1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1962 21 Feb 1967 1972 →

30 seats in the Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sachindra Lal Singh -
Party INC CPI (M)
Leader's seat Agartala Sadar II -
Last election No data available No data available
Seats won 27 2
Seat change No data available No data available
Popular vote 251,345 93,739
Percentage 57.95% 21.61%

Chief Minister before election

Sachindra Lal Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Sachindra Lal Singh
INC

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
National Parties
1BJS Bharatiya Jan Sangh
2CPI Communist Party of India
3CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4INC Indian National Congress
5SSP Sanghata Socialist Party
Independents
6INDIndependent

[3]

No. of Constituencies[edit]

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 18 3 9 30

[4]

Electors[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Electors 605,934
-
605,934
No.of Electors who Voted 450,334
-
450,334
Polling Percentage 74.32%
-
74.32%

[5]

Performance of Women Candidates[edit]

Men Women Total
No.of Contestants 86 01 87
Elected 30 00 30

[6]

Result[edit]

Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 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

[7]

Constituency wise Winners[edit]

AC

No

Assembly Constituency NameWinner Candidates NameGenderParty
1MohanpurP . R . D . GuptaMINC
2Agartalasadar I (SC)B . B . DasMINC
3Agartalasadar IIS . SinghMINC
4Agartala Sadar IIIT . M . D . GuptaMINC
5Agartala TownK . BhattacharjeeMINC
6Old AgartalaJ . K . MajumderMINC
7Uttar Debendranagar (ST)A . D . BarmaMCPM
8Takarjala (ST)M . D . BarmaMINC
9BishalgarhU . L . SinghMINC
10Charilam (ST)A. DebbarmaMCPI
11Sonamura NorthD . K . ChaudhuriMINC
12Sonamura SouthB . AliMINC
13SalgarhE . A . ChoudhuryMINC
14RadhakishorepurN . K . SarkarMINC
15BeloniaU . K . RoyMINC
16MuhuripurS . C . ChoudhuryMINC
17Sabroom (ST)A . MagMINC
18Birganj (ST)B . B . RiyanMINC
19Dumburnagar (ST)R . C . D . RankhalMINC
20Teliamura (SC)P . K . DasMINC
21Kalyanpur (ST)B . C . D . BarmaMCPM
22KhowaiS . C . DattaMINC
23Kamalpur (SC)K . C . DasMINC
24Kulaihour (ST)G . DewanMINC
25FatikroyR . R . GuptaMINC
26KailashaharM . L . BhowmikMINC
27Dharmanagar SouthM . NathMINC
28Kanchanpur (ST)R . P . ChoudhuryMINC
29Dharmanagar NorthB . B . BanerjeeMINC
30KadamtalaA . WazidMINC

[8]

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]

  1. "Tripura union territory".
  2. "State Election Commission, Tripura".
  3. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  4. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  5. "Total No.of Electors".
  6. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  7. "1967 Tripura Election result".
  8. "Detailed Result 1967".
  9. "Government formation-1967,Tripura".
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