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
Incumbent
Manik Saha
since 15 May 2022
Government of Tripura
StyleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
StatusHead of government
AbbreviationCM
Member ofTripura Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernor of Tripura
AppointerGovernor of Tripura
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holderSachindra Lal Singh
Formation1 July 1963
(60 years ago)
 (1963-07-01)
DeputyVacant

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 edit

Colour key for parties
NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm[3]Assembly

(election)

Party[a]
1Sachindra Lal SinghAgartala Sadar II1 July 19631 November 19718 years, 123 days1st

(1963 election)[b]

Indian National Congress
2nd

(1967 election)

Vacant[c]
(President's rule)
N/A1 November 197120 March 1972140 daysN/A
2Sukhamoy Sen GuptaAgartala Town III20 March 19721 April 19775 years, 12 days3rd

(1972 election)[d]

Indian National Congress
3Prafulla Kumar DasBamutia1 April 197726 July 1977116 daysCongress for Democracy
4Radhika Ranjan GuptaFatikroy26 July 19774 November 1977101 daysJanata Party
Vacant[c]
(President's rule)
N/A5 November 19775 January 197861 daysN/A
5 Nripen ChakrabortyPramodnagar5 January 19785 February 198810 years, 31 days4th

(1977 election)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5th

(1983 election)

6Sudhir Ranjan MajumdarTown Bordowali5 February 198819 February 19924 years, 14 days6th

(1988 election)

Indian National Congress (I)
7Samir Ranjan BarmanBishalgarh19 February 199210 March 19931 year, 19 days
Vacant[c]
(President's rule)
N/A11 March 199310 April 199330 daysN/A
8 Dasarath DebbarmaRamchandraghat10 April 199311 March 19984 years, 335 days7th

(1993 election)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9 Manik SarkarDhanpur11 March 19987 March 200319 years, 363 days8th

(1998 election)

7 March 200310 March 20089th

(2003 election)

10 March 20086 March 201310th

(2008 election)

6 March 20139 March 2018[5]11th

(2013 election)

10 Biplab Kumar DebBanamalipur9 March 201815 May 20224 years, 67 days12th
(2018 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Manik SahaTown Bordowali15 May 2022Incumbent2 years, 17 days
13th

(2023 election)

Notes edit

  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. ^ a b c 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 edit

  1. ^ a b 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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