2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

26 Feb 2003

All 60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar Birajit Sinha
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur Kailasahar
Last election 38 13
Seats won 38 13
Seat change
Popular vote 711,119 498,749
Percentage 46.82% 32.84%

Tripura District Map

CM before election

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

Elected CM

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 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 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura