Tripura assembly election, Dec 1977
60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 77.99% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
328
6 women, 1 elected
Turnout
77.99%
7.5 lakh of 9.62 lakh
Leading party
CPM
51 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tripura
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 51 | +35 | 55 | 3,52,652 | 47.00% | +9.18 |
| TUSTUS | 4 | +4 | 28 | 59,474 | 7.93% | +6.75 |
| INDIndependent | 2 | 0 | 48 | 30,862 | 4.11% | -7.81 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12,446 | 1.66% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 1 | +1 | 1 | 7,800 | 1.04% | -0.10 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 0 | -41 | 60 | 1,33,240 | 17.76% | -27.07 |
| JNPJanata Party | 0 | 0 | 59 | 78,479 | 10.46% | — |
| TCDTCD | 0 | 0 | 59 | 66,913 | 8.92% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -1 | 10 | 6,266 | 0.84% | -2.20 |
| PBIPBI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,139 | 0.29% | — |
- CPM51 (85%)
- TUS4 (7%)
- IND2 (3%)
- RSP2 (3%)
- FBL1 (2%)
- CPM51
- TUS4
- IND2
- RSP2
- FBL1
- CPM51
- TUS4
- IND2
- RSP2
- FBL1
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Tripura
Closest contest
SANTIRBAZAR
won by 119 (0.91%)
Biggest victory
DHANPUR
won by 8,419 (71.65%)
Highest turnout
DHANPUR
88.33%
Lowest turnout
KANCHANPUR
63.85%
Seat change
Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1972), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat60 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 60 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
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- TUS
- IND
- RSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGARTALA | INDAJOY BISWAS | TCDKAMAL KUMAR SINGHA | 8,66155.30% | 76.9% |
| AMARPUR | TUSNAGENDRA JAMATIA | CPMMADHU SUDAN KALAI | 9307.31% | 71.8% |
| AMBASSA | CPMDINESH DEB BARMA | INCMADAN MOHAN DEB BARMA | 3,58827.73% | 79.4% |
| AMPINAGAR | CPMSUNIL KUMAR CHOUDHURY | INCRABINDRA KUMAR PATARI | 2,82520.29% | 82.4% |
| ASHARAMBARI | CPMNRIPEN CHAKRABARTY | INCUPENDRA CHANDRA DEBNATH | 6,22140.73% | 80.9% |
| BADHARGHAT | CPMJADAB MAJUMDAR | TCDSACHINDRA LAL SINGHA | 8,97262.07% | 78.6% |
| BAGBASSA | CPMUMESH CHANDRA NATH | JNPLUTHFUR RAHAMAN CHOUDHURY | 3,84438.65% | 71.4% |
| BAGMA | TUSRATIMOHAN JAMATIA | CPMGANAPADA JAMATIA | 4583.67% | 78.0% |
| BAMUTIA | CPMHARI CHARAN SARKAR | TCDPARFULLA KUMAR DAS | 9197.37% | 82.0% |
| BANAMALIPUR | INDBIBEKANAND BHOWMIK | TCDPRIYA LAL PAUL | 4,98947.74% | 78.1% |
| BARJALA | CPMGOURI BHATTACHARJEE | TCDRESERWAR DATTA | 4,86134.94% | 80.7% |
| BELONIA | CPMNAKUL DAS | INCUPENDRA KUMAR DAS | 2,72819.34% | 76.9% |
| BISHALGARH | CPMGAUTAM PRASAD DUTTA | JNPSAMIR RANJAN BARMAN | 1,83815.52% | 80.8% |
| BOXANAGAR | CPMSUMANTA KUMAR DAS | INCBIR CHANDRA BARMAN | 3,48828.57% | 81.5% |
| CHANDIPUR | CPMBAIDYANATH MAJUMDER | INCMANINDRALAL BHOWMIK | 5,93741.56% | 81.3% |
| CHARILAM | CPMARABAR RAHAMAN | INCMUNSAR ALI | 1,14110.23% | 83.0% |
| CHHAWMANU | CPMPURNA MOHAN TRIPURA | TUSSHYAMA CHARAN TRIPURA | 3,02632.73% | 66.9% |
