Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura

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.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
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[1]
Political position	Left-wing[2]
Alliance	Left Front (Tripura) Secular Democratic Forces Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 2
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 2
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly	10 / 60
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council	0 / 30
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
cpim.org
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Election results

Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1967		2 / 30	New	Opposition
1972		16 / 60	14	Opposition
1977	Nripen Chakraborty	51 / 60	35	Government
1983		37 / 60	14	Government
1988		26 / 60	11	Opposition
1993	Dasarath Deb	44 / 60	18	Government
1998	Manik Sarkar	38 / 60	6	Government
2003		38 / 60		Government
2008		46 / 60	8	Government
2013		49 / 60	3	Government
2018		16 / 60	33	Opposition
2023	Jitendra Chaudhury	11 / 60	5	Opposition

Lok Sabha

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		2 / 2		Opposition
2019	Sitaram Yechury	0 / 2	2	Opposition
2024		0 / 2		Opposition

List of Chief ministers of Tripura from CPI(M)

Name	Portrait	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)

State Secretary List

• Jithendra Chowdhary : 2021-incumbent
• Goutham Das : 2018-2021
• Bijen Dhar : 2008-2018
• Baidhyanath Manjumdhar : 1998-2008
• Manik Sarkar : 1993-1998
• Desarath Deb : 1988-1993

List of Current Members in Tripura Legislative Assembly

Main article: 13th Tripura Assembly

No.	Constituency	Name	Party		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

See also

• Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala
• Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal

References

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