2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Tripura
The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 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 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.[ 1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) , led by Manik Sarkar , won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura [ 2]
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.
Participating Political Parties [ edit ]
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
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
7
INPT
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
8
RSP
Revolutionary Socialist Party
State Parties - Other States
9
CPI(ML)(L)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
10
FBL
All India Forward Bloc
11
JD(U)
Janata Dal (United)
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
12
AMB
Amra Bangalee
13
LJNSP
Lok Jan Shakti Party
Independents
14
IND
Independent
[ 3]
No. of Constituencies [ edit ]
Type of Constituencies
GEN
SC
ST
Total
No. of Constituencies
33
7
20
60
[ 4]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Electors
1,000,309
931,411
1,931,720
No.of Electors who Voted
809,492
710,925
1,520,417
Polling Percentage
80.92%
76.33%
78.71%
[ 5]
Men
Women
Total
No.of Contestants
235
19
254
Elected
58
02
60
[ 6]
Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
No. of Votes
% of Votes
1998 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party
21
0
20,032
1.32%
0
Communist Party of India
2
1
23,443
1.54%
1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
55
38
711,119
46.82%
38
Indian National Congress
42
13
498,749
32.84%
13
Nationalist Congress Party
12
0
4,553
0.30%
0
All India Trinamool Congress
18
0
6,493
0.43%
0
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
18
6
189,186
12.46%
4
Revolutionary Socialist Party
2
2
28,688
1.89%
2
Independents
52
0
12,788
0.84%
2
Total
254
60
1,518,789
Source: ECI[ 7]
Results by constituency [ edit ]
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
73.91%
Pranab Debbarma
CPI(M)
10,686
51.32%
Rabindra Debbarma
INPT
9,666
46.42%
1,020
2
Mohanpur
76.99%
Ratan Lal Nath
INC
12,947
56.95%
Sanjit Debnath
CPI(M)
8,974
39.48%
3,973
3
Bamutia
81.45%
Prakash Chandra Das
INC
13,170
50.46%
Haricharan Sarkar
CPI(M)
12,539
48.04%
631
4
Barjala
81.96%
Dipak Kumar Roy
INC
18,851
50.26%
Kalyani Dey(Mitra)
CPI(M)
17,821
47.51%
1,030
5
Khayerpur
79.5%
Pabitra Kar
CPI(M)
16,429
57.01%
Lakhsmi Nag
INC
12,390
42.99%
4,039
6
Agartala
75.88%
Sudip Roy Barman
INC
18,656
52.24%
Sankar Das
CPI(M)
16,046
44.94%
2,610
7
Ramnagar
75.89%
Surajit Datta
INC
14,431
54.1%
Samir Chakraborty
CPI(M)
11,608
43.51%
2,823
8
