Majumder | CPI(M) | 10,470 | 46.9% | 1,112 | ||
| 38 | Hrishyamukh | 90.83% | Badal Chowdhury | CPI(M) | 11,479 | 54.46% | Debabrata Baidya | INC | 9,539 | 45.26% | 1,940 | ||
| 39 | Jolaibari | 87.08% | Brajamohan Jamatia | CPI(M) | 7,800 | 49.75% | Brajamohan Tripura | INC | 7,682 | 49.% | 118 | ||
| 40 | Manu | 89.39% | Angju Mog | INC | 11,832 | 50.12% | Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury | CPI(M) | 11,663 | 49.4% | 169 | ||
| 41 | Sabroom | 89.39% | Sunil Kumar Chowdhury | CPI(M) | 10,605 | 51.05% | Manoranjan Debnath | INC | 10,109 | 48.67% | 496 | ||
| 42 | Ampinagar | 83.16% | Nagendra Jamatia | TUS | 10,882 | 54.61% | Debabrata Koloy | Independent | 8,792 | 44.12% | 2,090 | ||
| 43 | Birganj | 83.42% | Jawhar Shaha | INC | 11,801 | 53.41% | Shyamal Saha | CPI(M) | 10,007 | 45.29% | 1,794 | ||
| 44 | Raima Valley | 82.29% | Rabindra Debbarma | TUS | 10,640 | 50.99% | Ram Kumar Debbarma | CPI(M) | 10,225 | 49.01% | 415 | ||
| 45 | Kamalpur | 89.82% | Bimal Singha | CPI(M) | 8,021 | 52.88% | Saroj Kumar Chakraborty | INC | 7,063 | 46.57% | 958 | ||
| 46 | Surma | 88.35% | Rudreswar Das | CPI(M) | 8,941 | 50.93% | Harendra Chandra Das | INC | 8,152 | 46.44% | 789 | ||
| 47 | Salema | 87.34% | Dinesh Debbarma | CPI(M) | 9,047 | 49.59% | Mangal Prasad Debbarma | TUS | 8,428 | 46.19% | 619 | ||
| 48 | Kulai | 82.98% | Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl | TUS | 10,047 | 50.34% | Subindra Debbarma | CPI(M) | 9,584 | 48.02% | 463 | ||
| 49 | Chawamanu | 82.27% | Purna Mohan Tripura | CPI(M) | 9,323 | 56.57% | Shyama Charan Tripura | TUS | 7,157 | 43.43% | 2,166 | ||
| 50 | Pabiachhara | 85.47% | Bidhu Bhusan Malakar | CPI(M) | 9,388 | 50.34% | Jyotirmoy Malakar | INC | 8,832 | 47.36% | 556 | ||
| 51 | Fatikroy | 87.6% | Sunil Chandra Das | INC | 12,288 | 72.14% | Bhudeb Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | 4,299 | 25.24% | 7,989 | ||
| 52 | Chandipur | 91.75% | Baidyanath Majumdar | CPI(M) | 10,128 | 53.38% | Debasish Sen | INC | 8,516 | 44.89% | 1,612 | ||
| 53 | Kailashahar | 87.72% | Birajit Sinha | INC | 9,519 | 50.88% | Tapan Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 8,780 | 46.93% | 739 | ||
| 54 | Kurti | 84.43% | Faizur Rahaman | CPI(M) | 8,405 | 50.38% | Abdul Matin Chowdhury | INC | 7,576 | 45.41% | 829 | ||
| 55 | Kadamtala | 81.8% | Jyotirmoy Nath | INC | 6,759 | 42.49% | Samir Kumar Nath | CPI(M) | 6,317 | 39.71% | 442 | ||
| 56 | Dharmanagar | 83.1% | Kalidas Dutta | INC | 9,505 | 52.89% | Amarendra Sarma | CPI(M) | 8,283 | 46.09% | 1,222 | ||
| 57 | Jubarajnagar | 86.31% | Biva Rani Nath | INC | 7,591 | 46.95% | Ram Kumar Nath | CPI(M) | 7,400 | 45.77% | 191 | ||
| 58 | Pencharthal | 79.89% | Sushil Kumar Chakma | INC | 8,348 | 43.51% | Malendhan Chakma | CPI(M) | 6,527 | 34.02% | 1,821 | ||
| 59 | Panisagar | 81.07% | Subodh Chandra Das | CPI(M) | 7,774 | 49.94% | Ashutosh Das | INC | 6,491 | 41.69% | 1,283 | ||
| 60 | Kanchanpur | 75.72% | Drao Kumar Reang | TUS | 6,457 | 39.44% | Len Prasad Malsai | CPI(M) | 6,263 | 38.25% | 194 | ||
Government formation
[edit]Indian National Congress (INC) – Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) coalition won 30 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 28 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar formed a INC-TUJS coalition government on February 5, 1988.[2]
On February 17, 1992, the eight members of the Tripura Tribal Youth League (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti-TUJS), who were part of the governing coalition in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly, resigned in protest over more than 500 starvation deaths in tribal areas in recent months. Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned on February 19, 1992, and Samir Ranjan Barman was sworn in as Chief Minister of an INC-TUJS coalition government on February 20, 1992.[2]
Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman resigned on February 27, 1993, and the state of Tripura was placed under president's rule from March 11, 1993 to April 10, 1993.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
- ^ a b c "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
- ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
- ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
- ^ "Total No.of Electors".
- ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- ^ "1988 Tripura Election result".
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1988 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
- ^ "UNHCR Web Archive". webarchive.archive.unhcr.org.
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