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

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 Partytype AbbreviationPartyNational Parties1CPI Communist Party of India2CPI-M Communist Party of India (Marxist)3INC Indian National Congress4JNP Janata PartyState Parties5FBL All India Forward Bloc6RSP Revolutionary Socialist PartyRegistered (Unrecognised ) Parties7PBI Proutist Bloc of India8TCD Congress for Democracy9TUS Tripura Upajati Zuba SamitiIndependents10INDIndependentS

No. of Constituencies Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total No. of Constituencies 34 7 19 60

Electors Men Women Total No.of Electors 495,342 466,656 961,998 No.of Electors who Voted 406,052 358,878 764,930 Polling Percentage 81.97% 76.90% 79.51%

Performance of Women Candidates Men Women Total No.of Contestants 322 06 328 Elected 59 01 60

Result

Results by party

Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1972 Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 51 352,652 47.00% 16 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 28 4 59,474 7.93% 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 12,446 1.66% - All India Forward Bloc 1 1 7,800 1.04% 0 Indian National Congress 60 0 133,240 17.76% 41 Janata Party 59 0 78,479 10.46% - Congress for Democracy 59 0 66,913 9.08% - Communist Party of India 10 0 6,266 0.84% 1 Proutist Bloc of India 6 0 2,139 0.29% - Independents 48 2 30,862 4.11% 2 Total 328 60 750,271 Source: ECI