Town Bordowali
73.74%
Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya
INC
12,010
53.16%
Brajagopal Roy
AIFB
9,844
43.57%
2,166
9
Banamalipur
73.4%
Gopal Chandra Roy
INC
10,437
52.03%
Prashanta Kapali
CPI
8,907
44.4%
1,530
10
Majlishpur
81.93%
Manik Dey
CPI(M)
14,908
53.8%
Dipak Nag
INC
12,144
43.83%
2,764
11
Mandaibazar
69.73%
Manoranjan Debbarma
CPI(M)
13,448
52.85%
Jagadish Debbarma
INPT
11,998
47.15%
1,450
12
Takarjala
62.11%
Rajeshwar Debbarma
INPT
12,784
77.75%
Baijayanti Kalai
CPI(M)
3,101
18.86%
9,683
13
Pratapgarh
80.96%
Anil Sarkar
CPI(M)
24,638
54.26%
Narayan Das
INC
18,784
41.37%
5,854
14
Badharghat
80.01%
Subrata Chakraborty
CPI(M)
22,773
49.21%
Dilip Sarkar
INC
21,825
47.16%
948
15
Kamalasagar
82.1%
Narayan Chandra Chowdhury
CPI(M)
13,936
54.86%
Arun Bhowmik
INC
10,615
41.79%
3,321
16
Bishalgarh
83.33%
Samir Ranjan Barman
INC
12,414
51.24%
Bhanu Lal Saha
CPI(M)
10,820
44.66%
1,594
17
Golaghati
71.86%
Ashok Debbarma
INC
10,080
48.55%
Niranjan Debbarma
CPI(M)
10,079
48.54%
1
18
Charilam
74.2%
Narayan Rupini
CPI(M)
10,573
48.07%
Narendra Chandra Debbarma
INPT
10,517
47.81%
56
19
Boxanagar
86.2%
Sahid Chowdhury
CPI(M)
13,051
53.5%
Billal Miah
INC
10,735
44.01%
2,316
20
Nalchar
82.98%
Sukumar Barman
CPI(M)
13,220
56.18%
Nani Gopal Das
INC
9,648
41.%
3,572
21
Sonamura
85.83%
Subal Rudra
CPI(M)
13,455
52.3%
Sudhir Ranjan Majumder
INC
11,704
45.49%
1,751
22
Dhanpur
84.23%
Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)
15,613
55.85%
Dipak Chakraborty
INC
11,111
39.74%
4,502
23
Ramchandraghat
76.59%
Padma Kumar Debbarma
CPI(M)
9,003
60.03%
Ananta Debbarma
INPT
5,569
37.13%
3,434
24
Khowai
85.7%
Samir Deb Sarkar
CPI(M)
13,511
55.78%
Arun Kumar Kar
INC
10,084
41.63%
3,427
25
Asharambari
76.07%
Sachindra Debbarma
CPI(M)
9,924
54.05%
Amiya Kumar Debbarma
INPT
8,438
45.95%
1,486
26
Pramodenagar
73.08%
Animesh Debbarma
INPT
10,607
48.52%
Aghore Debbarma
CPI(M)
10,220
46.75%
387
27
Kalyanpur
76.43%
Kajal Chandra Das
INC
10,290
50.64%
Manindra Chandra Das
CPI(M)
9,110
44.83%
1,180
28
Krishnapur
69.98%
Khagendra Jamatia
CPI(M)
9,922
50.09%
Sabda Kumar Jamatia
INPT
8,885
44.86%
1,037
29
Teliamura
78.%
Ashok Kumar Baidya
INC
12,579
51.7%
Jitendra Sarkar
CPI(M)
10,856
44.62%
1,723
30
Bagma
80.52%
Gunapada Jamatia
CPI(M)
12,588
50.15%
Rati Mohan Jamaitia
INPT
12,513
49.85%
75
31
Salgarh
84.27%
Gopal Chandra Das
RSP
15,756
58.3%
Mira Das
INC
10,643
39.38%
5,113
32
Radhakishorpur
83.96%
Joy Gobinda Deb Roy
RSP
12,932
50.21%
Pranjit Singha Roy
INC
12,048
46.78%
884
33
Matarbari
85.66%
Madhab Chandra Saha
CPI(M)
14,304
52.61%
Kashiram Reang
INC
12,333
45.36%
1,971
34
Kakraban
84.21%
Kashab Chandra Majumder
CPI(M)
15,736
62.8%
Rajib Samaddar
INC
8,573
