Communist Party of India (Marxist) – Tripura

Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura
General Secretary	Jitendra Chaudhury
Headquarters	Melarmath, Agartala
Newspaper	Daily Desher Katha
Student wing	Students' Federation of India; Tribal Students’ Union;
Youth wing	Democratic Youth Federation of India; Tribal Youth Federation;
Women's wing	All India Democratic Women's Association
Labour wing	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing	All India Kisan Sabha; All India Agricultural Workers Union;
Ideology	Communism
Political position	Left-wing
Alliance	Left Front (Tripura); Secular Democratic Front (SDF) (Tripura); I.N.D.I.A. (National)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 2
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 2
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly	10 / 60
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council	0 / 30
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Website
	cpim.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or simply, CPI(M) Tripura; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at Melarmath, Agartala. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee is Jitendra Chaudhury.

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Year	Leader	Assembly	Seats contested	Seats won	(+/-) in seats	% of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
1967		2nd	16	2 / 30		21.61%		93,739	Opposition
1972		3rd	57	16 / 60	14	37.82%	16.21	189,667	Opposition
1977	Nripen Chakraborty	4th	55	51 / 60	35	47.00%	9.18	352,652	Government
1983	Nripen Chakraborty	5th	56	37 / 60	14	46.78%	0.22	433,608	Government
1988		6th	55	26 / 60	11	45.82%	0.96	520,697	Opposition
1993	Dasarath Deb	7th	51	44 / 60	18	44.78%	1.04	599,943	Government
1998	Manik Sarkar	8th	55	38 / 60	6	45.49%	0.71	621,804	Government
2003		9th	55	38 / 60		46.82%	1.33	711,119	Government
2008		10th	56	46 / 60	8	48.01%	1.19	903,009	Government
2013		11th	55	49 / 60	3	48.11%	0.10	1,059,327	Government
2018		12th	57	16 / 60	33	42.22%	5.89	993,605	Opposition
2023	Jitendra Chaudhury	13th	43	11 / 60	5	24.62%	17.60	622,829	Opposition

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1967	Puchalapalli Sundarayya	0 / 2	New	Opposition
1971		2 / 2	2	Opposition
1977		0 / 2	2	Government
1980	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	2 / 2	2	Opposition
1984		2 / 2		Opposition
1989		0 / 2	2	Outside support to National Front government
1991		0 / 2		Opposition
1996	Harkishan Singh Surjeet	2 / 2	2	Opposition, later government
1998		2 / 2		Opposition
1999		2 / 2		Opposition
2004		2 / 2		Outside support to UPA government
2009	Prakash Karat	2 / 2		Opposition
2014	Prakash Karat	2 / 2		Opposition
2019	Sitaram Yechury	0 / 2	2	Opposition
2024	Sitaram Yechury	0 / 2		Opposition

Name	Term(s)	Tenure(s)
Nripen Chakraborty	2	5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988 (10 years, 31 days)
Dasarath Deb	1	10 April 1993 – 11 March 1998 (4 years, 335 days)
Manik Sarkar	4	11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018 (19 years, 363 days)

No.	Constituency	Name		Win Margin
3	Bamutia (SC)	Nayan Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,026
4	Barjala (SC)	Sudip Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,789
13	Pratapgarh (SC)	Ramu Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,086
22	Sonamura	Shyamal Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,415
25	Khowai	Nirmal Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,040
35	Belonia	Dipankar Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	403
37	Hrishyamukh	Asoke Chandra Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,418
40	Sabroom	Jitendra Chaudhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	396
54	Kadamtala-Kurti	Islam Uddin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,892
57	Jubarajnagar	Sailendra Chandra Nath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	296

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