Dharmanagar Assembly constituency
| Dharmanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 56 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Tripura |
| District | North Tripura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tripura East |
| Established | 1972 |
| Total electors | 44,745[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Dharmanagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.[2] The first elections held for this constituency were in 1972.[3] It comprises the Ragna, Baruakandi and Dharmanagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district.[4]
As of 2023, it is represented by Biswa Bandhu Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Amarendra Sarma | Independent politician | |
| 1977 | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1983 | |||
| 1988 | Kalidas Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1993 | Amitabha Datta | Communist Party of India | |
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2023 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 18,684 | 49.35% |  7.86 | |
| INC | Chayan Bhattacharya | 17,586 | 46.45% |  44.73 | |
| Independent | Saurabh Goswami | 658 | 1.74% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 444 | 1.17% | 0.49 | |
| Independent | Bibash Ranjan Das | 203 | 0.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,098 | 2.90% | 16.62 | ||
| Turnout | 37,861 | 85.75% | 5.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,745 | 7.59 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 7.86 | |||
2018 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 21,357 | 57.21% | 55.25 | |
| CPI(M) | Abhijit De | 14,070 | 37.69% | 8.08 | |
| INC | Kebal Kanti Nandi | 642 | 1.72% | 49.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 254 | 0.68% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,287 | 19.52% | 14.29 | ||
| Turnout | 37,333 | 88.38% | 1.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,588 | 7.69 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 6.21 | |||
2013 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 17,991 | 50.99% | 0.66 | |
| CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 16,147 | 45.77% | 1.90 | |
| BJP | Jahar Chakrabarti | 692 | 1.96% | 0.64 | |
| Independent | Pratyush Nag | 183 | 0.52% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,844 | 5.23% | 2.56 | ||
| Turnout | 35,281 | 91.45% | 1.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 38,617 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.66 | |||
2008 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 15,987 | 51.65% | 7.19 | |
| CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 13,577 | 43.86% | 2.43 | |
| BJP | Tamal Kanti Deb | 805 | 2.60% | 4.72 | |
| Independent | Sanjay Chowdhury | 213 | 0.69% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,410 | 7.79% | 5.96 | ||
| Turnout | 30,952 | 90.05% | 17.09 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,419 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 5.36 | |||
2003 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 11,811 | 46.29% | 5.65 | |
| INC | Sima Pal Chowdhury | 11,345 | 44.47% | 8.58 | |
| BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 1,869 | 7.33% | 15.76 | |
| Independent | Ranjit Lal Bhattacharya | 255 | 1.00% | New | |
| Independent | Sanjoy Chowdhury | 234 | 0.92% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 466 | 1.83% | 2.93 | ||
| Turnout | 25,514 | 73.00% | 1.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,027 | 12.53 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 5.65 | |||
1998 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 9,434 | 40.64% | 5.73 | |
| INC | Sima Pal Chowdhury | 8,330 | 35.88% | 1.05 | |
| BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 5,359 | 23.09% | 5.42 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,104 | 4.76% | 6.78 | ||
| Turnout | 23,214 | 76.08% | 1.86 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,127 | 7.00 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1993 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 10,310 | 46.37% | 0.27 | |
| INC | Kalidas Dutta | 7,745 | 34.83% | 18.06 | |
| BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 3,928 | 17.67% | 17.05 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,565 | 11.54% | 4.74 | ||
| Turnout | 22,236 | 77.35% | 5.56 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,090 | 32.74 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1988 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kalidas Dutta | 9,505 | 52.89% | 13.58 | |
| CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 8,283 | 46.09% | 5.49 | |
| BJP | Ranjit Kumar Sharma | 110 | 0.61% | 0.64 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,222 | 6.80% | 5.47 | ||
| Turnout | 17,970 | 83.10% | 4.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,915 | 20.52 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1983 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 7,309 | 51.59% | 2.36 | |
| INC | Binay Bhushan Ray | 5,570 | 39.31% | 15.24 | |
| Independent | Radhagobinda Dutta | 1,043 | 7.36% | New | |
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Ray | 178 | 1.26% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,739 | 12.27% | 17.60 | ||
| Turnout | 14,168 | 79.09% | 0.07 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,184 | 15.21 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.36 | |||
1977 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 6,640 | 53.94% | New | |
| INC | Debiprasad Purkayastha | 2,963 | 24.07% | 20.12 | |
| JP | Amulya Chandra Deb | 1,818 | 14.77% | New | |
| TPCC | Sanat Kumar Paul | 888 | 7.21% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,677 | 29.87% | 26.85 | ||
| Turnout | 12,309 | 79.12% | 12.88 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,783 | 30.15 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from Independent | Swing | 6.73 | |||
1972 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Amarendra Sarma | 3,728 | 47.21% | New | |
| INC | Debiprasad Purkayastha | 3,489 | 44.19% | New | |
| Independent | K. Ranjan Deb Kanungo | 571 | 7.23% | New | |
| AIFB | Jogendra Bhusan Pal | 108 | 1.37% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 239 | 3.03% | |||
| Turnout | 7,896 | 66.35% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,127 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
See also
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