Results by constituency + Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Simna83.98%Abhiram Debbarma6,80054.13%Maharajkumar Sahadev Bikram Kishore Dev Barman2,73921.8%4,0612Mohanpur81.74%Radharaman Debnath4,59936.51%Ambika Deb2,79722.21%1,8023Bamutia83.52%Haricharan Sarkar6,19549.7%Parfulla Kumar Das5,27642.33%9194Barjala82.1%Gouri Bhattacharjee8,17858.79%Reserwar Datta3,31723.84%4,8615Khayerpur78.93%Akhil Debnath5,83345.4%Amar Ranjan Gupta2,16816.87%3,6656Agartala78.14%Ajoy Biswas10,68268.2%Kamal Kumar Singha2,02112.9%8,6617Ramnagar78.72%Biren Datta8,42063.41%Apanshu Mohan Lodh2,55319.23%5,8678Town Bordowali77.93%Brajagopal Roy7,80062.76%Dwijen Dey2,03416.37%5,7669Banamalipur79.01%Bibekananda Bhowmik6,73464.43%Priya Lal Paul1,74516.7%4,98910Majlishpur84.67%Khagen Das4,43737.07%Jatindra Kumar Majumdar2,42520.26%2,01211Mandaibazar78.24%Rashiram Debbarma6,91550.72%Kshirode Debbarma3,60626.45%3,30912Takarjala76.36%Sudhanwa Debbarma5,35841.5%Biswa Kumar Debbarma4,07531.56%1,28313Pratapgarh82.27%Anil Sarkar10,86966.44%Madhusudan Das3,39720.76%7,47214Badharghat80.06%Jadab Majumder10,81674.83%Sachindra Lal Singha1,84412.76%8,97215Kamalasagar79.99%Matilal Sarkar7,04158.12%Manoranjan Laskar2,45120.23%4,59016Bishalgarh81.89%Gautam Prasad Dutta5,38445.47%Samir Ranjan Barman3,54629.95%1,83817Golaghati80.92%Niranjan Debbarma4,25431.85%Budha Debbarma3,17123.74%1,08318Charilam79.78%Harinath Debbarma4,25933.2%Durga Prasad Sikdar3,23125.18%1,02819Boxanagar84.81%Arabar Rahaman5,25547.1%Munsur Ali4,11436.88%1,14120Nalchar83.37%Sumanta Kumar Das6,43352.69%Bir Chandra Barman2,94524.12%3,48821Sonamura84.%Subal Rudra6,46953.88%Debendra Kishore Chowdhury4,38936.55%2,08022Dhanpur83.08%Samar Chowdhury6,24448.79%Brojendra Ghosh3,10024.22%3,14423Ramchandraghat89.22%Dasarath Deb9,58581.57%Nand Kumar Debbarma1,1669.92%8,41924Khowai84.66%Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha5,71551.25%Arun Kar3,21528.83%2,50025Asharambari82.94%Bidya Chandra Debbarma9,50677.7%Dayanand Debbarma1,1259.19%8,38126Pramodenagar82.3%Nirpen Chakraborty8,78657.53%Upendra Chandra Debnath2,56516.79%6,22127Kalyanpur83.94%Makhan Lal Chakraborty5,21141.27%Ashoke Kumar Bhattacharya2,84222.51%2,36928Krishnapur67.32%Manindra Debbarma6,11657.3%Maharajkumar Nakshatra Bikram1,70315.95%4,41329Teliamura78.97%Jitendra Sarkar5,76942.31%Ratan Chakraborty3,38724.84%2,38230Bagma79.66%Rati Mohan Jamaitia5,65245.26%Ganapada Jamatia5,19441.59%45831Salgarh82.49%Gopal Chandra Das6,96860.32%Jitendra Chandra Das1,62014.02%5,34832Radhakishorpur80.8%Jogesh Chakraborty5,47854.62%Usha Ranjan Sen1,75517.5%3,72333Matarbari82.2%Naresh Chandra Ghosh6,37250.91%Anil Sarkar2,41819.32%3,95434Kakraban82.71%Kashab Chandra Majumder6,78153.7%Ajit Ranjan Ghosh3,00623.8%3,77535Rajnagar78.8%Nakul Das7,82855.49%Upendra Kumar Das5,10036.15%2,72836Belonia81.72%Jyotirmoy Das5,46041.65%Manoranjan Majumder5,34140.74%11937Santirbazar78.29%Drao Kumar Reang4,39730.08%Subodh Chandra Nath3,90226.69%49538Hrishyamukh83.22%Badal Chowdhury7,55256.01%Arun Chandra Bhowmik5,20938.63%2,34339Jolaibari76.69%Brajamohan Jamatia3,60336.57%Kashi Ram Reang3,07131.17%53240Manu78.9%Matahari Chowdhury6,29242.65%Angju Mog5,09834.56%1,19441Sabroom83.94%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury6,53746.94%Rabindra Kumar Patari3,71226.66%2,82542Ampinagar73.6%Nagendra Jamatia5,74445.17%Madhu Sudan Kalai4,81437.86%93043Birganj77.9%Syamal Saha5,74539.5%Kanai Lal Sarkar4,21228.96%1,53344Raima Valley67.65%Baju Ban Riyan7,66172.65%Monojay Roaja1,58815.06%6,07345Kamalpur84.04%Bimal Singha7,63470.06%Brajakishore Singha1,15610.61%6,47846Surma83.58%Rudrewar Das7,40357.83%Jogendra Das2,09616.37%5,30747Salema81.29%Dinesh Debbarma6,89053.24%Madan Mohan Debbarma3,30225.52%3,58848Kulai76.7%Kamini Debbarma6,05046.34%Prafulla Roaja2,66420.41%3,38649Chawamanu68.48%Purna Mohan Tripura4,61349.9%Shyama Charan Tripura1,58717.17%3,02650Pabiachhara75.96%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar6,27053.84%Brajendra Das2,77823.85%3,49251Fatikroy82.67%Tarani Mohan Singha6,05744.21%Gopesh Ranjan Deb3,36524.56%2,69252Chandipur82.56%Baidyanath Majumdar9,19764.38%Manindralal Bhowmik3,26022.82%5,93753Kailashahar78.54%Tapan Chakraborty7,11153.36%Abdul Shahid3,95429.67%3,15754Kurti76.51%Faizur Rahaman5,50048.28%Gopendra Kumar Das1,23310.82%4,26755Kadamtala73.02%Umesh Chandra Nath5,57556.06%Luthfur Rahaman Chowdhury1,73117.41%3,84456Dharmanagar79.12%Amarendra Sarma6,64053.94%Debiprasad Purkayastha2,96324.07%3,67757Jubarajnagar80.62%Ram Kumar Nath6,37956.21%Manoranjan Nath2,25519.87%4,12458Pencharthal70.29%Mohan Lal Chakma4,97742.47%Sushil Kumar Chakma2,96625.31%2,01159Panisagar75.21%Subodh Chandra Das5,58858.4%Debendra Chandra Nath7818.16%4,80760Kanchanpur65.06%Mandida Reang5,60855.81%Sukadayal Jamatia2,01220.02%3,596

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.

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