Constituency
47. Salema
Community mirrorTripura Assembly Election, 2008
TR-SALEMA
CPM 54.2%won by 14.3%INC 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 14.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 2003.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,499
Margin
3,795
14.32%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1PRASANTA DEBBARMACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,35454.2%
- 2JADU MOHAN TRIPURAIndian National Congress · INC10,55939.8%
- 3MAHENDRA DEBBARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6052.3%
- 4RADHA CHARAN DEBBARMAIndependent · IND5952.2%
- 5BIPUL DEBBARMAAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB2220.8%
- 6BISHU DEBBARMALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1640.6%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −44.7%
- CPM share
- 59.0% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → —