2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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 (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 7 March 2008; with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in this election, the results were ready within the day.

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 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 other cabinet Ministers.

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