Until 1972, Tripura was a Union Territory.[1] The 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 21 February 1967 in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 30 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.[2]
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Indian National Congress led by Sachindra Lal Singh, won 27 seats and formed a Government in Tripura union territory.
Highlights edit
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 21, 1967. The election were held in a single phase for all the 30 assembly constituencies.
Participating Political Parties edit
| Num | Partytype Abbreviation | Party |
|---|---|---|
| National Parties | ||
| 1 | BJS | Bharatiya Jan Sangh |
| 2 | CPI | Communist Party of India |
| 3 | CPM | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 4 | INC | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | SSP | Sanghata Socialist Party |
| Independents | ||
| 6 | IND | Independent |
No. of Constituencies edit
| Type of Constituencies | GEN | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Constituencies | 18 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
Electors edit
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Electors | 605,934 | -
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605,934 |
| No.of Electors who Voted | 450,334 | -
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450,334 |
| Polling Percentage | 74.32% | -
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74.32% |
Performance of Women Candidates edit
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Contestants | 86 | 01 | 87 |
| Elected | 30 | 00 | 30 |
Result edit
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| Party | Seats Contested |
Seats Won |
Votes | Vote % | 1963 Seats | ||||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 5 | 0 | 1,506 | 0.35% | No data available | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 7 | 1 | 34,562 | 7.97% | No data available | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 | 2 | 93,739 | 21.61% | No data available | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 30 | 27 | 251,345 | 57.95% | No data available | ||||
| Sanghata Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 83 | 0.02% | No data available | ||||
| Independents | 28 | 0 | 52,457 | 12.10% | No data available | ||||
| Total | 87 | 30 | 433,692 | ||||||
| Source: ECI[7] | |||||||||
Results by constituency edit
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Mohanpur | 74.% | Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta | INC | 8,666 | 55.27% | N. Chakravorty | CPI(M) | 6,882 | 43.89% | 1,784 | ||
| 2 | Agartala Sadar I | 76.68% | B. B. Das | INC | 8,117 | 60.38% | M. K. Roy | CPI(M) | 3,468 | 25.8% | 4,649 | ||
| 3 | Agartala Sadar II | 73.96% | S. Singh | INC | 11,445 | 64.42% | S. R. Chanda | CPI(M) | 5,837 | 32.85% | 5,608 | ||
| 4 | Agartala Sadar III | 75.57% | T. M. D. Gupta | INC | 8,872 | 57.18% | S. S. Gupta | Independent | 5,283 | 34.05% | 3,589 | ||
| 5 | Agartala Town | 73.11% | K. Bhattacharjee | INC | 6,853 | 54.26% | A. Islam | CPI | 4,250 | 33.65% | 2,603 | ||
| 6 | Old Agartala | 81.04% | J. K. Majumder | INC | 8,672 | 54.6% | Sailesh Chandra Some | Independent | 7,211 | 45.4% | 1,461 | ||
| 7 | Uttar Debendranagar | 75.32% | A. D. Barma | CPI(M) | 10,559 | 72.09% | B. P. D. Barma | INC | 4,088 | 27.91% | 6,471 | ||
