1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election explained

The 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 2 February 1988 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.^[1] More than 100 individuals were killed in election-related violence in the state of Tripura. Government and TNV representatives agreed to a cessation of military hostilities on August 12, 1988. Several thousand individuals were killed, and some 200,000 individuals were displaced during the conflict.^[2]

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 2, 1988. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

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National Parties

• BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• CPI (Communist Party of India)
• CPM (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• INC (Indian National Congress (I))
• JNP (Janata Party)

State Parties

• FBL (All India Forward Bloc)
• RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
• TUS (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti)

No. of constituencies

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Electors

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Electors	684,596	658,470	1,343,066
No.of Electors who Voted	590,887	560,771	1,151,658
Polling Percentage	86.31%	85.16%	85.75%

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Performance of women candidates

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	268	3	271
Elected	58	02	60

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Result

Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1983 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	10	0	1,757	0.15%	0
Communist Party of India	1	0	9,314	0.82%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	55	26	520,697	45.82%	37
Indian National Congress	46	25	424,241	37.33%	12
Janata Party	10	0	1,138	0.10%	0
All India Forward Block	1	0	7,631	0.67%	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	18,182	1.60%	2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	14	7	119,599	10.52%	6
Independents	81	0	33,846	2.98%	3
Total	220	60	1,136,405
Source: ECI[7]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[8]

