Tripura assembly election, Feb 1988

60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 84.61% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

220

7 women, 2 elected

Turnout

84.61%

11.4 lakh of 13.4 lakh

Leading party

CPM

26 of 60 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tripura

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	-11	55	5,20,697	45.82%	-0.96
INC Indian National Congress	25	+13	46	4,24,241	37.33%	+6.82
TUS TUS	7	+1	14	1,19,599	10.52%	+0.06
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	0	2	18,182	1.60%	-0.04
IND Independent	0	-3	81	33,846	2.98%	-5.92
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	1	9,314	0.82%	-0.01
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	1	7,631	0.67%	-0.03
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	10	1,757	0.15%	+0.09
JNP Janata Party	0	0	10	1,138	0.10%	+0.04

CPM26 (43%)
INC25 (42%)
TUS7 (12%)
RSP2 (3%)

CPM26
INC25
TUS7
RSP2

CPM26
INC25
TUS7
RSP2

Constituency performance

From the 60 results in Tripura

Closest contest

KAKRABAN-SALGARAH

won by 8 (0.04%)

Biggest victory

KHOWAI

won by 9,386 (57.52%)

Highest turnout

CHANDIPUR

90.77%

Lowest turnout

KANCHANPUR

74.27%

Seat change

Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1983), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained40 (67%)
Changed hands20 (33%)

