Tripura assembly election, May 1983

60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 81.73% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

206

11 women, 4 elected

Turnout

81.73%

9.27 lakh of 11.3 lakh

Leading party

CPM

37 of 60 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tripura

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	37	-14	56	4,33,608	46.78%	-0.23
INC Indian National Congress	12	+12	45	2,82,859	30.51%	+12.75
TUS TUS	6	+2	14	97,039	10.47%	+2.54
IND Independent	3	+1	75	82,443	8.89%	+4.78
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	0	2	15,218	1.64%	-0.02
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	1	7,657	0.83%	-0.01
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	-1	1	6,549	0.71%	-0.33
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	4	578	0.06%	—
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	3	540	0.06%	—
JNP Janata Party	0	0	5	515	0.06%	-10.40

CPM37 (62%)
INC12 (20%)
TUS6 (10%)
IND3 (5%)
RSP2 (3%)

CPM37
INC12
TUS6
IND3
RSP2

CPM37
INC12
TUS6
IND3
RSP2

Constituency performance

From the 60 results in Tripura

Closest contest

CHHAWMANU

won by 64 (0.48%)

Biggest victory

DHANPUR

won by 9,723 (73.78%)

Highest turnout

JOLAIBARI

89.27%

Lowest turnout

RAIMA VALLEY

70.22%

Seat change

Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1977), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained41 (68%)
Changed hands19 (32%)

41 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 19 changed hands.

