Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura

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Indian political party

Political party in India

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee

General Secretary| Jitendra Chaudhury
Headquarters| Melarmath, Agartala
Newspaper| Daily Desher Katha
Student wing|

* Students' Federation of India
* Tribal Students’ Union

Youth wing|

* Democratic Youth Federation of India
* Tribal Youth Federation

Women's wing| All India Democratic Women's Association
Labour wing| Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing|

* All India Kisan Sabha
* All India Agricultural Workers Union

Ideology| Communism[1]
Political position| Left-wing[2]
Alliance| Left Front (Tripura)
Secular Democratic Forces
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha|

0 / 2

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

0 / 2

Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly|

10 / 60

Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|

0 / 30

Election symbol
Party flag
Website
cpim.org

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or simply, CPI(M) Tripura; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at Melarmath, Agartala. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee is Jitendra Chaudhury.

## Election results

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### Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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Year  | Party leader  | Seats won  | Change
in seats  | Outcome

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1967 |  |

2 / 30

|  New  | Opposition
1972 |  |

16 / 60

|  14  | Opposition
1977 | Nripen Chakraborty |

51 / 60

| 35  | Government
1983 |

37 / 60

|  14  | Government
1988 |  |

26 / 60

| 11  | Opposition
1993 | Dasarath Deb |

44 / 60

| 18  | Government
1998 | Manik Sarkar |

38 / 60

| 6  | Government
2003 |

38 / 60

|  | Government
2008 |

46 / 60

| 8  | Government
2013 |

49 / 60

| 3  | Government
2018 |

16 / 60

| 33  | Opposition
2023 | Jitendra Chaudhury |

11 / 60

| 5  | Opposition

### Lok Sabha

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Year  | Party leader  | Seats won  | Change
in seats  | Outcome

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|
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1967 | Puchalapalli Sundarayya |

0 / 2

| New  | Opposition
1971 |

2 / 2

| 2  | Opposition
1977 |

0 / 2

| 2  | Government
1980 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad |

2 / 2

| 2  | Opposition
1984 |

2 / 2

|  | Opposition
1989 |

0 / 2

| 2  | Outside support to National Front government
1991 |

0 / 2

|  | Opposition
1996 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet |

2 / 2

| 2  | Opposition, later government
1998 |

2 / 2

|  | Opposition
1999 |

2 / 2

|  | Opposition
2004 |

2 / 2

|  | Outside support to UPA government
2009 | Prakash Karat |

2 / 2

|  | Opposition
2014 |

2 / 2

|  | Opposition
2019 | Sitaram Yechury |

0 / 2

| 2  | Opposition
2024 |

0 / 2

|  | Opposition

## List of Chief ministers of Tripura from CPI(M)

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Name  | Portrait  | Term(s)  | Tenure(s)

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Nripen Chakraborty |  | 2  | 5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988 (10 years, 31 days)
Dasarath Deb |  | 1  | 10 April 1993 – 11 March 1998 (4 years, 335 days)
Manik Sarkar |  | 4  | 11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018 (19 years, 363 days)

## State Secretary List

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* Jithendra Chowdhary : 2021-incumbent
* Goutham Das : 2018-2021
* Bijen Dhar : 2008-2018
* Baidhyanath Manjumdhar : 1998-2008
* Manik Sarkar : 1993-1998
* Desarath Deb : 1988-1993

## List of Current Members in Tripura Legislative Assembly

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Main article: 13th Tripura Assembly

No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Party  | Win Margin

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3  | Bamutia (SC)  | Nayan Sarkar  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,026
4  | Barjala (SC)  | Sudip Sarkar  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,789
13  | Pratapgarh (SC)  | Ramu Das  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,086
22  | Sonamura | Shyamal Chakraborty |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,415
25  | Khowai | Nirmal Biswas  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,040
35  | Belonia | Dipankar Sen  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 403
37  | Hrishyamukh | Asoke Chandra Mitra |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,418
40  | Sabroom | Jitendra Chaudhury |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 396
54  | Kadamtala-Kurti | Islam Uddin  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,892
57  | Jubarajnagar | Sailendra Chandra Nath  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 296

## See also

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* Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala
* Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal

## References

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—Withnall, Adam (2 January 2019). "Protesters form 620km 'women's wall' in India as female devotees pray at Hindu temple for first time". The Independent.
—"Manipur: CPI State Secretary, Blogger Arrested over CAA Protests". The Wire. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
—Choudhury, Shubhadeep (4 May 2020). "West Bengal has the highest mortality rate of COVID-19 patients: IMCT". The Tribune.
—Nandi, Proshanta (2005). "Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal". Sociological Bulletin. 54 (2): 171–194. doi:10.1177/0038022920050202. ISSN 0038-0229. JSTOR 23620496. S2CID 157014751.
—Fernandes, Leela (1996). "Review of Development Policy of a Communist Government: West Bengal since 1977, ; Indian Communism: Opposition, Collaboration and Institutionalization, Ross Mallick". The Journal of Asian Studies. 55 (4): 1041–1043. doi:10.2307/2646581. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2646581. S2CID 236090170.
—Moodie, Deonnie (August 2019). "On Blood, Power and Public Interest: The Concealment of Hindu Sacrificial rites under Indian Law". Journal of Law and Religion. 34 (2): 165–182. doi:10.1017/jlr.2019.24. ISSN 0748-0814. S2CID 202333308.

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