40 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 20 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	INCMAHARANI BIDHU KUMARI DEBI	CPMMANIK SARKAR	810.32%	80.9%
AMARPUR	TUSNAGENDRA JAMATIA	INDDEBABRATA KOLOY	2,09010.49%	82.4%
AMBASSA	CPMDINESH DEBBARMA	TUSMANGAL PRASHAD DEB BARMA	6193.39%	86.3%
AMPINAGAR	CPMSUNIL KUMAR CHOUDHURY	INCMANORANJAN DEBNATH	4962.39%	88.5%
ASHARAMBARI	CPMNIRPEN CHAKRABORTY	INCPRADIP KUMAR ROY	5,61927.08%	89.1%
BADHARGHAT	INCDILIP SARKAR	CPMILA BHATTACHERJE	3261.17%	82.8%
BAGBASSA	INCJYOTIRMOY NATH	CPMSAMIR KUMAR NATH	4422.78%	80.5%
BAGMA	TUSRATI MOHAN JAMATIA	CPMGUNAPADA JAMATIA	2,26312.24%	85.5%
BAMUTIA	INCPRAKASH CHANDRA DAS	CPMDILIP KUMAR DAS	4732.65%	85.6%
BANAMALIPUR	INCRATAN CHAKRABORTY	CPMBIBEKANANDA BHOWMIK	2,03013.22%	81.3%
BARJALA	INCDIPAK KUMAR ROY	CPMGOURI BHATTACHARJEE	1,8698.41%	84.7%
BELONIA	CPMNAKUL DAS	INCJOGENDRA DAS	2,42010.39%	89.6%
BISHALGARH	INCSAMIR RANJAN BARMAN	CPMBHANULAL SAHA	1,88210.28%	87.0%
BOXANAGAR	CPMSUKUMAR BARMAN	INCNARAYAN DAS	1,1666.53%	88.8%
CHANDIPUR	CPMBAIDYANATH MAJUMDAR	INCDEBASISH SEN (BABU)	1,6128.50%	90.8%
CHARILAM	INCBILLAL MIA	CPMARABER RAHAMAN	5323.18%	90.2%
CHHAWMANU	CPMPURNA MOHAN TRIPURA	TUSSHYAMA CHARAN TRIPURA	2,16613.14%	81.0%
DHANPUR	CPMDASARATHA DEB	TUSSASHI KUMAR DEBBARMA	8,25857.10%	87.5%
DHARMANAGAR	INCKALIDAS DUTTA	CPMAMARENDRA SHARMA	1,2226.80%	82.0%
FATIKROY	INCSUNIL CHANDRA DAS	CPMBHUDEB BHATTACHARYA	7,98946.90%	86.6%
GOLAGHATI	TUSBUDHA DEBBARMA	CPMNIRANJAN DEBBARMA	90.05%	82.4%
HRISHYAMUKH	TUSGOURI SANKAR REANG	CPMMANIK MAJUMDER	1,1124.98%	83.8%
JOLAIBARI	CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY	INCDEBABRATA BAIDYA	1,9409.20%	90.0%
JUBARAJNAGAR	INCBIVA RANI NATH	CPMRAM KUMAR NATH	1911.18%	85.2%
KADAMTALA - KURTI	CPMFAIZUR RAHAMAN	INCABDUL MATIN CHOUDHRY	8294.97%	83.1%
KAILASAHAR	INCBIRAJIT SINHA	CPMTAPAN CHAKRABARTI	7393.95%	86.8%
KAKRABAN-SALGARAH	INCKASHIRAM REANG	CPMMADHAB CHANDRA SAHA	80.04%	86.5%
KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR	CPMMAKHAN LAL CHAKRABORTY	INCKAJAL CHANDRA DAS	7474.48%	86.7%
KAMALASAGAR	CPMMATLAL SARKAR	INCDEBA PRASAD CHOUDHURY	7854.26%	86.0%
KAMALPUR	CPMBIMAL SINGHA	INCSAROJ KUMAR CHAKRABORTY	9586.32%	88.7%
KANCHANPUR	TUSDRAO KUMAR RIANG	CPMLEN PRASAD MALSAI	1941.18%	74.3%
KARAMCHHARA	TUSDIBA CHANDRA HRANGKHOWL	CPMSUBINDRA DEB BARMA	4632.32%	81.6%
KARBOOK	INCJAWHAR SHAHA	CPMSHYAMAL SAHA	1,7948.12%	82.3%
KHAYERPUR	INCRATAN LAL GHOSH	CPMPABITRA KAR	4912.29%	85.0%
KHOWAI	CPMBIDHYA CHANDRA DEBBARMA	INCARUN KUMAR DEBBARMA	9,38657.52%	84.2%
KRISHNAPUR	CPMJITENDRA SARKAR	INCASHOK KUMAR BAIDYA	3912.01%	83.7%
MAJLISHPUR	INCDIPAK NAG	CPMMANIK DEY	3061.63%	84.5%
MANDAIBAZAR	CPMRASHIRAM DEBBARMA	TUSCHANDRODOY RUPINI	8704.17%	78.3%
MANU	CPMBRAJAMOHAN JAIMATIA	INCBRAJAMOHAN TRIPURA	1180.75%	86.1%
MATARBARI	RSPCHITTA RANJAN SAHA	INCRANAJIT SINGHA ROY	6333.75%	85.3%
MOHANPUR	INCDHIRENDRA CHANDRA DEBNATH	CPMRADHA RAMAN DEBNATH	1,3417.77%	82.8%
NALCHAR	INCRASIKLAL ROY	CPMSUBAL RUDRA	4972.87%	88.2%
PABIACHHARA	CPMBIDHU BHUSHAN MALAKAR	INCJYOTIRMOY MALAKAR	5562.98%	84.2%
PANISAGAR	INCSUSHIL KUMAR CHAKMA	CPMMALENDHAN CHAKMA	1,8219.49%	78.5%
PENCHARTHAL	CPMSUBODH DAS	INCASHUTOSH DAS	1,2838.24%	79.9%
PRATAPGARH	CPMANIL SARKAR	INCMADHU SUDIN DAS	2,2867.74%	84.1%
RADHAKISHOREPUR	RSPGOPAL CHANDRA DAS	INCKAMINI KUMAR DAS	5142.75%	87.6%
RAIMA VALLEY	TUSRABINDRA DEBBARMA	CPMRAM KUMAR DEBBARMA	4151.99%	80.9%
RAJNAGAR	CPMKESHAB MAJUMDER	INCSUBRATA DHAR	2,70214.85%	87.1%
RAMCHANDRAGHAT	INCARUN KUMAR KAR	CPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR	1130.73%	88.8%

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, Feb 1988?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 26 of 60 seats in Tripura, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Feb 1988?

Turnout was 84.61% — 11.4 lakh of 13.4 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tripura have?

Tripura has 60 assembly seats.