Tripura assembly election, Mar 2008

60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 92.29% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

313

31 women, 3 elected

Turnout

92.29%

18.8 lakh of 20.4 lakh

Leading party

CPM

46 of 60 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tripura

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	46	+8	56	9,03,009	48.01%	+1.19
INC Indian National Congress	10	-3	48	6,84,207	36.38%	+3.54
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	0	2	31,717	1.69%	-0.20
INPT INPT	1	-5	11	1,16,761	6.21%	-6.25
CPI Communist Party of India	1	0	2	27,891	1.48%	-0.06
IND Independent	0	0	60	60,413	3.21%	+2.37
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	49	28,102	1.49%	+0.18
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	0	0	22	6,620	0.35%	-0.08
AMB AMB	0	0	20	5,767	0.31%	-0.14
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	14	5,261	0.28%	+0.11
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	9	3,100	0.16%	—
AIFB AIFB	0	0	12	2,961	0.16%	—
PDS PDS	0	0	1	2,062	0.11%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	5	1,882	0.10%	-0.20
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	2	1,081	0.06%	0.00

CPM46 (77%)
INC10 (17%)
RSP2 (3%)
INPT1 (2%)
CPI1 (2%)

CPM46
INC10
RSP2
INPT1
CPI1

CPM46
INC10
RSP2
INPT1
CPI1

Constituency performance

From the 60 results in Tripura

Closest contest

KARAMCHHARA

won by 115 (0.36%)

Biggest victory

DHANPUR

won by 6,503 (33.17%)

Highest turnout

RAMCHANDRAGHAT

95.81%

Lowest turnout

BANAMALIPUR

87.05%

Seat change

Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2003), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained44 (73%)
Changed hands16 (27%)

44 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 16 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
RSP
INPT

