Tripura was recognized as a state in India on January 21, 1972. Before that, Tripura was a Union Territory. The first Legislative Assembly Election as a state was held on March 11, 1972. The 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

Indian National Congress led by Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, won 41 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on March 11, 1972. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating political parties #Type AbbreviationParty1National PartyBJSBharatiya Jan Sangh2CPICommunist Party of India3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)4INCIndian National Congress5State PartyFBLAll India Forward Bloc6Registered (Unrecognised) PartyTUSTripura Upajati Zuba Samiti7IndependentsINDIndependent

No. of constituencies Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total No. of Constituencies 36 5 19 60

Electors Men Women Total No.of Electors 406,712 359,381 766,093 No.of Electors who Voted 284,765 231,288 516,053 Polling Percentage 70.02% 64.36% 67.36%

Performance of women candidates Men Women Total No.of Contestants 230 04 328 Elected 60 00 60

Result

Results by party Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1967 Seats Indian National Congress 59 41 224,821 44.83% 27 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 57 16 189,667 37.82% 2 Communist Party of India 11 1 15,226 3.04% 1 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 0 5,883 1.17% - All India Forward Bloc 9 0 5,739 1.14% - Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 345 0.07% 0 Independents 85 2 59,792 11.92% 0 Total 234 60 501,473 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%1Simna75.04%Bhadramani Debbarma4,59453.02%S. B. Kishore Debbarman3,65642.2%9382Mohanpur66.05%Radharaman Debnath4,27751.58%Pram D. Ranjan Dasgupta3,59243.32%6853Bamutia71.4%Prafulla Kumar Das4,86261.72%Brajendra Biswas3,01538.28%1,8474Barjala67.67%Basana Chakraborty3,73355.67%Gouri Bhattacharjee2,30734.4%1,4265Kunjaban65.46%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya7,03352.38%Kanu Ghosh5,63341.95%1,4006Pratapgarh62.8%Madhusudan Das3,86249.%Jadab Chandra Majumder3,59345.59%2697Agartala Town III59.74%Sukhamoy Sen Gupta4,41549.44%Supriyo Bhowmik2,96333.18%1,4528Ananda Nagar68.21%Tarit Mohan Dasgupta4,34145.07%Khagen Das4,15943.18%1829Agartala Town I64.27%Ajoy Biswas3,81050.28%Renuka Chakraborty2,74236.19%1,06810Agartala Town II65.01%Krishnadas Bhattacharjee3,00948.01%Ashoke Chakraborty2,32237.05%68711Old Agartala70.44%Sailesh Chandra Some5,09856.76%Jagadish Chandra Dey2,21724.69%2,88112Majlishpur70.59%Jatindra Kumar Majumder3,72454.79%Bhanu Gosh3,07345.21%65113Mandaibazar65.98%Kalidas Debbarma4,71766.28%Bagala Prasad Debbarma1,66423.38%3,05314Uttar Debendranagar69.%Sabhiram Debbarma4,20856.51%Rabindra K. Debbarma1,94926.18%2,25915Ishanchandranagar69.56%Naresh Chandra Roy3,34946.62%Mati Lal Sarkar3,32846.33%2116Takarjala65.21%Gunapada Jamatia3,46141.37%Mahendra Debbarma3,04936.45%41217Kamalasagar75.41%Bichitra Mohan Saha3,93652.56%Nagendra Deb2,31630.93%1,62018Bishalgarh73.54%Samir Ranjan Barman2,77732.32%Babul Sengupta2,63830.7%13919Charilam67.03%Niranjan Deb2,80536.78%Monmohan Debbarma2,47432.44%33120Bishramganj69.65%Sudhanwa Debbarma2,74535.12%Deuan Chandra Tripura2,47931.72%26621Boxanagar74.34%Munsur Ali3,78754.69%Phani Bhushan Bhakta2,09730.29%1,69022Nalchar67.01%Benode Behari Das4,07848.77%Hari Madhab Bhowmik3,19938.26%87923Sonamura65.74%Debendra Kishore Chowdhury3,34055.44%Sultan Miah1,50424.97%1,83624Dhanpur67.66%Samar