List of chief ministers of Tripura

The chief minister of Tripura, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Chief Minister of Tripura
Emblem of Tripura
Incumbent Manik Saha since 15 May 2022
Government of Tripura
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Tripura Legislative Assembly& Tripura Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Tripura
Appointer	Governor of Tripura
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder	Sachindra Lal Singh
Formation	1 July 1963 (61 years ago) (1963-07-01)
Deputy	Vacant

Since 1963, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as Chief Minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha, who succeeded Biplab Kumar Deb both are from Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2]

Chief ministers of Tripura

Colour key for parties
Communist Party of India (Marxist)   Congress for Democracy   Indian National Congress   Indian National Congress (I)   Janata Party   Bharatiya Janata Party   N/A (President's rule)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term[3]			Assembly (election)	Party[a]
1		Sachindra Lal Singh	Agartala Sadar II	1 July 1963	1 November 1971	8 years, 123 days	1st (1963 election)[b]	Indian National Congress
							2nd (1967 election)
–		Vacant[c] (President's rule)	N/A	1 November 1971	20 March 1972	140 days	–	N/A
2		Sukhamoy Sen Gupta	Agartala Town III	20 March 1972	1 April 1977	5 years, 12 days	3rd (1972 election)[d]	Indian National Congress
3		Prafulla Kumar Das	Bamutia	1 April 1977	26 July 1977	116 days		Congress for Democracy
4		Radhika Ranjan Gupta	Fatikroy	26 July 1977	4 November 1977	101 days		Janata Party
–		Vacant[c] (President's rule)	N/A	5 November 1977	5 January 1978	61 days	–	N/A
5		Nripen Chakraborty	Pramodnagar	5 January 1978	5 February 1988	10 years, 31 days	4th (1977 election)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
							5th (1983 election)
6		Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	Town Bordowali	5 February 1988	19 February 1992	4 years, 14 days	6th (1988 election)	Indian National Congress (I)
7		Samir Ranjan Barman	Bishalgarh	19 February 1992	10 March 1993	1 year, 19 days
–		Vacant[c] (President's rule)	N/A	11 March 1993	10 April 1993	30 days	–	N/A
8		Dasarath Debbarma	Ramchandraghat	10 April 1993	11 March 1998	4 years, 335 days	7th (1993 election)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9		Manik Sarkar	Dhanpur	11 March 1998	7 March 2003	19 years, 363 days	8th (1998 election)
				7 March 2003	10 March 2008		9th (2003 election)
				10 March 2008	6 March 2013		10th (2008 election)
				6 March 2013	9 March 2018[5]		11th (2013 election)
10		Biplab Kumar Deb	Banamalipur	9 March 2018	15 May 2022	4 years, 67 days	12th (2018 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
11		Manik Saha	Town Bordowali	15 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 180 days
							13th (2023 election)

Statistics

List by chief minister

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party in Tripura (as of October 2024)

  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (57.83%)

  Indian National Congress (30.43%)

  Bharatiya Janata Party (10.89%)

  Congress for Democracy (0.52%)

  Janata Party (0.46%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	19 years, 363 days	19 years, 363 days
2	Nripen Chakraborty		CPI(M)	10 years, 31 days	10 years, 31 days
3	Sachindra Lal Singh		INC	8 years, 123 days	8 years, 123 days
4	Sukhamoy Sen Gupta		INC	5 years, 12 days	5 years, 12 days
5	Dasarath Deb		CPI(M)	4 years, 335 days	4 years, 335 days
6	Biplab Kumar Deb		BJP	4 years, 67 days	4 years, 67 days
7	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar		INC(I)	4 years, 14 days	4 years, 14 days
8	Manik Saha*		BJP*	2 years, 180 days*	2 years, 180 days*
9	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC(I)	1 year, 19 days	1 year, 19 days
10	Prafulla Kumar Das		CFD	116 days	116 days
11	Radhika Ranjan Gupta		JP	101 days	101 days

Notes

1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
2. On 1 July 1963, the Territorial Council of Union Territory of Tripura was dissolved and the first Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Tripura was constituted. Members of the dissolved Territorial Council became members of the first assembly and permitted to continue for the remainder of their original five year term.
3. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[4]
4. On 1 February 1972, State of Tripura came into existence constituted from the erstwhile Union Territory of Tripura.

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Tripura as well.
2. "Manik Saha to become new CM of Tripura". google.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
5. Karmakar, Rahul (4 March 2018). "Manik Sarkar resigns in Tripura, BJP to take over on March 8". The Hindu.

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