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'''Surajit Datta''' (1953–2023)<ref name="hindustantimes" /> was an [[India]]n politician from [[Tripura]]. He was a member of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] from [[Ramnagar, Tripura Assembly constituency|Ramnagar Assembly constituency]] in [[West Tripura district]]. He won the [[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="news18">{{Cite web |title=Surajit Datta in Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/tripura/surajit-datta-ramnagar-candidate-s23a007c001/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Datta was from Bordowali, West Tripura district, Tripura. He was the son of late Shashadhar Datta. He passed Class 12 in 1974 at Pragati Vidyabhaban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surajit Datta(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- RAMNAGAR(WEST TRIPURA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/Tripura2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6953 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Datta won from Ramnagar Assembly constituency representing [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. He polled votes and defeated his nearest rival, Purushuttam Roy Barman, and independent candidate, by a margin of 897 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Tripura Election Result Live: रामनगर सीट पर BJP के सुराजीत दत्ता ने दोहरायी जीत, CPM के बागी के साथ रहा कांटे का मुकाबला |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/nation/ramnagar-tripura-election-result-winner-looser-2023-purushuttam-roy-barman-surajit-datta-pujan-biswas-bjp-tmc-cpim-congress-5401081.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref> He first became an MLA winning the [[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]] and became a minister in the Congress-TUJS government led by [[Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar|Sudhir Ranjan Majumder]]. Later, he won the next four elections, also on Congress ticket, in the [[1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1993]], [[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1998]], [[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2003]] and [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008]] assembly elections, to make it five consecutive terms. He lost to Ratan Das of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in a rare lost in the [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013 Assembly election]].<ref name="news18"/> But he regained the seat in the [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] after shifting allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won again on BJP ticket in the 2023 election.{{fact|date=January 2025}}<br />
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=== Death ===<br />
Datta died on 27 December 2023 at a Kolkata hospital after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2023-12-28 |title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after prolonged illness |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-dies-after-prolonged-illness/article67682440.ece |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness-101703732286867.html|title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta passes away after prolonged illness|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=2024-11-03}}</ref> The government declared state mourning on 28 December.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-28 |title=Seven-term Tripura MLA and BJP leader Surajit Datta passes away at 70 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/seven-term-tripura-mla-and-bjp-leader-surajit-datta-passes-away-at-70/articleshow/106347214.cms |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after prolonged illness |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tripura/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-dies-after-prolonged-illness-2827381 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1957 births]]<br />
[[Category:2023 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 1988–1993]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 1993–1998]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 1998–2003]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 2003–2008]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 2018–2023]]<br />
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 2023–2028]]<br />
[[Category:People from West Tripura district]]</div>ItsNaviGrewal