Chowdhury3,53048.64%Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta2,75737.99%77325Salgarh69.29%Tapash Dey3,96648.67%Abani Mohan Bhowmik2,90735.67%1,05926Kakraban69.4%Ajit Ranjan Ghosh3,38743.19%Kashab Chandra Majumder2,84936.33%53827Radhakishorpur72.7%Usha Ranjan Sen4,88848.37%Sushil Mukerjee3,50934.73%1,37928Matarbari67.34%Nishi Kanta Sarkar3,85145.7%Naresh Chandra Ghosh3,21538.16%63629Rajnagar63.83%Lakshmi Nag3,26534.63%Badal Chowdhury2,90830.85%35730Belonia58.79%Jitendra Lal Das3,99243.57%Suresh Chandra Chowdhury3,62739.59%36531Hrishyamukh63.1%Chandra Sekhar Dutta5,91166.14%Amalendu Chakraborty2,61329.24%3,29832Muhuripur58.6%Achaichhi Mog4,39455.93%Brajamohan Jamatia2,58332.88%1,81133Manu67.92%Hari Chanran Choudhrury4,76454.25%Thaingya Mog3,15735.95%1,60734Sabroom72.9%Kalipada Banerji6,18066.31%Sunil Kumar Chowdhury3,14033.69%3,04035Chellagong59.33%Baju Ban Riyan3,03241.25%Panji Ham Reang2,98940.67%4336Birganj66.57%Sushil Ranjan Saha3,64546.61%Syamal Kantisaha3,14240.17%50337Dumburnagar53.6%Pakhi Tripura3,27260.15%Rajprasad Chowdhury1,66430.59%1,60838Ampinagar59.63%Bullu Kuki3,66357.84%Gopinath Jamatia2,14033.79%1,52339Teliamura73.05%Anil Sarkar5,45851.19%Bir Chandra Barman3,84736.08%1,61140Mohar Chhera72.83%Ananta Hari Jamatia5,35151.36%Joy Mohan Debbarma3,69135.43%1,66041Kalyanpur84.55%Bidya Chandra Debbarma10,27377.36%Krishna Kumar Debbarma3,00622.64%7,26742Pramodenagar79.25%Manindra Debbarma7,43961.25%Nanda Kumar Debbarma4,70738.75%2,73243Khowai76.52%J Prasanna Bhattacharjee5,06956.35%Kaminisingh3,16235.15%1,90744Asharambari82.01%Nripen Chakraborty6,29058.92%Arun Kar4,13738.75%2,15345Kamalpur75.44%Sunil Chandra Datta4,42249.45%Makhan Datta3,76842.14%65446Surma77.2%Kshitish Chandra Das4,73748.73%Rudreswar Das4,20243.23%53547Kulaihower67.21%Mongchabai Mog6,38055.81%Dinesh Debbarma4,66240.78%1,71848Chawamanu50.4%Purna Mohan Tripura3,16448.03%Ghanshyam Dewan2,18933.23%97549Fatikroy67.29%Radhika Ranjan Gupta4,01938.55%Tarani Mohan Singha2,96628.45%1,05350Pabiachhara60.46%Gopi Nath Tripura3,97350.09%K. Mohan Debbarma3,27941.34%69451Chandipur77.71%Manindralal Bhowmik3,41848.94%Baidyanath Majumdar3,13844.93%28052Kailashahar70.73%Moulana Abdul Ratif4,29955.43%Bonode Dey1,72022.18%2,57953Bilaspur70.01%Subal Chandra Biswas4,22856.82%Barindra Malaker2,23029.97%1,99854Jubarajnagar65.03%Monoranjan Nath3,77751.37%Ram Kumar Nath2,18029.65%1,59755Longai57.45%Hangshadhwaz Dewan3,69046.41%Indu Madhav Chakma2,15627.12%1,53456Kanchanpur48.99%Raimuni Reang Chowdhury3,12646.66%Len Prasad Reang2,13831.92%98857Deocherra62.76%Abdul Wazid3,39944.97%Karunamoy Nath Chowdhury1,87024.74%1,52958Dharmanagar66.35%Amarendra Sarma3,72847.21%Debiprasad Purkayastha3,48944.19%23959Kadamtala61.99%Benoy Bhushan Banerjee2,68440.74%Abdul Rup1,71726.06%96760Sonichera61.18%Radha Raman Nath2,63733.61%Abdul Matin Chowdhury1,55119.77%1,086

Government formation Indian National Congress (INC) won 41 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The CPI-M won 18 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Sukhamoy Sen Gupta of the INC formed a government as Chief Minister on March 20, 1972.

Prafulla Kumar Das formed a government as Chief Minister on April 1, 1977.

Radhika Ranjan Gupta formed a coalition government with the Janata Party (JP) and the Left Front (LF) on July 26, 1977. Chief Minister Radhika Ranjan Gupta resigned, and the state of Tripura was placed under presidential rule from November 5, 1977 to January 5, 1978.

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