2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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All 60 seats in the Tripura Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	93.57%
First party Second party   Leader Manik Sarkar Sudip Roy Barman Party CPI(M) INC Alliance LF UPA Leader since 1998 2013 Leader's seat Dhanpur Agartala Last election 48.01%, 46 seats 36.38%, 10 seats Seats won 49 10 Seat change 3 Popular vote 1,059,327 804,457 Percentage 48.11% 36.53% Swing 0.1 pp 0.15 pp
Tripura District Map
CM before election Manik Sarkar CPI(M) CM-elect Manik Sarkar CPI(M)

The 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 14 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.

Highlights

Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on 14 February 2013. 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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Background

The previous elections to the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly was held in 2008. As of 2009, of the 60 ACs in Tripura, 20 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes.^[2][3] February 2013 Elections in all polling stations were held using Electronic voting machines.^{[citation needed]}

The Left Front, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), and headed by Manik Sarkar, had formed the Government in the 10th Tripura Assembly after being re-elected in 2008. The Left Front had won 46 of the 60 seats in 2008 election.^[4]

Campaign

The 2013 elections saw the Left Front trying to retain power for a fifth consecutive term. A total of 249 candidates from different political parties contested this election.^[5]

Election Day

Election Day (14 February 2013) was overall peaceful and passed without any major incident of violence in this state that has traditionally faced insurgency from militant outfits.^[6]

According to the report by Times of India, the chief election officer of the state told that the voter turnout across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout.^[7] This beats the previous record at 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.^[6] Women voters outnumbered men voters by 2.13 percent.^[7] There was 3,041 polling stations, and 18,000 poll officials were on duty.^[5]

Results

Summary of the 14 February 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election results^[8]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	1,059,327	48.11	0.10	49	3
	Indian National Congress (INC)	804,457	36.53	0.15	10
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	34,500	1.57	0.09	1
	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT)	167,078	7.59	1.38	0	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	31,717	1.95	0.26	0	2
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	33,808	1.54	0.05	0
	Independents (IND)	21,126	0.96	2.28	0
	Others	50,052	1.75	0.25	0
Total		2,202,065	100.00		60	±0

Winners by Constituency