Tripura assembly election, Mar 2003
60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 78.62% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
254
19 women, 2 elected
Turnout
78.62%
15.2 lakh of 19.3 lakh
Leading party
CPM
38 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tripura
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 38 | 0 | 55 | 7,11,119 | 46.82% | +1.33 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 13 | 0 | 42 | 4,98,749 | 32.84% | -1.12 |
| INPTINPT | 6 | +6 | 18 | 1,89,186 | 12.46% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28,688 | 1.89% | +0.24 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23,443 | 1.54% | +0.17 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20,032 | 1.32% | -4.55 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | -2 | 52 | 12,788 | 0.84% | -2.44 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9,844 | 0.65% | +0.09 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6,791 | 0.45% | +0.13 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6,493 | 0.43% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4,553 | 0.30% | — |
| LJNSPLJNSP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3,544 | 0.23% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2,615 | 0.17% | +0.14 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 944 | 0.06% | — |
- CPM38 (63%)
- INC13 (22%)
- INPT6 (10%)
- RSP2 (3%)
- CPI1 (2%)
- CPM38
- INC13
- INPT6
- RSP2
- CPI1
- CPM38
- INC13
- INPT6
- RSP2
- CPI1
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Tripura
Closest contest
KANCHANPUR
won by 1 (0.00%)
Biggest victory
TAKARJALA
won by 9,683 (58.89%)
Highest turnout
JOLAIBARI
87.30%
Lowest turnout
TAKARJALA
62.11%
Seat change
Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained45 (75%)
- Changed hands15 (25%)
45 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 15 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
- CPM
- INC
- INPT
- RSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGARTALA | INCSUDIP ROY BARMAN | CPMSANKAR DAS | 2,6107.31% | 75.6% |
| AMARPUR | INPTNAGENDRA JAMATIA | CPMNAKSHATRA JAMATIA | 4642.07% | 75.9% |
| AMBASSA | CPMPRASANTA DEBBARMA | INPTAJIT DEBBARMA | 4,72221.43% | 80.5% |
| AMPINAGAR | CPMGOUR KANTI GOSWAMI | INCSANKAR MALLA | 5,58419.88% | 85.6% |
| ASHARAMBARI | INPTANIMESH DEBBARMA | CPMAGHORE DEBBARMA | 3871.77% | 73.1% |
| BADHARGHAT | CPMSUBRATA CHAKRABARTY | INCDILIP SARKAR | 9482.05% | 80.0% |
| BAGBASSA | INCJYOTIRMOY NATH | CPMSUBODH NATH | 520.22% | 77.8% |
| BAGMA | CPMGUNAPADA JAMATIA | INPTRATI MOHAN JAMATIA | 750.30% | 80.5% |
| BAMUTIA | INCPRAKASH CH.DAS | CPMHARICHARAN SARKAR | 6312.42% | 81.5% |
| BANAMALIPUR | INCGOPAL CH.RAY | CPIPRASHANTA KAPALI | 1,5307.63% | 73.1% |
| BARJALA | INCDIPAK KUMAR ROY | CPMKALYANI DEY(MITRA) | 1,0302.75% | 82.0% |
| BELONIA | CPMSUDHAN DAS | INCBIKASH CH.DAS | 8,73527.79% | 86.9% |
| BISHALGARH | INCSAMIR RANJAN BARMAN | CPMBHANULAL SAHA | 1,5946.58% | 83.1% |
| BOXANAGAR | CPMSUKUMAR BARMAN | INCNANI GOPAL DAS | 3,57215.18% | 82.8% |
| CHANDIPUR | CPMTAPAN CHAKRABARTY | INCDEBASISH SEN | 3,73314.85% | 82.5% |
