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2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Indian state assembly election

Field	Value
election_name	2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	2008
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
election_date	14 February 2013
turnout	93.57% ( 2.35 pp)
<!-- CPI M -->	image1
leader1	Manik Sarkar
party1	CPI(M)
leaders_seat1	Dhanpur
last_election1	48.01%, 46 seats
seats1	49
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	1,059,327
percentage1	48.11%
<!-- Congress -->	image2
leader2	Sudip Roy Barman
party2	Indian National Congress
leaders_seat2	Agartala
last_election2	36.38%, 10 seats
seats2	10
seat_change2
popular_vote2	804,457
percentage2	36.53%
<!-- Election Map -->	map_image	2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Seatwise map of the election results
map2_image	2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly.svg
map2_caption	Structure of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the election
map2_size	300px
title	Chief Minister
before_election	Manik Sarkar
before_party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
after_election	Manik Sarkar
after_party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
next_election	2018 Tripura_Legislative_Assembly_election
next_year	2018
majority_seats	31
alliance1	LF
alliance2	UPA
leader_since1	1998
swing1	0.1 pp
swing2	0.15 pp
leader_since2	2013
outgoing_members	outgoing members
elected_members	elected members

The 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

Contesting parties

249 candidates registered to contest the election.

Party	Symbol	Alliance	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	50px]]	Left Front
Communist Party of India}}"		Communist Party of India (CPI)	[[File:CPI symbol.svg	50px]]	Left Front
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"		Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png	50px]]	Left Front
All India Forward Bloc}}"		All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg	50px]]	Left Front
Indian National Congress}}"		Indian National Congress (INC)	[[File:Hand INC.svg	50px]]	UPA
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg	50px]]	NDA
Independent (politician)}}"		Independents (IND)
Amra Bangali}}"		Amra Bangali	[[File:Candle.svg	15px]]
	Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT)	[[File:Indian_Election_symbol_Dao.svg	50px]]
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra}}"		Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)	[[File:Saw.svg	50px]]
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}"		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	[[File:Flag Logo of CPIML.png	50 px]]
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Samajwadi Party}}"		Samajwadi Party	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png	50px	center]]
Nationalist Congress Party}}"		Nationalist Congress Party	[[File:Clock symbol of NCP.png	50px]]
Janata Dal (United)}}"		Janata Dal (United)	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg	50px]]
Total			249

Highlights

The Tripura Legislative Assembly election was held in a single phase, on 14 February 2013, for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

Num	Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata 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 - Other States
6	AIFB	All India Forward Bloc
7	JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)
8	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
9	SP	Samajwadi Party
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10	AMB	Amra Bangalee
11	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
12	INPT	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
13	IPFT	Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
14	SUCI	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Independents
15	IND	Independent

No. of Constituencies

Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	30	10	20	60

Electors

Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	1,201,209	1,157,284
No.of Electors who Voted	1,089,860	1,075,622
Polling Percentage	90.73%	92.94%

Performance of Women Candidates

Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	234	15
Elected	55	05

Background

The previous elections to the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes. February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.

The Left Front, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election.

Campaign

The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term. A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election.

Election Day

Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits.

According to the report by Times of India, the chief election officer of the state told that the voter turnout across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout. This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election. Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent. There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.

Results

|- !colspan=10|[[File:2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly.svg]] |- ! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats |- ! width="70"| Votes ! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ±pp ! width="30"| Won ! width="30"| +/− |- style="text-align:right" | 1,059,327 || 48.11 || 0.10 | 49 || 3 |- style="text-align:right" | 804,457 || 36.53 || 0.15 | 10 || |- style="text-align:right" | 34,500 || 1.57 || 0.09 | 1 || |- style="text-align:right" | 167,078 || 7.59 || 1.38 | 0 || 1 |- style="text-align:right" | 31,717 || 1.95 || 0.26 | 0 || 2 |- style="text-align:right" | 33,808 || 1.54 || 0.05 | 0 || |- style="text-align:right" | 21,126 || 0.96 || 2.28 | 0 || |- style="text-align:right" | 50,052 || 1.75 || 0.25 | 0 || |- |- style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 2,202,065 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | 60 || ±0 |- |}

