Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency

Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা পশ্চিম লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India. It includes the state capital Agartala. The seat is currently vacant as Pratima Bhowmik, current MP has elected to the Legislative Assembly of the state.

Tripura West
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateTripura
Assembly constituencies30: Simna, Mohanpur, Bamutia, Barjala, Khayerpur, Agartala, Ramnagar, Town Bordowali, Banamalipur, Majlishpur, Mandaibazar, Takarjala, Pratapgarh, Badharghat, Kamalasagar, Bishalgarh, Golaghati, Suryamaninagar, Charilam, Boxanagar, Nalchar, Sonamura, Dhanpur, Bagma, Radhakishorpur, Matarbari, Kakraban-Salgarh, Rajnagar, Belonia and Santirbazar
Established1952
ReservationNone

Assembly segments edit

Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

# Name District Member Party
1 Simna West Tripura Brishaketu Debbarma Tipra Motha Party
2 Mohanpur Ratan Lal Nath Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Bamutia Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India
4 Barjala Sudip Sarkar Communist Party of India
5 Khayerpur Ratan Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman Indian National Congress
7 Ramnagar vacant Bharatiya Janata Party
8 Town Bordowali Manik Saha Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Banamalipur Gopal Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
10 Majlishpur Sushanta Chowdhury Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Mandaibazar Swapna Debbarma Tipra Motha Party
12 Takarjala Sipahijala Biswajit Kalai Tipra Motha Party
13 Pratapgarh West Tripura Ramu Das Communist Party of India
14 Badarghat Mina Rani Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Kamalasagar Sipahijala Antara Sarkar Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Bishalgarh Sushanta Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Golaghati Manab Debbarma Tipra Motha Party
18 Suryamaninagar West Tripura Ram Prasad Paul Bharatiya Janata Party
19 Charilam Sipahijala Subodh Debbarma Tipra Motha Party
20 Boxanagar Tafajjal Hossain Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Nalchar (SC) Kishor Barman Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India
23 Dhanpur Bindu Debnath Bharatiya Janata Party
30 Bagma Gomati Ram Pada Jamatia Bharatiya Janata Party
31 Radhakishorpur Pranjit Singha Roy Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Matarbari Abhishek Debroy Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Kakraban-Salgarh Jitendra Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party
34 Rajnagar South Tripura Swapna Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen Communist Party of India
36 Santirbazar (ST) Pramod Reang Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament edit

Year Member Party
1952 Birendra Chandra Dutta Communist Party of India
1957 Bangshi Deb Barma Indian National Congress
1962 Birendra Chandra Dutta Communist Party of India
1967 J. K. Chaudhury Indian National Congress
1971 Birendra Chandra Dutta Communist Party of India
1977 Sachindra Lal Singh Janata Party
1980 Ajoy Biswas Communist Party of India
1984
1989 Santosh Mohan Dev Indian National Congress
1991
1996 Badal Choudhury Communist Party of India
1998 Samar Chowdhury
1999
2002^ Khagen Das
2004
2009
2014 Sankar Prasad Datta
2019 Pratima Bhoumik Bharatiya Janata Party

^By Poll

Election results edit

General elections 2024 edit

General Election, 2024: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biplab Kumar Deb
INC Ashish Kumar Saha
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

General elections 2019 edit

General Election, 2019: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pratima Bhoumik 573,532 51.77 +46.67
INC Subal Bhowmik 2,67,843 24.18 +8.5
CPI(M) Sankar Prasad Datta 1,71,826 15.51 -47.1
IPFT Brishaketu Debbarma 44,225 3.99
AITC Maman Khan 8,613 0.78 -10.19
Majority 3,05,669 27.69
Turnout 11,08,427 81.93
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

General elections 2014 edit

General Election, 2014: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sankar Prasad Datta 6,71,665 62.61 +2.47
INC Arunoday Saha 1,68,179 15.68 -17.95
AITC Ratan Chakraborti 1,17,727 10.97 +10.38
BJP Sudhindra Chandra Dasgupta 54,706 5.10 +2.38
Majority 503,476 46.93 +20.42
Turnout 10,75,932 86.17
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 2009 edit

General Election, 2009: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagen Das 5,63,799 60.14 –10.72
INC Sudip Roy Barman 3,15,250 33.63 +17.63
BJP Nilmani Deb 25,468 2.72 +2.72
Majority 2,48,549 26.51 –23.21
Turnout 9,37,517 85.71 +20.00
CPI(M) hold Swing +4.88

General elections 2004 edit

General Election, 2004: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagen Das 4,96,843 70.86
INC Nirmala Dasgupta 1,12,207 16.00
AITC Amar Mallik 67,379 9.61
Independent Ramu Banik 10,787 1.54
Independent Brajalal Debnath 7,023 1.00
AMB Rakhalraj Datta 6,920 0.99
Majority 3,84,636 49.72
Turnout 7,01,159 67.50
CPI(M) hold Swing

Bye election 2002 edit

A by-election was held in this constituency on 12 November 2002 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Samar Chowdhury. In the by-election, Khagen Das of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manik Deb of Congress by 1,50,843 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2002: Tripura West constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagen Das 3,94,364 57.07%
INC Manik Deb 2,43,521 35.63%
AITC Sudhir Ranjan Majumder 33,353 4.88%
AMB Rakhal Raj Datta 4,538 0.66%
Independent Sukumar Ghosh 2,132 0.31%
NCP Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh 1,998 0.29%
Independent Biswajit Debnath 1,357 0.21%
Independent Ramu Banik 1,333 0.20%
Independent Jitendra Chandra Das 828 0.12%
Majority 1,50,843 49.72
Turnout 7,01,159 67.50
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1999 edit

General Election, 1999: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Chowdhury 3,72,553 56.50%
AITC Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 1,74,154 26.40%
INC Pijush Kanti Biswas 83,384 12.60%
Independent Sridam Deb Barma 5,292 0.80%
CPI(ML) Partha Karmakar 3,464 0.50%
Independent Jitendra Chandra Das 2,023 0.30%
AMB Rakhalraj Datta 1,912 0.30%
NCP Bir Ballav Saha 1,895 0.30%
Independent Brajalal Debnath 1,379 0.20%
Independent Pathik Chakraborty 951 0.10%
RJD Subrata Bhowmik 949 0.10%
JP Madhusudan Saha 387 0.10%
Majority 1,98,399 30.1%
Turnout 6,59,408 70.1%
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Tripura. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2008.

External links edit

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