1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 31 December 1977 1983 →
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
First party   Leader Nripen Chakraborty Party CPI(M) Leader's seat Pramodenagar Last election 16 Seats won 51 Seat change 35 Popular vote 352,652 Percentage 47.00% Alliance seats 56
Tripura District Map
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Nripen Chakraborty CPI(M)

The 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 31 December 1977 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.^[1]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led Left front won the election by 56 seats and formed a Government in Tripura.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on December 31, 1977. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

Participating Political Parties

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No. of Constituencies

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Electors

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Performance of Women Candidates

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Result

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Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1972 Seats
Communist Party of India	10	0	6,266	0.84%	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	55	51	352,652	47.00%	16
Indian National Congress	60	0	133,240	17.76%	41
Janata Party	59	0	78,479	10.46%	-
All India Forward Bloc	1	1	7,800	1.04%	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	12,446	1.66%	-
Proutist Bloc of India	6	0	2,139	0.29%	-
Congress for Democracy	59	0	66,913	9.08%	-
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	28	4	59,474	7.93%	0
Independents	48	2	30,862	4.11%	2
Total	328	60	750,271
Source: ECI[6]

Constituency wise Winners

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Government Formation

The Left Front won a majority of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The LF was an alliance of left-wing political parties, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). Nripen Chakraborty of the CPI-M formed a government as Chief Minister on January 5, 1978.^[8]