Results by constituency

Assembly Constituency	Turnout	Winner	Runner Up	#k	Names	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes
1	Simna	93.65	Pranab Debbarma	17,063	54.36	Rabindra Debbarma		13,244	42.19	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	3,819
2	Mohanpur	94.8	Ratan Lal Nath	19,143	49.12	Subhas Chandra Debnath		18,368	47.13	Indian National Congress}}"	775
3	Bamutia	95.61	Haricharan Sarkar	19,744	52.35	Prakash Chandra Das		16,994	45.06	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,750
4	Barjala	94.64	Jitendra Sarkar	17,728	49.25	Jitendra Das		17,467	48.52	Indian National Congress}}"	261
5	Khayerpur	95.37	Pabitra Kar	20,972	50.72	Baptu Chakraborty		19,675	47.59	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,297
6	Agartala	92.14	Sudip Roy Barman	22,160	52.29	Sankar Prasad Datta		19,398	45.77	Indian National Congress}}"	2,762
7	Ramnagar	89.85	Ratan Das	18,060	49.19	Surajit Datta		17,995	49.02	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	65
8	Town Bordowali	86.86	Ashish Kumar Saha	22,474	57.45	Shyamal Roy		15,414	39.41	Indian National Congress}}"	7,060
9	Banamalipur	86.78	Gopal Chandra Roy	19,464	57.28	Yudhisthir Das		13,702	40.32	Indian National Congress}}"	5,762
10	Majlishpur	96.36	Manik Dey	21,304	52.43	Bibekananda Chowdhury		18,375	45.22	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,929
11	Mandaibazar	93.06	Manoranjan Debbarma	19,275	50.35	Jagadish Debbarma		17,450	45.58	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,825
12	Takarjala	91.91	Niranjan Debbarma	17,315	49.87	Rajeshwar Debbarma		16,108	46.4	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,207
13	Pratapgarh	22.82	Anil Sarkar	23,977	51.38	Ranjit Kumar Das		21,845	46.81	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,132
14	Badharghat	93.7	Dilip Sarkar	24,309	49.29	Samar Das		23,666	47.98	Indian National Congress}}"	643
15	Kamalasagar	94.76	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury	19,808	56.13	Dipak Kumar Roy		14,393	40.79	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	5,415
16	Bishalgarh	95.73	Bhanu Lal Saha	20,987	51.02	Samir Ranjan Barman		19,263	46.83	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,724
17	Golaghati	94.08	Kesab Debbarma	19,181	55.55	Manab Debbarma		14,648	42.42	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	4,533
18	Suryamaninagar	95.62	Rajkumar Chowdhury	21,613	50.47	Avijit Deb		19,979	46.66	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,634
19	Charilam	93.8	Ramendra Narayan Debbarma	16,479	50.94	Himani Debbarma		15,138	46.79	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,341
20	Boxanagar	96.3	Sahid Chowdhury	17,100	53.21	Billal Miah		14,579	45.36	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,521
21	Nalchar	96.46	Tapan Chandra Das	21,969	59.96	Uttam Das		13,862	37.83	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	8,107
22	Sonamura	95.13	Shyamal Chakraborty		18,043	52.21	Subal Bhowmik		16,517	47.79	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,526
23	Dhanpur	96.07	Manik Sarkar	21,286	57.1	Shah Alam		15,269	40.96	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	6,017
24	Ramchandraghat	93.07	Padma Kumar Debbarma	19,504	59.15	Animesh Debbarma		11,613	35.22	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	7,891
25	Khowai	96.17	Samir Deb Sarkar	22,692	60.82	Dipak Majumder		13,859	37.15	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	8,833
26	Asharambari	92.92	Aghore Debbarma	17,826	59.55	Amiya Kumar Debbarma		10,609	35.44	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	7,217
27	Kalyanpur–Pramodenagar	93.87	Manindra Chandra Das	19,755	53.78	Kajal Chandra Das		15,975	43.49	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	3,780
28	Teliamura	93.51	Gouri Das	18,357	50.2	Gourisankar Roy		17,044	46.61	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,313
29	Krishnapur	93.75	Khagendra Jamatia	17,125	58.32	Sabda Kumar Jamatia		11,083	37.74	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	6,042
30	Bagma	95.04	Naresh Chandra Jamatia	23,600	53.49	Jyotish Jamatia		19,525	44.25	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	4,075
31	Radhakishorpur	94.7	Pranjit Singha Roy	20,140	50.23	Joy Gobinda Deb Roy		19,303	48.15	Indian National Congress}}"	837
32	Matarbari	95.78	Madhab Chandra Saha	22,178	50.09	Biplab Kumar Ghosh		20,868	47.13	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,310
33	Kakraban–Salgarh	94.98	Ratan Kumar Bhowmik	24,947	57.07	Rajib Samaddar		17,757	40.62	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	7,190
34	Rajnagar	95.1	Sudhan Das	23,942	63.61	Manik Chandra Das		12,545	33.33	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	11,397