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Assembly Constituency	Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		data-sort-type=number	Votes	%	Candidate	Party			data-sort-type=number	Votes	%
1	Simna	86.04%	Abhiram Debbarma		10,318	60.67%	Rabindra Debbarma		6,605	38.84%	3,713
2	Mohanpur	84.32%	Dhirendra Chandra Debnath		8,810	51.05%	Radharaman Debnath		7,469	43.28%	1,341
3	Bamutia	86.75%	Prakash Chandra Das		9,109	51.1%	Dilip Kumar Das		8,636	48.45%	473
4	Barjala	85.85%	Dipak Kumar Roy		11,889	53.53%	Gouri Bhattacharjee		10,020	45.11%	1,869
5	Khayerpur	86.25%	Ratan Lal Ghosh		10,910	50.99%	Pabitra Kar		10,419	48.7%	491
6	Agartala	82.%	Maharani Bidhu Kumari Debi		12,776	49.72%	Manik Sarkar		12,695	49.4%	81
7	Ramnagar	83.8%	Surajit Datta		10,663	51.79%	Khagen Das		9,802	47.61%	861
8	Town Bordowali	81.35%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar		10,308	57.03%	Brajagopal Roy		7,631	42.22%	2,677
9	Banamalipur	82.43%	Ratan Chakraborty		8,642	56.26%	Bibekananda Bhowmik		6,612	43.04%	2,030
10	Majlishpur	86.34%	Dipak Nag		9,493	50.61%	Manik Dey		9,187	48.98%	306
11	Mandaibazar	79.65%	Rashiram Debbarma		10,768	51.59%	Chandrodoy Rupini		9,898	47.42%	870
12	Takarjala	85.14%	Tarani Debbarma		9,719	52.8%	Surya Kumar Debbarma		8,483	46.09%	1,236
13	Pratapgarh	85.36%	Anil Sarkar		15,778	53.42%	Madhusudan Das		13,492	45.68%	2,286
14	Badharghat	84.04%	Dilip Sarkar		13,923	50.15%	Ila Bhattacherje		13,597	48.98%	326
15	Kamalasagar	87.31%	Matilal Sarkar		9,487	51.51%	Deba Prasad Chowdhury		8,702	47.25%	785
16	Bishalgarh	87.97%	Samir Ranjan Barman		10,068	54.98%	Bhanu Lal Saha		8,186	44.7%	1,882
17	Golaghati	83.65%	Budha Debbarma		9,141	48.58%	Niranjan Debbarma		9,132	48.53%	9
18	Charilam	84.01%	Matilal Saha		9,680	51.54%	Brajgopal Bhowmic		8,772	46.71%	908
19	Boxanagar	91.32%	Billal Miah		8,621	51.47%	Araber Rahaman		8,089	48.29%	532
20	Nalchar	89.92%	Sukumar Barman		9,420	52.73%	Narayan Das		8,254	46.2%	1,166
21	Sonamura	89.29%	Rashik Lal Roy		8,900	51.32%	Subal Rudra		8,403	48.45%	497
22	Dhanpur	91.09%	Samar Chowdhury		10,809	54.45%	Prabir Kumar Pul		8,843	44.54%	1,966
23	Ramchandraghat	88.4%	Dasarath Deb		11,306	78.18%	Sashi Kumar Debbarma		3,048	21.08%	8,258
24	Khowai	89.7%	Arun Kumar Kar		7,657	49.67%	Samir Deb Sarkar		7,544	48.93%	113
25	Asharambari	85.21%	Bidya Chandra Debbarma		12,597	77.2%	Arun Kumar Debbarma		3,211	19.68%	9,386
26	Pramodenagar	89.9%	Nirpen Chakraborty		12,828	61.83%	Pradip Kumar Roy		7,209	34.75%	5,619
27	Kalyanpur	87.64%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		8,275	49.65%	Kajal Chandra Das		7,528	45.16%	747
28	Krishnapur	81.76%	Khagendra Jamatia		9,861	57.78%	Karna Singh Jamatia		6,922	40.56%	2,939
29	Teliamura	84.44%	Jitendra Sarkar		9,502	48.77%	Ashok Kumar Baidya		9,111	46.77%	391
30	Bagma	86.86%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		10,309	55.74%	Gunapada Jamatia		8,046	43.51%	2,263
31	Salgarh	88.54%	Gopal Chandra Das		9,578	51.27%	Kamini Kumar Das		9,064	48.52%	514
32	Radhakishorpur	86.13%	Chitta Ranjan Saha		8,604	50.97%	Ranajit Singha Roy		7,971	47.22%	633
33	Matarbari	87.29%	Kashiram Reang		9,514	49.65%	Madhab Chandra Saha		9,506	49.61%	8
34	Kakraban	88.21%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		10,372	57.01%	Subrata Dhar		7,670	42.16%	2,702
35	Rajnagar	90.58%	Nakul Das		12,813	54.99%	Jogendra Das		10,393	44.6%	2,420
36	Belonia	88.52%	Amal Mallik		10,227	51.96%	Jitendra Lal Das		9,314	47.32%	913
37	Santirbazar	84.96%	Gouri Sankar Reang		11,582	51.88%	Manik Majumder		10,470	46.9%	1,112
38	Hrishyamukh	90.83%	Badal Chowdhury		11,479	54.46%	Debabrata Baidya		9,539	45.26%	1,940
39	Jolaibari	87.08%	Brajamohan Jamatia		7,800	49.75%	Brajamohan Tripura		7,682	49.%	118
40	Manu	89.39%	Angju Mog		11,832	50.12%	Jitendra Kumar Chowdhury		11,663	49.4%	169
41	Sabroom	89.39%	Sunil Kumar Chowdhury		10,605	51.05%	Manoranjan Debnath		10,109	48.67%	496
42	Ampinagar	83.16%	Nagendra Jamatia		10,882	54.61%	Debabrata Koloy		8,792	44.12%	2,090
43	Birganj	83.42%	Jawhar Shaha		11,801	53.41%	Shyamal Saha		10,007	45.29%	1,794
44	Raima Valley	82.29%	Rabindra Debbarma		10,640	50.99%	Ram Kumar Debbarma		10,225	49.01%	415
45	Kamalpur	89.82%	Bimal Singha		8,021	52.88%	Saroj Kumar Chakraborty		7,063	46.57%	958
46	Surma	88.35%	Rudreswar Das		8,941	50.93%	Harendra Chandra Das		8,152	46.44%	789
47	Salema	87.34%	Dinesh Debbarma		9,047	49.59%	Mangal Prasad Debbarma		8,428	46.19%	619
48	Kulai	82.98%	Diba Chandra Hrangkhowl		10,047	50.34%	Subindra Debbarma		9,584	48.02%	463
49	Chawamanu	82.27%	Purna Mohan Tripura		9,323	56.57%	Shyama Charan Tripura		7,157	43.43%	2,166
50	Pabiachhara	85.47%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		9,388	50.34%	Jyotirmoy Malakar		8,832	47.36%	556
51	Fatikroy	87.6%	Sunil Chandra Das		12,288	72.14%	Bhudeb Bhattacharya		4,299	25.24%	7,989
52	Chandipur	91.75%	Baidyanath Majumdar		10,128	53.38%	Debasish Sen		8,516	44.89%	1,612
53	Kailashahar	87.72%	Birajit Sinha		9,519	50.88%	Tapan Chakraborty		8,780	46.93%	739
54	Kurti	84.43%	Faizur Rahaman		8,405	50.38%	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		7,576	45.41%	829
55	Kadamtala	81.8%	Jyotirmoy Nath		6,759	42.49%	Samir Kumar Nath		6,317	39.71%	442
56	Dharmanagar	83.1%	Kalidas Dutta		9,505	52.89%	Amarendra Sarma		8,283	46.09%	1,222
57	Jubarajnagar	86.31%	Biva Rani Nath		7,591	46.95%	Ram Kumar Nath		7,400	45.77%	191
58	Pencharthal	79.89%	Sushil Kumar Chakma		8,348	43.51%	Malendhan Chakma		6,527	34.02%	1,821
59	Panisagar	81.07%	Subodh Chandra Das		7,774	49.94%	Ashutosh Das		6,491	41.69%	1,283
60	Kanchanpur	75.72%	Drao Kumar Reang		6,457	39.44%	Len Prasad Malsai		6,263	38.25%	194

Government formation

Indian National Congress (INC) – Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) coalition won 30 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 28 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar formed a INC-TUJS coalition government on February 5, 1988.^[2]

On February 17, 1992, the eight members of the Tripura Tribal Youth League (Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti-TUJS), who were part of the governing coalition in the 60-seat Legislative Assembly, resigned in protest over more than 500 starvation deaths in tribal areas in recent months. Chief Minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar resigned on February 19, 1992, and Samir Ranjan Barman was sworn in as Chief Minister of an INC-TUJS coalition government on February 20, 1992.^[2]

Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman resigned on February 27, 1993, and the state of Tripura was placed under president's rule from March 11, 1993 to April 10, 1993.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India. sec.tripura.gov.in.
2. Web site: 43. India/Tripura (1949-present). uca.edu.
3. Web site: List of Participating Political Parties.
4. Web site: Constituencies-Tripura.
5. Web site: Total No.of Electors.
6. Web site: Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates.
7. Web site: 1988 Tripura Election result.
8. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1988 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006100546/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1988/Statistical%20Report%20Tripura%201988.pdf . 6 October 2010. pdf.
9. Web site: UNHCR Web Archive. webarchive.archive.unhcr.org.