2013 saw Left Front winning 5th consecutive term in Tripura

The ruling Left Front won a fifth consecutive term in Tripura in 2013 which also saw the northeastern state making considerable progress in areas like power generation and connectivity.
Inflicting a crushing blow on Congress and other opponents, the Left Front led by 64-year-old Chief Minister Manik Sarkar bagged 50 seats in the March Assembly elections.
The state also provided 86.27 days of work on an average to a rural household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
According to State Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chowdhury, "When the national average is 39, the state could provide 86.27 days of work to the job card holders. Tripura secured first position in implementation of the Act."

The state also introduced for the first time in the country PVC Electoral Photo Identity Cards (PVC EPICs) in November as mandated by the Election Commission.
News magazine 'India Today' adjudged Tripura as the best governed state in the country for undertaking developmental works for the common masses and felicitated Sarkar.

Though insurgency was on the wane, the Tripura government decided to extend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in 34 police station areas for another six months from January 1 to wipe it out completely.
For the first time, the central committee meeting of the CPI-M was held in the state from December 15-17 which decided to maintain equal distance from Congress and BJP and form an electoral alliance with the other secular forces for the coming parliamentary elections.

It also decided to project Tripura as a model state of development.
Northeast's biggest gas-fired thermal project at Palatana in Gomati district was dedicated to the nation by President Pranab Mukherjee on June 21 to cater to seven of the eight states in the region facing power shortage.
The 726 MW project combined with linked transmission project and upstream gas supply network have attracted investments of around Rs 10,000 crore in the region.