35	Belonia	95.73	Basudev Majumder	20,585	55.6	Amal Mallik		15,761	42.57	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	4,824
36	Santirbazar	94.88	Manindra Reang	20,798	52.87	Gouri Sankar Reang		17,042	43.32	Communist Party of India}}"	3,756
37	Hrishyamukh	96.22	Badal Chowdhury	25,009	65.42	Susankar Bhowmik		12,580	32.91	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	12,429
38	Jolaibari	95.31	Jashabir Tripura	24,295	61.9	Brajendra Mog Chowdhury		14,952	38.1	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	9,343
39	Manu	96.01	Jitendra Chaudhury	21,320	58.07	Chandi Charan Tripura		14,424	39.29	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	6,896
40	Sabroom	95.68	Rita Kar (Majumder)	21,404	55.87	Premtosh Nath		16,197	42.28	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	5,207
41	Ampinagar	93.06	Daniel Jamatia	15,714	52.69	Nagendra Jamatia		12,930	43.36	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,784
42	Amarpur	95.7	Manoranjan Acharjee	19,075	54.72	Niranjan Barman		15,053	43.18	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	4,022
43	Karbook	94.17	Priyamani Debbarma	15,526	53.4	Dharjaroy Tripura		12,091	41.59	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	3,435
44	Raima Valley	92.51	Lalit Mohan Tripura	18,527	51.99	Nakshatra Jamatia		15,651	43.92	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,876
45	Kamalpur	92.72	Bijoy Lakshmi Singha	19,204	51.15	Manoj Kanti Deb		17,690	47.12	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,514
46	Surma	92.66	Sudhir Das	18,648	50.51	Sukha Ranjan Das		16,786	45.47	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,862
47	Ambassa	92.82	Lalit Kumar Debbarma	18,755	49.11	Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl		17,701	46.35	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,054
48	Karamcherra	91.1	Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl	15,411	49.77	Gajendra Tripura		14,039	45.34	Indian National Congress}}"	1,372
49	Chawamanu	89.96	Nirajoy Tripura	15,870	50.8	Zaidami Tripura		14,375	46.01	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,495
50	Pabiachhara	92.74	Samiran Malakar	18,504	49.81	Satyaban Das		17,254	46.44	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,250
51	Fatikroy	92.52	Tunubala Malakar	17,899	51.18	Jugal Malakar		16,034	45.84	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,865
52	Chandipur	91.92	Tapan Chakraborty	21,009	58.43	Nirmalendu Deb		13,380	37.21	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	7,629
53	Kailashahar	91.27	Birajit Sinha	18,857	49.55	Moboshar Ali		18,372	48.28	Indian National Congress}}"	485
54	Kadamtala–Kurti	91.22	Fayzur Rahaman	14,514	42.64	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		12,585	36.98	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,929
55	Bagbassa	90.53	Bijita Nath	17,991	51.26	Jyotirmoy Nath		15,059	42.91	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,932
56	Dharmanagar	91.45	Biswa Bandhu Sen	17,991	50.99	Amitabha Datta		16,147	45.77	Indian National Congress}}"	1,844
57	Jubarajnagar	94.	Ramendra Chandra Debnath	18,602	53.19	Ranadhir Nath		15,724	44.96	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	2,878
58	Panisagar	92.13	Subodh Chandra Das	15,196	51.45	Radhika Ranjan Das		13,285	44.98	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,911
59	Pencharthal	91.41	Arun Kumar Chakma	16,601	50.46	Purnita Chakma		15,584	47.36	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,017
60	Kanchanpur	90.59	Rajendra Reang (Tripura politician)	17,186	50.13	Drao Kumar Reang		16,105	46.98	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"	1,081

References

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(2009-04-04). "Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura West". Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura.
(2009-04-04). "Constituency Wise Report of Electors as on 4th April, 2009 - Tripura East". Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura.
"Tripura 2008 - Tripura". Election Commission of India.
(15 February 2013). "Assembly Elections 2013: Tripura records 92 percent turnout, polling peaceful". [[India Today]].
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(14 February 2013). "Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC". [[IBN Live]].
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"Form 20 {{!}} Final Result Sheet {{!}} General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2013". Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura.

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