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

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

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AGARTALA	INCSUDIP ROY BARMAN	CPMBIKASH ROY	1,8254.41%	87.3%
AMARPUR	CPMDANIEL JAMATIA	INPTNAGENDRA JAMATIA	2,94410.98%	91.2%
AMBASSA	CPMPRASANTA DEBBARMA	INCJADU MOHAN TRIPURA	3,79514.32%	91.0%
AMPINAGAR	CPMRITA KAR (MAJUMDER)	INDPREMTOSH NATH	8,30724.71%	93.6%
ASHARAMBARI	CPMAGHORE DEBBARMA	INDANIMESH DEBBARMA	4,81917.38%	93.1%
BADHARGHAT	INCDILIP SARKAR	CPMSUBRATA CHAKRABORTY	3750.61%	92.8%
BAGBASSA	CPMBIJITA NATH	INCJYOTIRMOY NATH	1280.46%	88.0%
BAGMA	CPMNARESH CHANDRA JAMATIA	INCRATI MOHAN JAMATIA	1,9156.65%	93.0%
BAMUTIA	CPMHARICHARAN SARKAR	INCPRAKASH CHANDRA DAS	2,3807.15%	93.7%
BANAMALIPUR	INCGOPAL CHANDRA ROY	CPIPRASANTA KAPALI	2,80812.43%	87.0%
BARJALA	CPMSANKAR PRASAD DATTA	INCDIPAK KUMAR ROY	5981.18%	93.3%
BELONIA	CPMSUDHAN DAS	INCBIKASH CHANDRA DAS	7,26818.60%	94.1%
BISHALGARH	CPMBHANULAL SAHA	INCSAMIR RANJAN BARMAN	9142.99%	94.3%
BOXANAGAR	CPMSUKUMAR BARMAN	INCSUKLA DAS	2,5329.00%	94.5%
CHANDIPUR	CPMTAPAN CHAKRABORTY	INCRUDRENDU BHATTACHARJEE	6,03419.39%	92.3%
CHARILAM	CPMSAHID CHOUDHURI	INCBILLAL MIA	6922.49%	93.9%
CHHAWMANU	CPMSRI NIRAJOY TRIPURA	INPTSRI SHYAMA CHARAN TRIPURA	1,1014.30%	87.9%
DHANPUR	CPMPADMA KUMAR DEBBARMA	INDANIMESH DEBBARMA	6,50333.17%	91.8%
DHARMANAGAR	INCBISWA BANDHU SEN	CPMAMITABHA DATTA	2,4107.79%	89.9%
FATIKROY	CPMBIJOY ROY	INCSUNIL CHANDRA DAS	2,3138.17%	92.4%
GOLAGHATI	CPMKESAB DEBBARMA	INCASHOK DEBBARMA	2,98711.54%	93.1%
HRISHYAMUKH	CPIMANINDRA REANG	INCGOURI SANKAR REANG	2,7838.01%	93.5%
JOLAIBARI	CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY	INCDILIP CHOUDHURY	7,76123.81%	95.2%
JUBARAJNAGAR	CPMRAMENDRA CHANDRA DEBNATH	INCBIVA RANI NATH	1,6165.63%	93.0%
KADAMTALA - KURTI	CPMFAYZUR RAHMAN	INDABDUL MATIN CHOUDHURY	3,22811.21%	89.5%
KAILASAHAR	INCBIRAJIT SINHA	CPMJAYANTA CHAKRABORTY	9312.73%	91.7%
KAKRABAN-SALGARAH	CPMMADHAB CHANDRA SAHA	INCBIBHU KUMARI DEVI	1,2203.92%	95.3%
KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR	CPMMANINDRA CHANDRA DAS	INCKAJAL CHANDRA DAS	8623.42%	93.4%
KAMALASAGAR	CPMNARAYAN CHANDRA CHOUDHURI	INCMATILAL SAHA	2,8338.73%	93.8%
KAMALPUR	INCSRI MANOJ KANTI DEB	CPMSMT BIJOY LAKSHMI SINGHA	1350.55%	93.0%
KANCHANPUR	CPMRAJENDRA REANG	INCSANJIT KUMAR REANG	5031.73%	88.5%
KARAMCHHARA	INPTSRI BIJOY KUMAR HARNGKHAWL	CPMSMT. SABITRI DEBBARMA	1150.36%	90.5%
KARBOOK	CPMMANORANJAN ACHARJEE	INCJAWHAR SAHA	2,6557.57%	95.5%
KHAYERPUR	CPMPABITRA KAR	INCRATAN CHAKRABORTI	1,0012.64%	92.3%
KHOWAI	CPMSACHINDRA DEBBARMA	INPTAMIYA KUMAR DEBBARMA	4,53118.69%	92.4%
KRISHNAPUR	CPMGOURI DAS	INCASHOK KUMAR BAIDYA	1,1693.95%	92.4%
MAJLISHPUR	CPMMANIK DEY	INCDIPAK NAG	1,2483.58%	93.7%
MANDAIBAZAR	CPMMONORANJAN DEBBARMA	INPTJAGADISH DEBBARMA	9672.88%	90.7%
MANU	CPMJASHABIR TRIPURA	INCBRAJENDRA MOG CHAUDHURI	5,50823.61%	92.9%
MATARBARI	RSPJOYGOBINDA DEB ROY	INCPRANAJIT SINGHA ROY	4671.59%	94.6%
MOHANPUR	INCRATAN LAL NATH	CPMSUBHAS CHANDRA DEBNATH	1,3564.80%	92.7%
NALCHAR	INCSUBAL BHOWMIK	CPMSUBAL RUDRA	8292.81%	94.8%
PABIACHHARA	CPMBIDHU BHUSAN MALAKAR	INCPHANINDRA DAS	2,4667.26%	92.0%
PANISAGAR	CPMARUN KUMAR CHAKMA	INCSUSHIL KUMAR CHAKMA	2,7508.08%	89.8%
PENCHARTHAL	CPMSUBODH DAS	INCRADHIKA RANJAN DAS	1,7086.10%	89.1%
PRATAPGARH	CPMANIL SARKAR	INCBIMAL CHANDRA BARMAN	7,05011.81%	92.3%
RADHAKISHOREPUR	RSPPARTHA DAS	INCMIRA DAS	4,95115.97%	94.4%
RAIMA VALLEY	CPMSRI LALIT MOHAN TRIPURA.	INPTSRI RABINDRA DEBBARMA	3,86410.63%	92.3%
RAJNAGAR	CPMKESHAB MAJUMDER	INCRAJIB SAMADDAR	6,02121.28%	93.7%
RAMCHANDRAGHAT	CPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR	INCARUN KUMAR KAR	3,32311.73%	95.8%

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, Mar 2008?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 46 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Mar 2008?

Turnout was 92.29% — 18.8 lakh of 20.4 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Tripura have?

Tripura has 60 assembly seats.