2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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All 60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Manik Sarkar | Birajit Sinha
Party  | CPI(M) | INC
Leader's seat  | Dhanpur | Kailasahar
Last election  | 38  | 13
Seats won  | 38  | 13
Seat change  | \-  | \-
Popular vote  | 711,119  | 498,749
Percentage  | 46.82%  | 32.84%

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Tripura District Map

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| CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

| Elected CM

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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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]

## Highlights

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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

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Partytype Abbreviation  | Party  |

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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

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### No. of Constituencies

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Type of Constituencies  | GEN  | SC  | ST  | Total

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No. of Constituencies  | 33  | 7  | 20  | 60

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### Electors

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| Men  | Women  | Total

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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%

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### Performance of Women Candidates

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| Men  | Women  | Total

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No.of Contestants  | 235  | 19  | 254
Elected  | 58  | 02  | 60

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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

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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 | 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

## Government Formation

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The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
2. ^ "Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com.
3. ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
4. ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
5. ^ "Total No.of Electors".
6. ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
7. ^ "Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI".
8. ^ "Form 20 | Final Result Sheet | General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2003" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
9. ^ "State of Politics in Tripura | IPCS". www.ipcs.org.

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