2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

23 Feb 2008

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 8 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)

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 in Tripura, India. The votes were counted on 7 March 2008, with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). 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. This provided the CPI(M) with a fourth consecutive governing term.

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 cabinet Ministers.