Elections in

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have been conducted since 1952. For the first Indian general election of 1951-52, voters in Tripura directly elected two members of the

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and elected 30 members of an Electoral College which subsequently convened to elect a single member for the

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. For elections in 1957 and 1962, voters in Tripura elected 30 members to a Territorial Council (with an extra two members appointed). In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly. The first elections to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967. In March 1972, the Legislative Council was enlarged to 60 members as a result of Tripura attaining

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Lok Sabha elections

Vidhan Sabha Elections

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