Tripura Territorial Council

The Tripura Territorial Council was the legislature of the Union Territory of Tripura from 1957 to 1963.

History

Tripura became a Union Territory of India on September 1, 1956.[1] A 30-member Electoral College was established.[2] In 1957 this was replaced by a 32-member Territorial Council consisting of 30 elected members and two appointed by the national government.[3] Elections were held in 1957 and 1962.

In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly.[4] The first elections to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967.[4]

References
  1. "Tripura Election commission".
  2. Bhattacharyya, Harihar (2018). Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21116-7.
  3. Bareh, Hamlet (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura. Mittal Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-81-7099-795-5.
  4. "Brief History of the Tripura Legislative Assembly". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
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