| 8 | Takarjala | 67.79% | M. D. Barma | INC | 6,945 | 54.84% | B. D. Barma | Independent | 5,720 | 45.16% | 1,225 | ||
| 9 | Bishalgarh | 74.02% | U. L. Singh | INC | 8,072 | 55.59% | B. M. Saha | Independent | 6,136 | 42.26% | 1,936 | ||
| 10 | Charilam | 73.27% | A. Debbarma | CPI | 7,230 | 50.68% | K. C. D. Barma | INC | 7,037 | 49.32% | 193 | ||
| 11 | Sonamura North | 82.1% | Debendra Kishore Chowdhury | INC | 8,807 | 74.% | D. C. S. Gupta | Independent | 2,439 | 20.49% | 6,368 | ||
| 12 | Sonamura South | 83.28% | B. Ali | INC | 7,888 | 65.58% | B. R. Pal | Independent | 4,140 | 34.42% | 3,748 | ||
| 13 | Salgarh | 74.8% | E. A. Chowdhury | INC | 8,424 | 71.09% | N. C. Ghose | CPI(M) | 2,335 | 19.7% | 6,089 | ||
| 14 | Radhakishorpur | 72.54% | N. K. Sarkar | INC | 10,878 | 67.87% | Sunil Krishna Das | CPI | 3,117 | 19.45% | 7,761 | ||
| 15 | Belonia | 77.29% | U. K. Roy | INC | 10,502 | 60.05% | Jitendra Lal Das | CPI | 6,691 | 38.26% | 3,811 | ||
| 16 | Muhuripur | 73.% | S. C. Chowdhury | INC | 11,584 | 76.29% | Hiura Aung Mog | CPI | 2,875 | 18.93% | 8,709 | ||
| 17 | Sabroom | 77.56% | A. Mag | INC | 11,638 | 69.93% | A. Mag | CPI | 4,642 | 27.89% | 6,996 | ||
| 18 | Birganj | 64.36% | B. B. Riyan | INC | 6,152 | 55.49% | R. K. D. Barma | CPI(M) | 4,348 | 39.22% | 1,804 | ||
| 19 | Dumburnagar | 61.5% | R. C. D. Rankhal | INC | 5,221 | 56.72% | S. D. Barma | CPI(M) | 3,984 | 43.28% | 1,237 | ||
| 20 | Teliamura | 73.53% | P. K. Das | INC | 11,558 | 64.6% | A. C. Sarker | CPI(M) | 5,435 | 30.38% | 6,123 | ||
| 21 | Kalyanpur | 89.71% | Bidya Chandra Debbarma | CPI(M) | 14,330 | 62.57% | N. K. D. Barma | INC | 8,572 | 37.43% | 5,758 | ||
| 22 | Khowai | 85.14% | S. C. Datta | INC | 10,964 | 61.06% | J. Bhattacharjee | Independent | 6,650 | 37.03% | 4,314 | ||
| 23 | Kamalpur | 79.11% | K. C. Das | INC | 10,141 | 63.07% | N. K. Namadas | CPI(M) | 5,939 | 36.93% | 4,202 | ||
| 24 | Kulaihower | 58.9% | G. Dewan | INC | 8,406 | 57.05% | D. D. Barma | CPI(M) | 6,329 | 42.95% | 2,077 | ||
| 25 | Fatikroy | 69.68% | Radhika Ranjan Gupta | INC | 7,750 | 55.9% | Rakhal Raj Kumar | CPI | 5,757 | 41.52% | 1,993 | ||
| 26 | Kailashahar | 81.63% | M. L. Bhowmik | INC | 8,190 | 51.09% | B. Majumder | CPI(M) | 7,841 | 48.91% | 349 | ||
| 27 | Dharmanagar South | 74.81% | M. Nath | INC | 8,354 | 64.12% | R. K. Nath | CPI(M) | 4,674 | 35.88% | 3,680 | ||
| 28 | Kanchanpur | 57.06% | R. P. Chowdhury | INC | 5,192 | 64.63% | Mandida Reang | CPI(M) | 2,485 | 30.93% | 2,707 | ||
| 29 | Dharmanagar North | 73.85% | B. B. Banerjee | INC | 6,467 | 52.59% | D. Chakraborty | CPI(M) | 3,437 | 27.95% | 3,030 | ||
| 30 | Kadamtala | 68.91% | A. Wazid | INC | 5,890 | 47.35% | S. D. Nath | CPI(M) | 5,856 | 47.08% | 34 | ||
Government formation edit
Indian National Congress,(INC) won a majority of the 30 seats in the assembly. Sachindra Lal Singh of the INC continued as Chief Minister.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "43. India/Tripura (1949-present)". uca.edu.
- ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
- ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
- ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
- ^ "Total No.of Electors".
- ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- ^ "1967 Tripura Election result".
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.