Who won Salema in the 1988 Assembly election?

DINESH DEBBARMA of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Salema in the 1988 Assembly election with 9,047 votes (49.6% vote share), a margin of 619 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

47. Salema

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Tripura Assembly Election, 1988

TR-SALEMA

CPM 49.6%won by 3.4%TUS 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.2% to 3.4%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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not in source

Turnout

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not in source

Valid votes

18,245

Margin

619

3.39%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM

1DINESH DEBBARMA Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,04749.6%
2MANGAL PRASHAD DEB BARMA TUS · TUS8,42846.2%
3PARIMAL CHOUDHURY Independent · IND7294.0%
4GOPAL BHUSAN CHAKMA Independent · IND410.2%

Since 1983

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–TUS swing: −4.8%
CPM share: 51.6% → 49.6%
TUS share: 43.5% → 46.2%
Turnout: — → —

46. Surma 48. Kulai

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