Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency

Tripura West
TR-1
Tripura West ; TR-1
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Assembly constituencies	30: 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
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Biplab Kumar Deb
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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.

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
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	West Tripura	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

Year	Member
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	Ajoy Biswas	Communist Party of India
1989	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
1991	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
1996	Badal Choudhury	Communist Party of India
1998	Samar Chowdhury
1999	Samar Chowdhury
2002^	Khagen Das
2004
2009
2014	Sankar Prasad Datta
2019	Pratima Bhoumik	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Biplab Kumar Deb	Bharatiya Janata Party

^By Poll

Election results

General elections 2024

General Election, 2024: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biplab Kumar Deb	881,341	72.85	21.11
	INC	Ashish Kumar Saha	269,763	22.30	17.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,612	1.21	0.13
Majority			611,578	50.55	22.86
Turnout			1,209,809	82.66	0.78
Registered electors			14,63,526	^[2]
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2019

General Election, 2019: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	573,532	51.74	46.64
	INC	Subal Bhowmik	267,843	24.16	8.48
	CPI(M)	Sankar Prasad Datta	171,826	15.50	47.11
	IPFT	Brishaketu Debbarma	44,225	3.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,960	1.08
	AITC	Maman Khan	8,613	0.78	10.19
Majority			305,669	27.69
Turnout			1,107,755	81.88
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General elections 2014

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

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

General Election, 2004: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagen Das	4,96,843	70.86	13.79
	INC	Nirmala Dasgupta	1,12,207	16.00	19.63
	AITC	Amar Mallik	67,379	9.61	4.73
	Independent	Ramu Banik	10,787	1.54	1.34
	Independent	Brajalal Debnath	7,023	1.00	N/A
	AMB	Rakhalraj Datta	6,920	0.99	0.33
Majority			3,84,636	55.00	5.28
Turnout			7,01,159	67.20	0.30
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Bye election 2002

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	394,364	57.07%	0.57
	INC	Manik Deb	2,43,521	35.63%	23.03
	AITC	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	33,353	4.88%	21.52
	AMB	Rakhal Raj Datta	4,538	0.66%	0.36
	Independent	Sukumar Ghosh	2,132	0.31%	N/A
	NCP	Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh	1,998	0.29%	0.01
	Independent	Biswajit Debnath	1,357	0.21%	N/A
	Independent	Ramu Banik	1,333	0.20%	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Chandra Das	828	0.12%	0.18
Majority			1,50,843	49.72	19.62
Turnout			7,01,159	67.50	2.60
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	372,553	56.50	9.80
	AITC	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	1,74,154	26.40	N/A
	INC	Pijush Kanti Biswas	83,384	12.60	31.50
	Independent	Sridam Deb Barma	5,292	0.80	N/A
	CPI(ML)	Partha Karmakar	3,464	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Chandra Das	2,023	0.30	N/A
	AMB	Rakhalraj Datta	1,912	0.30	---
	NCP	Bir Ballav Saha	1,895	0.30	N/A
	Independent	Brajalal Debnath	1,379	0.20	N/A
	Independent	Pathik Chakraborty	951	0.10	N/A
	RJD	Subrata Bhowmik	949	0.10	0.10
	JP	Madhusudan Saha	387	0.10	N/A
Majority			1,98,399	30.1	27.6
Turnout			6,59,406	70.1	12.3
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

References

^ "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.
^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf

External links

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[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.

[2] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf

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