1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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All the 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Disputed leadership | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar
Party  | CPI(M) | INC
Alliance  | LF |
Leader since  | –  | 5 February 1988
Leader's seat  | –  | Town Bordowali
Last election  | 46.78%, 37 seats  | 30.51%, 12 seats
Seats won  | 26 | 25
Seat change  |  11  |  13
Popular vote  | 520,697 | 424,241
Percentage  | 45.82% | 37.33%
Swing  |  0.96 pp |  6.82 pp

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Composition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election

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| Chief Minister before election

Nripen Chakraborty
CPI(M)

| Elected Chief Minister

Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar
INC

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Tripura

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

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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

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#### National Parties

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* 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

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* FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
* RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
* TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

### No. of constituencies

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Type of Constituencies  | GEN  | SC  | ST  | Total

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No. of Constituencies  | 36  | 7  | 17  | 60

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### Electors

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| Men  | Women  | Total

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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%

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### Performance of women candidates

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| Men  | Women  | Total

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No.of Contestants  | 268  | 3  | 271
Elected  | 58  | 02  | 60

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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

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* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[8]

Assembly Constituency  | Turnout  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#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

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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

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1. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
2. ^ a b c "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
3. ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
4. ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
5. ^ "Total No.of Electors".
6. ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
7. ^ "1988 Tripura Election result".
8. ^ "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.
9. ^ "UNHCR Web Archive". webarchive.archive.unhcr.org.

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