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Tripura assembly election, Feb 1988

The 5th Tripura legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
60
31 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
26 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
220
7 women, 2 elected
Turnout
84.61%
11.4 lakh of 13.4 lakh

The house

60 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

60SEATS
  • CPM26
  • INC25
  • TUS7
  • RSP2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Tripura assembly election (1983)

INC
+13
CPM
-11
IND
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)26-115549.9%5,20,69745.82%-0.960
INCIndian National Congress25+134648.4%4,24,24137.33%+6.820
TUSTUS7+11446.1%1,19,59910.52%+0.060
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party20251.1%18,1821.60%-0.040
INDIndependent0-3812.2%33,8462.98%-5.9278
CPICommunist Party of India00147.3%9,3140.82%-0.010
FBLAll India Forward Bloc00142.2%7,6310.67%-0.030
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00100.9%1,7570.15%+0.0910
JNPJanata Party00100.6%1,1380.10%+0.0410

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Tripura at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1988

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KHOWAITripuraCPMBIDHYA CHANDRA DEBBARMAINCARUN KUMAR DEBBARMA9,38657.52%
DHANPURTripuraCPMDASARATHA DEBTUSSASHI KUMAR DEBBARMA8,25857.10%
FATIKROYTripuraINCSUNIL CHANDRA DASCPMBHUDEB BHATTACHARYA7,98946.90%
ASHARAMBARITripuraCPMNIRPEN CHAKRABORTYINCPRADIP KUMAR ROY5,61927.08%
SIMNATripuraCPMABHIRAM DEB BARMATUSRABINDRA DEBBARMA3,71321.83%
TELIAMURATripuraCPMKHAGENDRA JAMATIATUSKARNA SINGH JAMATIA2,93917.22%
RAJNAGARTripuraCPMKESHAB MAJUMDERINCSUBRATA DHAR2,70214.85%
TOWN BORDOWALITripuraINCSUDHIR RANJAN MAJUMDARFBLBRAJA GOPAL ROY2,67714.81%
BANAMALIPURTripuraINCRATAN CHAKRABORTYCPMBIBEKANANDA BHOWMIK2,03013.22%
CHHAWMANUTripuraCPMPURNA MOHAN TRIPURATUSSHYAMA CHARAN TRIPURA2,16613.14%

Closest results of Feb 1988

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KAKRABAN-SALGARAHTripuraINCKASHIRAM REANGCPMMADHAB CHANDRA SAHA80.04%
GOLAGHATITripuraTUSBUDHA DEBBARMACPMNIRANJAN DEBBARMA90.05%
AGARTALATripuraINCMAHARANI BIDHU KUMARI DEBICPMMANIK SARKAR810.32%
SABROOMTripuraINCANGJU MOGCPMJITENDRA KUMAR CHOUDHURY1690.72%
RAMCHANDRAGHATTripuraINCARUN KUMAR KARCPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR1130.73%
MANUTripuraCPMBRAJAMOHAN JAIMATIAINCBRAJAMOHAN TRIPURA1180.75%
BADHARGHATTripuraINCDILIP SARKARCPMILA BHATTACHERJE3261.17%
JUBARAJNAGARTripuraINCBIVA RANI NATHCPMRAM KUMAR NATH1911.18%
KANCHANPURTripuraTUSDRAO KUMAR RIANGCPMLEN PRASAD MALSAI1941.18%
MAJLISHPURTripuraINCDIPAK NAGCPMMANIK DEY3061.63%