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

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AGARTALA	CPMMANIK SARKAR	INCPROMODE RANJANDAS GUPTA	1,1385.59%	79.3%
AMARPUR	TUSNAGENDRA JAMATIA	CPMMADHU SUDAN KALAI	4,50828.14%	74.0%
AMBASSA	CPMDINESH DEB BARMA	TUSBIJOY KUMAR JAMATIA	1,2718.17%	83.3%
AMPINAGAR	CPMSUNIL KUMAR CHOWDHURY	INCADHIR CHANDRA BHAUMIK	1,1376.55%	86.5%
ASHARAMBARI	CPMNRIPEN CHAKRAVORTI	INDSIROMANI ROY	5,63331.61%	86.3%
BADHARGHAT	CPMJADAB MAJUMDER	INCNIRANJAN PAUL	2,69313.50%	81.3%
BAGBASSA	CPMSAMIR KUMAR NATH	INCJYOTIRMOY NATH	3342.69%	75.2%
BAGMA	TUSRATI MOHAN JAMATIA	CPMGUNAPADA JAMATIA	4,65128.81%	80.1%
BAMUTIA	CPMHARICHARAN SARKAR	INCPRAFULLA KUMAR DAS	3942.70%	84.2%
BANAMALIPUR	INCSUKHAMOY SENGUPTA	CPMBIBEKANANDA BHOWMIK	9707.39%	82.0%
BARJALA	CPMGOURI BHATTACHAJEE	INDBASANA CHAKRABORTY	3,25619.67%	82.2%
BELONIA	CPMNAKUL DAS	INCBHUBAN MOHAN DAS	2,19311.85%	86.1%
BISHALGARH	CPMBHANU LAL SAHA	INCSAMAR RANJAN BARMAN	4403.09%	83.5%
BOXANAGAR	INCNARAYAN DAS	CPMSUMANTA KUMAR DAS	2101.41%	87.3%
CHANDIPUR	CPMBAIDYANATH MAZUMDER	INCBIRAJIT SINHA	1,66810.05%	87.5%
CHARILAM	CPMARABER RAHAMAN	INCMUNSAR ALI	3742.73%	87.5%
CHHAWMANU	CPMPURNA MOHAN TRIPURA	TUSJADUMOHAN TRIPURA	640.48%	74.4%
DHANPUR	CPMDASARATHA DEB	TUSBATHSAILYAMANI JAMATIA	9,72373.78%	86.2%
DHARMANAGAR	CPMAMARENDRA SARMA	INCBINAY BHUSHAN RAY	1,73912.27%	77.9%
FATIKROY	CPMTARANI MOHAN SINGHA	INCRADHIKA RANJAN GUPTA	1,68211.46%	85.0%
GOLAGHATI	TUSBUDDHYA DEB BARMA	CPMNIRANJAN DEB BARMA	8135.09%	80.6%
HRISHYAMUKH	TUSSHYAM CHARAN TRIPURA	CPMNARAYAN CHANDRA KAR	2,71914.44%	82.7%
JOLAIBARI	CPMBADAL CHOWDHARY	INCAMAL MALLIK	1,5018.78%	89.3%
JUBARAJNAGAR	CPMRAM KUMAR NATH	INDPRASANNA KUMAR NATH	1,84913.77%	82.9%
KADAMTALA - KURTI	CPMFAYZUR RAHAMAN	INCABDUL RAZAK BISHARAD	2,94421.98%	78.2%
KAILASAHAR	INCSYED BASIT ALI	CPMTAPAN CHAKRABORTY	6293.94%	82.7%
KAKRABAN-SALGARAH	INCMAHARANI BIBHU KUMARI DEVI	CPMMADHAB SAHA	2,57016.05%	85.0%
KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR	CPMMAKHAN LAL CHAKRABORTY	INDDEBABRATA DATTA	2,49817.33%	83.8%
KAMALASAGAR	CPMMATILAL SARKAR	INCMONORANJAN LASKAR	4312.88%	83.5%
KAMALPUR	CPMBIMAL SINGHA	INCKANAK RANJAN GHOSH	2,51319.48%	88.0%
KANCHANPUR	CPMLEN PRASAD MALSAI	TUSDRAOKUMAR REANG	1,73112.36%	71.7%
KARAMCHHARA	TUSDIBA CHANDRA HARANGKHAL	CPMKAMINI DEB BARMA	9395.66%	77.7%
KARBOOK	INDJAWHAR SAHA	CPMSYJMAL KANTI SAHA	2,39513.29%	78.6%
KHAYERPUR	INCSUDHIR RANJAN MAZUMDER	CPMAKHIL DEBNATH	1,2187.56%	81.9%
KHOWAI	CPMBIDYA CHANDRA DEB BARMA	INCKISHALAYA KANTI DEB BARMA	9,76968.51%	84.5%
KRISHNAPUR	INCGITA CHOWDHURY	CPMJITENDRA SARKAR	8515.29%	81.8%
MAJLISHPUR	CPMKHAGEN DAS	INCRANJIT SAHA	1,49610.34%	82.0%
MANDAIBAZAR	CPMRASHIRAM DEBBARMA	TUSAMIYA KUMAR DEB BARMA	2,26712.88%	79.6%
MANU	INCKASHI RAM REANG	CPMBRAJA MOHAN JAMATIA	4913.79%	82.1%
MATARBARI	RSPJOGESH CHAKRABORTY	INCBHANU GOPAL BAISNAB	4803.49%	82.9%
MOHANPUR	INCDHIRENDRA DEBNATH	CPMRADHARAMAN DEBNATH	6154.22%	79.5%
NALCHAR	INCRASHIK LAL ROY	CPMSUBAL RUDRA	6414.55%	86.5%
PABIACHHARA	CPMBIDHU BHUSAN MALAKAR	INCSUBAL CHANDRA BISWAS	1,1317.59%	79.6%
PANISAGAR	INDRATNA PRAVA DAS	CPMMOHAN LAL CHAKMA	3432.24%	76.5%
PENCHARTHAL	CPMSUBHODH CHNADRA DAS	INDBIBEKANANDA CHAKRABORTY	3,59528.93%	78.0%
PRATAPGARH	CPMANIL SARKAR	INCMONOMOHAN DAS	3,97818.24%	84.1%
RADHAKISHOREPUR	RSPGOPAL CHANDRA DAS	INCKAMINI KUMAR DAS	1,1167.29%	85.8%
RAIMA VALLEY	TUSRABINDRA DEBBARMA	CPMANAND MOHAN REAJA	5473.65%	70.2%
RAJNAGAR	CPMKESHAB CHANDRA MAJUMDER	INCNANIK CHANDRA DAS	7354.63%	86.0%
RAMCHANDRAGHAT	CPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR	INCSUKHAMAY KAR	2,19017.13%	87.1%

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, May 1983?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 37 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, May 1983?

Turnout was 81.73% — 9.27 lakh of 11.3 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tripura have?

Tripura has 60 assembly seats.