34.21%
7,163
35
Rajnagar
87.02%
Sudhan Das
CPI(M)
19,462
61.93%
Bikash Chandra Das
INC
10,727
34.13%
8,735
36
Belonia
84.65%
Basudev Majumder
CPI(M)
15,419
59.13%
Babul Majumder
INC
9,469
36.31%
5,950
37
Santirbazar
80.38%
Manindra Reang
CPI
14,536
53.04%
Rana Kishore Reang
INPT
12,106
44.17%
2,430
38
Hrishyamukh
87.37%
Badal Chowdhury
CPI(M)
18,052
66.76%
Dilip Chowdhury
INC
7,987
29.54%
10,065
39
Jolaibari
81.21%
Jashabir Tripura
CPI(M)
11,324
59.52%
Mever Kumar Jamatia
INPT
6,820
35.85%
4,504
40
Manu
85.%
Jitendra Chaudhury
CPI(M)
17,358
55.31%
Chandan Tripura
INPT
13,253
42.23%
4,105
41
Sabroom
85.64%
Gour Kanti Goswami
CPI(M)
16,445
58.54%
Sankar Malla
INC
10,861
38.67%
5,584
42
Ampinagar
76.05%
Nagendra Jamatia
INPT
11,439
51.04%
Nakshatra Jamatia
CPI(M)
10,975
48.96%
464
43
Birganj
83.67%
Ranjit Debnath
CPI(M)
16,310
54.59%
Jawhar Shaha
INC
13,070
43.74%
3,240
44
Raima Valley
74.13%
Rabindra Debbarma
INPT
13,483
47.98%
Lalit Mohan Tripura
CPI(M)
13,334
47.45%
149
45
Kamalpur
83.38%
Bijoy Lakshmi Singha
CPI(M)
11,208
54.86%
Manoj Kanti Deb
INC
8,639
42.28%
2,569
46
Surma
80.21%
Sudhir Das
CPI(M)
12,865
55.74%
Harendra Chandra Das
INC
9,626
41.71%
3,239
47
Salema
80.71%
Prasanta Debbarma
CPI(M)
13,007
59.02%
Ajit Debbarma
INPT
8,285
37.59%
4,722
48
Kulai
71.53%
Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl
INPT
12,772
55.07%
Bijoy Kumar Debbarma
CPI(M)
8,792
37.91%
3,980
49
Chawamanu
65.97%
Shyama Charan Tripura
INPT
10,352
54.3%
Gajendra Tripura
CPI(M)
7,277
38.17%
3,075
50
Pabiachhara
72.47%
Bidhu Bhusan Malakar
CPI(M)
12,696
50.25%
Swapna Das
INC
10,729
42.46%
1,967
51
Fatikroy
78.96%
Bijoy Roy
CPI(M)
11,381
49.91%
Sujit Paul
INC
10,144
44.48%
1,237
52
Chandipur
82.56%
Tapan Chakraborty
CPI(M)
14,010
55.72%
Debasish Sen
INC
10,277
40.88%
3,733
53
Kailashahar
80.57%
Birajit Sinha
INC
14,751
52.5%
Inuch Mia Khadim
CPI(M)
12,750
45.38%
2,001
54
Kurti
81.37%
Faizur Rahaman
CPI(M)
12,495
50.41%
Abdul Matin Chowdhury
INC
11,484
46.33%
1,011
55
Kadamtala
77.89%
Jyotirmoy Nath
INC
9,847
42.46%
Subodh Nath
CPI(M)
9,795
42.24%
52
56
Dharmanagar
73.%
Amitabha Datta
CPI(M)
11,811
46.29%
Sima Pal Chowdhury
INC
11,345
44.47%
466
57
Jubarajnagar
80.33%
Ramendra Chandra Debnath
CPI(M)
11,967
49.61%
Biva Rani Nath
INC
11,363
47.1%
604
58
Pencharthal
71.49%
Arun Kumar Chakma
CPI(M)
12,863
48.51%
Nirupama Chakma
INC
10,790
40.69%
2,073
59
Panisagar
75.78%
Subodh Chandra Das
CPI(M)
10,931
48.57%
Bikash Sharma
INC
9,138
40.61%
1,793
60
Kanchanpur
64.25%
Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)
CPI(M)
9,700
44.37%
Rajendra Reang
INPT
9,699
44.36%
1
The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar , sworn in on 7 March 2003.[ 9]