| DHANPUR | CPMDASARATHA DEB | JNPNAND KUMAR DEB BARMA | 8,41971.65% | 88.3% |
| DHARMANAGAR | CPMAMARENDRA SARMA | INCDEBIPRASAD PURKAYASTHA | 3,67729.87% | 78.0% |
| FATIKROY | CPMTARANI MOHAN SINHA | INCGOPESH RANJAN DEB | 2,69219.65% | 81.5% |
| GOLAGHATI | CPMNARANJAN DEBBARMA | TUSBUDHA DEBBARMA | 1,0838.11% | 79.3% |
| HRISHYAMUKH | TUSDRAO KUMAR RIANG | CPMSUBODH CHANDRA NATH | 4953.39% | 76.8% |
| JOLAIBARI | CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY | INCARUN CHANDRA BHOWMIK | 2,34317.38% | 81.6% |
| JUBARAJNAGAR | CPMRAM KUMAR NATH | TCDMANORANJAN NATH | 4,12436.34% | 79.1% |
| KADAMTALA - KURTI | CPMFAIZUR RAHAMAN | JNPGOPENDRA KUMAR DAS | 4,26737.46% | 74.9% |
| KAILASAHAR | CPMTAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY | INCABDUL SHAHID | 3,15723.69% | 77.5% |
| KAKRABAN-SALGARAH | CPMNARESH CHANDRA GHOSH | INCANIL SARKAR | 3,95431.59% | 80.8% |
| KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR | CPMMAKHAN LAL CHAKRABARTY | INCASHOKE KUMAR BHATTACHARYA | 2,36918.76% | 82.8% |
| KAMALASAGAR | CPMMATILAL SARKAR | JNPMANORANJAN LASKAR | 4,59037.89% | 78.6% |
| KAMALPUR | CPMBIMAL SINGHA | INCBRAJAKISHORE SINGHA | 6,47859.45% | 82.5% |
| KANCHANPUR | CPMMANDIDA REANG | TUSSUKADAYAL JAMATIA | 3,59635.79% | 63.9% |
| KARAMCHHARA | CPMKAMINI DEB BARMA | INCPRAFULLA ROAJA | 3,38625.94% | 75.1% |
| KARBOOK | CPMSYAMAL SAHA | INCKANAI LAL SARKAR | 1,53310.54% | 76.2% |
| KHAYERPUR | CPMAKHIL DEBNATH | INCAMAR RANJAN GUPTA | 3,66528.53% | 77.0% |
| KHOWAI | CPMBIDYA CHANDRA DEB BARMA | INCDAYANAND DEB BARMA | 8,38168.50% | 81.6% |
| KRISHNAPUR | CPMJITENDRA SARKAR | INCRATAN CHAKRABORTY | 2,38217.47% | 77.8% |
| MAJLISHPUR | CPMKHAGEN DAS | TCDJATINDRA KR. MAJUMDAR | 2,01216.81% | 83.2% |
| MANDAIBAZAR | CPMRASHIRAM DEB BARMA | TUSKSHIRODE DEB BARMA | 3,30924.27% | 76.9% |
| MANU | CPMBRAJA MAHAN JAMATIA | INCKASHIRAM REANG | 5325.40% | 75.1% |
| MATARBARI | RSPJOGESH CHAKRABORTY | INCUSHA RANJAN SEN | 3,72337.12% | 79.5% |
| MOHANPUR | CPMRADHARAMAN DEB NATH | TCDAMBIKA DEB | 1,80214.31% | 79.9% |
| NALCHAR | CPMSUBAL RUDRA | INCDEBENDRA KISHORE CHOUDHURY | 2,08017.32% | 82.3% |
| PABIACHHARA | CPMBINDU BHUSHAN MALAKAT | INCBRAJENDRA DAS | 3,49229.98% | 73.9% |
| PANISAGAR | CPMMOHAN LAL CHAKMA | INCSUSHIL KR. CHAKMA | 2,01117.16% | 68.8% |
| PENCHARTHAL | CPMSUBODH CHANDRA DAS | INDDEBENDRA CHANDRA NATH | 4,80750.24% | 73.6% |
| PRATAPGARH | CPMANIL SARKAR | INCMADHUSUDAN DAS | 7,47245.67% | 80.6% |
| RADHAKISHOREPUR | RSPGOPAL CHANDRA DAS | INCJITENDRA CHANDRA DAS | 5,34846.30% | 80.8% |
| RAIMA VALLEY | CPMBAJU BAN RIYAN | TUSMONOJAY ROAJA | 6,07357.59% | 65.6% |
| RAJNAGAR | CPMKASHAB CH. MAJUMDER | INCAJIT RANJAN GHOSH | 3,77529.89% | 80.7% |
| RAMCHANDRAGHAT | CPMSWARAIJAM KAMINI THAKUR SINGHA | TCDARUN KAR | 2,50022.42% | 83.5% |
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, Dec 1977?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 51 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Dec 1977?
Turnout was 77.99% — 7.5 lakh of 9.62 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tripura have?
Tripura has 60 assembly seats.