1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Tripura

The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.^[1]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

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No. of Constituencies

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Electors

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Performance of Women Candidates

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Result

Results by constituency

Government Formation

The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978.^[8]

References

1. "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
2. "List of Participating Political Parties".
3. "Constituencies-Tripura".
4. "Total No.of Electors".
5. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
6. "1977 Tripura Election result".
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 13 June 2018.
8. "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.