Tripura assembly election, Mar 1972
60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 65.46% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tripura
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 41 | +14 | 59 | 2,24,821 | 44.83% | -13.12 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 | +14 | 57 | 1,89,667 | 37.82% | +16.21 |
| INDIndependent | 2 | +2 | 85 | 59,792 | 11.92% | -0.17 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15,226 | 3.04% | -4.93 |
| TUSTUS | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5,883 | 1.17% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5,739 | 1.14% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 345 | 0.07% | -0.28 |
- INC41 (68%)
- CPM16 (27%)
- IND2 (3%)
- CPI1 (2%)
- INC41
- CPM16
- IND2
- CPI1
- INC41
- CPM16
- IND2
- CPI1
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Tripura
Seat change
Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained13 (22%)
- Changed hands5 (8%)
- New seat42 (70%)
13 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 5 changed hands. 42 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tripura, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
- INC
- CPM
- IND
- CPI
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–60 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAJNAGAR | INCLAKSHMI NAG | CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY | 3573.79% | 61.7% |
| SABROOM | INCKALIPADA BANERJI | CPMSUNIL KUMAR CHOUDHURY | 3,04032.62% | 70.7% |
| SALGARH | INCTAPASH DEY | CPMABANI MOHAN BHOWMIK | 1,05913.00% | 66.8% |
| SIMNA | CPMBHADRAMANI DEBBARMA | INCS. B. KISHORE DEBBARMAN | 93810.83% | 74.0% |
| SONAMURA | INCDEBENDRA K. CHOUDHURY | INDSULTAN MIAH | 1,83630.48% | 64.0% |
| SONICHERA | INCRADHA RAMAN NATH | INDABDU MOTIN CHOUDHURY | 1,08613.84% | 59.5% |
| SUDMA | INCKSHITISH CHANDRA DAS | CPMRUDRESHWER DAS | 5355.50% | 74.8% |
| TAKARJALA | CPMGUNAPADA JAMATIA | INCMAHENDRA DEB BARMA | 4124.93% | 63.4% |
| TELIAMURA | CPMANIL SARKAR | INCBIR CHANDRA BARMAN | 1,61115.11% | 71.2% |
| UTTAR DEBENDRA NAGAR | CPMSABHIRAM DEB BARMA | INCRABINDRA K. DEB BARMA | 2,25930.34% | 66.6% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tripura alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Tripura assembly election, Mar 1972?
Indian National Congress won 41 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Mar 1972?
Turnout was 65.46% — 5.01 lakh of 7.66 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tripura have?
Tripura has 60 assembly seats.
