National Socialist Party of Tripura is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

in the Indian state of

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

. NSPT was formed when Hirendra Tripura and others broke away from the

Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (abbr. INPT) was a political party in the Indian state of Tripura. Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl was the president of the party. It merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Alliance (TIPRA) party on 11 ...

in the summer of 2003. One of the principal leaders of INPT, Shyamcharan Tripura, took the side of NSPT. With the help of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

(CPI(M)) members in the

Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an autonomous district council administering the Tribal-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away ...

(TTAADC), the NSPT were quickly able to win control of the TTAADC. In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC, the NSPT contested four seats, supported by the Left Front. All four candidates were elected. In spite of the name, the party has no connection with

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or any other European use of the term "

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Political parties in Tripura Tripuri nationalism 2003 establishments in Tripura Political parties established in 2003 Socialist parties in India Indigenous People's Front of Tripura {{India-party-stub

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