1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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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]
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]
Partytype Abbreviation | Party | |
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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 |
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No. of Constituencies | 18 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
Electors[edit]
Men | Women | Total | |
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No.of Electors | 605,934 | 605,934 | |
No.of Electors who Voted | 450,334 | 450,334 | |
Polling Percentage | 74.32% | 74.32% |
Performance of Women Candidates[edit]
Men | Women | Total | |
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No.of Contestants | 86 | 01 | 87 |
Elected | 30 | 00 | 30 |
Result[edit]
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India |
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Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | No. of Votes | % of Votes | 1963 Seats |
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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 |
Constituency wise Winners[edit]
AC
No | Assembly Constituency Name | Winner Candidates Name | Gender | Party |
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1 | Mohanpur | P . R . D . Gupta | M | INC |
2 | Agartalasadar I (SC) | B . B . Das | M | INC |
3 | Agartalasadar II | S . Singh | M | INC |
4 | Agartala Sadar III | T . M . D . Gupta | M | INC |
5 | Agartala Town | K . Bhattacharjee | M | INC |
6 | Old Agartala | J . K . Majumder | M | INC |
7 | Uttar Debendranagar (ST) | A . D . Barma | M | CPM |
8 | Takarjala (ST) | M . D . Barma | M | INC |
9 | Bishalgarh | U . L . Singh | M | INC |
10 | Charilam (ST) | A. Debbarma | M | CPI |
11 | Sonamura North | D . K . Chaudhuri | M | INC |
12 | Sonamura South | B . Ali | M | INC |
13 | Salgarh | E . A . Choudhury | M | INC |
14 | Radhakishorepur | N . K . Sarkar | M | INC |
15 | Belonia | U . K . Roy | M | INC |
16 | Muhuripur | S . C . Choudhury | M | INC |
17 | Sabroom (ST) | A . Mag | M | INC |
18 | Birganj (ST) | B . B . Riyan | M | INC |
19 | Dumburnagar (ST) | R . C . D . Rankhal | M | INC |
20 | Teliamura (SC) | P . K . Das | M | INC |
21 | Kalyanpur (ST) | B . C . D . Barma | M | CPM |
22 | Khowai | S . C . Datta | M | INC |
23 | Kamalpur (SC) | K . C . Das | M | INC |
24 | Kulaihour (ST) | G . Dewan | M | INC |
25 | Fatikroy | R . R . Gupta | M | INC |
26 | Kailashahar | M . L . Bhowmik | M | INC |
27 | Dharmanagar South | M . Nath | M | INC |
28 | Kanchanpur (ST) | R . P . Choudhury | M | INC |
29 | Dharmanagar North | B . B . Banerjee | M | INC |
30 | Kadamtala | A . Wazid | M | INC |
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.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tripura union territory".
- ↑ "State Election Commission, Tripura".
- ↑ "List of Participating Political Parties".
- ↑ "Constituencies-Tripura".
- ↑ "Total No.of Electors".
- ↑ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- ↑ "1967 Tripura Election result".
- ↑ "Detailed Result 1967".
- ↑ "Government formation-1967,Tripura".