Elections in Tripura – 2014 Results
Tripura is a small state situated in the north eastern state of India. It was an union territory earlier but was later declared as a state in 1972. The general elections will take place in two phases on 7th April and 12th April. The state has two parliamentary constituencies and elections will be held for the same.
Cabinet Ministers of Tripura
Ministries | Name of Minsiter |
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Chief Minister, Home (excluding Jail & Fire Services), Planning and Co-ordination, GA (Excluding Printing and Stationary) | Shri. Manik Sarkar |
Agriculture, Tribal Welfare (Excluding TRP, PTG), Animal Resource Development | Shri. Aghore Debbarma |
Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Revenue, Public Works(Excluding Drinking water and sanitation) | Shri. Badal Choudhury |
Minister for Education(School & Higher), Industries & Commerce (including IT), Law | Shri. Tapan Chakraborty |
Power, Urban Development, Rural Development (Panchayat), Transport | Shri. Manik Dey |
Rural Development (Excluding Panchayat), Forest, Election | Shri Naresh Chandra Jamatia |
Co-operation, Fisheries, Home (Fire service) | Shri. Khangendra Jamatia |
Tribal Welfare (TRP & PTG), Home (Jail), Printing and Stationary | Shri Manindra Reang (CPI) |
Social Welfare & Social Education, Welfare of OBC,Science, Technology and Environment | Smt.Bijita Nath |
Minority Development, Labour, Sports and Youth Affairs | Shri. Sahid Choudhury |
Higher Education, Food, Civil supplies and Consumers Affaires ,Information and Cultural Affairs, Election | Shri. Bhanu Lal Saha |
Welfare of Scheduled Caste (SC), Public Works (Drinking Water and Sanitation) , Tourism | Shri Ratan Bhowmik |
Tripura General Elections – 2014
Dates and schedule for the General elections
Phase 1 | |
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No of PCs going to poll 1 | (PC no. 1) |
Issue of Notification | 14 Mar 14 (Fri) |
Last Date for filing Nominations | 21 Mar 14 (Fri) |
Scrutiny of Nominations | 22 Mar 14 (Sat) |
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | 24 Mar 14 (Mon) |
Date of Poll | 07 Apr 14 (Mon) |
Counting of Votes | 16 May 14 (Fri) |
Date before which the election shall be completed | 28 May 14 (Wed) |
Phase 4 | |
No of PCs going to poll 1 | (PC no. 2) |
Issue of Notification | 19 Mar 14 (Wed) |
Last Date for filing Nominations | 26 Mar 14 (Wed) |
Scrutiny of Nominations | 27 Mar 14 (Thu) |
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | 29 Mar 14 (Sat) |
Date of Poll | 12 Apr 14 (Sat) |
Counting of Votes | 16 May 14 (Fri) |
Date before which the election shall be completed | 28 May 14 (Wed) |
Political Parties of the state
The main National parties in Tripura are :
- The Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- The Indian National Congress
- The Bharatiya Janata party
- The Communist Party of India
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The main state parties are :
- All India Trinamool Congress
- ndigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- Amra Bangalee ( registered)
- Lok Jan Shakti Party (registered)
Administration Process
The administration of the state is carried out by the chief minister and his council of ministers. The constitutional head of the state is Governor and he is appointed by the President of India. The Legislature is unicameral and has Legislative Assembly. There are 60 seats in the assembly. The term of Assembly is five years.
List of Chief Ministers of Tripura
Sr. No. | Chief Ministers Name | From | To | Party |
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1 | Sachindra Lal Singh | Jul 1, 1963 | Nov 1, 1971 | INC |
President’s rule | Nov 1, 1971 | Mar 20, 1972 | ||
2 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta | Mar 20, 1972 | Mar 31, 1977 | INC |
3 | Prafulla Kumar Das | Apr 1, 1977 | Jul 25, 1977 | CD |
4 | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | Jul 26, 1977 | Nov 4, 1977 | JP |
President’s rule | Nov 5, 1977 | Jan 5, 1978 | ||
5 | Nripen Chakraborty | Jan 5, 1978 | Feb 5, 1988 | CPI(M) |
6 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | Feb 5, 1988 | Feb 19, 1992 | INC |
7 | Samir Ranjan Barman | Feb 19, 1992 | Mar 10, 1993 | INC |
President’s rule | Mar 11, 1993 | Apr 10, 1993 | ||
8 | Dasarath Deb | Apr 10, 1993 | Mar 11, 1998 | CPI(M) |
9 | Manik Sarkar | Mar 11, 1998 | Present | CPI(M) |
List of Governors of Tripura
Sr. No. | Name of Governors | From | To |
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1 | B. K. Nehru | Jan 21, 1972 | Sep 22, 1973 |
2 | L. P. Singh | Sep 23, 1973 | Aug 13, 1981 |
3 | S. M. H. Burney | Aug 14, 1981 | Jun 13, 1984 |
4 | General K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM (Retd.) | Jun 14, 1984 | Jul 11, 1989 |
5 | Sultan Singh | Jul 12, 1989 | Feb 11, 1990 |
6 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | Feb 12, 1990 | Aug 14, 1993 |
7 | Romesh Bhandari | Aug 15, 1993 | Jun 15, 1995 |
8 | Prof. Siddheswar Prasad | Jun 16, 1995 | Jun 22, 2000 |
9 | Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth, PVSM, AVSM | Jun 23, 2000 | May 31, 2003 |
10 | Dinesh Nandan Sahay | Jun 2, 2003 | Jul 1, 1905 |
11 | Kamla Beniwal | Oct 15, 2009 | Nov 26, 2009 |
12 | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | Nov 27, 2009 | Mar 8, 2013 |
13 | Devanand Konwar | Mar 9, 2013 | Present |
List of winner/runnerup candidates for parliamentary constituencies of Tripura with party name, symbol and votes by each candidate.
Constituency | Status | Name | Party | Vote |
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Tripura East | Winner | Jitendra Choudhury | CPM | 623771 |
Runner up | Sachitra Deb Barma | INC | 139413 | |
Tripura West | Winner | Sankar Prasad Dutta | CPM | 671665 |
Runner up | Prof Arunoday Saha | INC | 168179 |