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2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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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 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.

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

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
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

No. of Constituencies

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

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%

Performance of Women Candidates

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

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

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#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

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

References

  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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