2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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]

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
26 Feb 2003
All 60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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%
Tripura District Map
CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

 Elected CM

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Tripura

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura[2]

Highlights

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
Partytype Abbreviation Party
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5NCPNationalist Congress Party
State Parties
6AITCAll India Trinamool Congress
7INPTIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
State Parties - Other States
9CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
10FBLAll India Forward Bloc
11JD(U)Janata Dal (United)
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
12AMBAmra Bangalee
13LJNSPLok Jan Shakti Party
Independents
14INDIndependent

[3]

No. of Constituencies
Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

[4]

Electors
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]

Performance of Women Candidates
Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 235 19 254
Elected 58 02 60

[6]

Results
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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]

Constituency wise Winners
A.C

No.

 Assembly Constituency Name Winner Candidates Name Gender Party
1Simna (ST)Pranab DebbarmaMCPM
2MohanpurRatan Lal NathMINC
3Bamutia (SC)Prakash Ch.DasMINC
4BarjalaDipak Kumar RoyMINC
5KhayerpurPabitra KarMCPM
6AgartalaSudip Roy BarmanMINC
7RamnagarSurajit DattaMINC
8Town BordowaliAshok Kr, BhattacharyyaMINC
9BanamalipurGopal Ch.RayMINC
10MajlishpurManik DeyMCPM
11Mandaibazar (ST)Manoranjan DebbarmaMCPM
12Takarjala (ST)Rajeswar DebbarmaMINPT
13Pratapgarh (SC)Anil SarkarMCPM
14BadharghatSubrata ChakrabartyMCPM
15KamalasagarNarayan Ch.ChoudhuryMCPM
16BishalgarhSamir Ranjan BarmanMINC
17Golaghati (ST)Ashok DebbarmaMINC
18Charilam (ST)Narayan RupiniMCPM
19BoxanagarSahid ChoudhuryMCPM
20Nalchar (SC)Sukumar BarmanMCPM
21SonamuraSubal RudraMCPM
22DhanpurManik SarkarMCPM
23Ramchandraghat (ST)Padma Kumar DebbarmaMCPM
24KhowaiSamir Deb SarkarMCPM
25Asharambari (ST)Sachindra DebbarmaMCPM
26Pramodnagar (ST)Animesh DebbarmaMINPT
27KalyanpurKajal Ch.DasMINC
28Krishnapur (ST)Khagendra JamatiaMCPM
29TeliamuraAshok Kumar BaidyaMINC
30Bagma (ST)Gunapada JamatiaMCPM
31Salgarh (SC)Gopal Ch.DasMRSP
32RadhakishorepurJoy Gobinda Deb RoyMRSP
33MatarbariMadhab Ch.SahaMCPM
34KakrabanKeshab MajumderMCPM
35Rajnagar (SC)Sudhan DasMCPM
36BeloniaBasudeb MajumderMCPM
37Santirbazar (ST)Manindra ReangMCPI
38HrishyamukhBadal ChoudhuryMCPM
39Jolaibari (ST)Jashabir TripuraMCPM
40Manu (ST)Jitendra ChoudhuryMCPM
41SabroomGour Kanti GoswamiMCPM
42Ampinagar (ST)Nagendra JamatiaMINPT
43BirganjRanjit DebnathMCPM
44Raima Valley (ST)Rabindra DebbarmaMINPT
45KamalpurBijoy Lakshmi SinghaFCPM
46Surma (SC)Sudhir DasMCPM
47Salema (ST)Prasanta DebbarmaMCPM
48Kulai (ST)Bijoy Kumar HrangkhawlMINPT
49Chhawmanu (ST)Syamacharan TripuraMINPT
50Pabiachhara (SC)Bidhubhusan MalakarMCPM
51FatikroyBijoy RoyMCPM
52ChandipurTapan ChakrabartyMCPM
53KailasaharBirajit SinhaMINC
54KurtiFaizur RohmanMCPM
55KadamtalaJyotirmoy NathMINC
56DharmanagarAmitabha DattaMCPM
57JubarajnagarRamendra Ch.DebnathMCPM
58Pencharthal (ST)Arun Kr,ChakmaMCPM
59PanisagarSubodh DasMCPM
60Kanchanpur (ST)Rajendra ReangMCPM

[8]

Government Formation

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

References
  1. "State Election Commission, Tripura".
  2. "Tripura 2003".
  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. "Detailed Result Tripura 2003".
  9. "State of Politics in Tripura".
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