| CHARILAM | CPMSAHID CHOUDHURY | INCBILLAL MIA | 2,3169.49% | 86.1% |
| CHHAWMANU | INPTSYAMACHARAN TRIPURA | CPMGAJENDRA TRIPURA | 3,07516.13% | 65.9% |
| DHANPUR | CPMPADMA KUMAR DEBBARMA | INPTANANTA DEBBARMA | 3,43422.90% | 76.5% |
| DHARMANAGAR | CPMAMITABHA DATTA | INCSIMA PAL CHOUDHURY | 4661.83% | 72.8% |
| FATIKROY | CPMBIJOY ROY | INCSUJIT PAUL | 1,2375.42% | 78.9% |
| GOLAGHATI | INCASHOK DEBBARMA | CPMNIRANJAN DEBBARMA | 10.00% | 71.8% |
| HRISHYAMUKH | CPIMANINDRA REANG | INPTRANA KISHORE REANG | 2,4308.87% | 80.3% |
| JOLAIBARI | CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY | INCDILIP CHOUDHURY | 10,06537.22% | 87.3% |
| JUBARAJNAGAR | CPMRAMENDRA CH.DEBNATH | INCBIVA RANI NATH | 6042.50% | 80.3% |
| KADAMTALA - KURTI | CPMFAIZUR ROHMAN | INCABDUL MATIN CHOUDHURY | 1,0114.08% | 81.3% |
| KAILASAHAR | INCBIRAJIT SINHA | CPMINUCH MIA KHADIM | 2,0017.12% | 80.4% |
| KAKRABAN-SALGARAH | CPMMADHAB CH.SAHA | INCKASHIRAM REANG | 1,9717.25% | 85.6% |
| KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR | INCKAJAL CH.DAS | CPMMANINDRA CH.DAS | 1,1805.81% | 76.3% |
| KAMALASAGAR | CPMNARAYAN CH.CHOUDHURY | INCARUN BHOWMIK | 3,32113.07% | 82.0% |
| KAMALPUR | CPMBIJOY LAKSHMI SINGHA | INCMANOJ KANTI DEB | 2,56912.57% | 83.1% |
| KANCHANPUR | CPMRAJENDRA REANG | INPTRAJENDRA REANG | 10.00% | 64.2% |
| KARAMCHHARA | INPTBIJOY KUMAR HRANGKHAWL | CPMBIJOY KUMAR DEBBARMA | 3,98017.16% | 71.5% |
| KARBOOK | CPMRANJIT DEBNATH | INCJAWHAR SHAHA | 3,24010.84% | 83.5% |
| KHAYERPUR | CPMPABITRA KAR | INCLAKHSMI NAG | 4,03914.02% | 79.4% |
| KHOWAI | CPMSACHINDRA DEBBARMA | INPTAMIYA KUMAR DEBBARMA | 1,4868.09% | 76.0% |
| KRISHNAPUR | INCASHOK KUMAR BAIDYA | CPMJITENDRA SARKAR | 1,7237.08% | 77.9% |
| MAJLISHPUR | CPMMANIK DEY | INCDIPAK NAG | 2,7649.98% | 81.8% |
| MANDAIBAZAR | CPMMANORANJAN DEBBARMA | INPTJAGADISH DEBBARMA | 1,4505.70% | 69.7% |
| MANU | CPMJASHABIR TRIPURA | INPTMEVER KUMAR JAMATIA | 4,50423.67% | 81.1% |
| MATARBARI | RSPJOY GOBINDA DEB ROY | INCPRANJIT SINGHA ROY | 8843.43% | 83.9% |
| MOHANPUR | INCRATAN LAL NATH | CPMSANJIT DEBNATH | 3,97317.48% | 77.0% |
| NALCHAR | CPMSUBAL RUDRA | INCSUDHIR RANJAN MAJUMDER | 1,7516.81% | 85.7% |
| PABIACHHARA | CPMBIDHUBHUSAN MALAKAR | INCSWAPNA DAS | 1,9677.79% | 72.4% |
| PANISAGAR | CPMARUN KR,CHAKMA | INCNIRUPAMA CHAKMA | 2,0737.82% | 71.5% |
| PENCHARTHAL | CPMSUBODH DAS | INCBIKASH SHARMA | 1,7937.97% | 75.7% |
| PRATAPGARH | CPMANIL SARKAR | INCNARAYAN DAS | 5,85412.89% | 81.0% |
| RADHAKISHOREPUR | RSPGOPAL CH.DAS | INCMIRA DAS | 5,11318.92% | 84.2% |
| RAIMA VALLEY | INPTRABINDRA DEBBARMA | CPMLALIT MOHAN TRIPURA | 1490.53% | 74.1% |
| RAJNAGAR | CPMKESHAB MAJUMDER | INCRAJIB SAMADDAR | 7,16328.59% | 84.2% |
| RAMCHANDRAGHAT | CPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR | INCARUN KUMAR KAR | 3,42714.15% | 85.5% |
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, Mar 2003?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 38 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Mar 2003?
Turnout was 78.62% — 15.2 lakh of 19.3 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tripura have?
Tripura has 60 assembly seats.
