2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar Samir Ranjan Barman
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Bishalgarh
Seats before 38 13
Seats won 46 10
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 3
Popular vote 903,009 684,207
Percentage 48.01% 36.38%
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Tripura

The 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 23 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led alliance, the Left Front, retained control of the Assembly by winning 49 seats and securing a more than a two-thirds majority.[1] This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.[2]

CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time on 10 March 2008 along with 11 other cabinet Ministers.[3]

  1. ^ Gokhale, Nitin (7 March 2008). "Red march in Tripura, hung House in Meghalaya". ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Red carpet welcome for CPM in Tripura - India News - IBNLive". 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Manik Sarkar sworn in as Tripura CM for 4th time". www.rediff.com.