Tripura Legislative Assembly

Tripura Legislative Assembly
12th Legislative Assembly of Tripura
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Established	1963
Leadership
Speaker	Ratan Chakraborty, BJP since 24 September 2021
Deputy Speaker	Biswa Bandhu Sen, BJP since 21 June 2018
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Biplab Kumar Deb, BJP since 9 March 2018
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	Jishnu Dev Varma, BJP since 9 March 2018
Leader of the Opposition	Manik Sarkar, CPI(M) since 9 March 2018
Structure
Seats	60
Political groups	Government (44)   BJP (36)   IPFT (8) Opposition (16)   CPI(M) (16)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	18 February 2018
Next election	February 2023
Meeting place
Tripura Legislative Assembly, Gurkhabasti, Agartala, Tripura, India
Website
tripuraassembly.nic.in

Tripura Vidhan Sabha, Agartala

A panoramic view of the former (9th) Assembly building located in Ujjayanta palace (Pic taken on 29 October 2007)

Location of Tripura in India

The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present Assembly is the 12th Legislative Assembly, where Ratan Chakraborty is the current speaker of the House.

History

On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union territory, and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief commissioner. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.

Previous Assemblies

The assemblies constituted so far are listed below:

Assembly	Period
1st Assembly	1 July 1963 to 12 January 1967
2nd Assembly	1 March 1967 to 1 November 1971
3rd Assembly	20 March 1972 to 5 November 1977
4th Assembly	5 January 1978 to 7 January 1983
5th Assembly	10 January 1983 to 5 February 1988
6th Assembly	5 February 1988 to 28 February 1993
7th Assembly	10 April 1993 to 10 March 1998
8th Assembly	10 March 1998 to 28 February 2003
9th Assembly	4 March 2003 to 3 March 2008
10th Assembly	10 March 2008 to 1 March 2013
11th Assembly	2 March 2013 to 3 March 2018
12th Assembly	4 March 2018 to

Current members

The 12th Tripura Legislative Assembly was constituted after the Tripura Legislative Assembly elections in 2018. Polling was held on 18 February for the 60-member assembly with 89.8% voter turnout being reported. Counting of votes and results were declared on 3 March.

S.No	Constituency	Elected MLA	Party		Remarks
1	Simna	Brishaketu Debbarma
2	Mohanpur	Ratan Lal Nath
3	Bamutia	Krishnadhan Das
4	Barjala	Dilip Kumar Das
5	Khayerpur	Ratan Chakraborty	Speaker
6	Agartala	Sudip Roy Barman
7	Ramnagar	Surajit Datta
8	Town Bordowali	Asish Kumar Saha
9	Banamalipur	Biplab Kumar Deb	Chief Minister
10	Majlishpur	Sushanta Choudhury
11	Mandai Bazar	Dhirendra Debbarma
12	Takarjala	Narendra Chandra Debbarma
13	Pratapgarh	Rebati Mohan Das
14	Badharghat	Mimi Majumder
15	Kamalasagar	Narayan Chandra Choudhury
16	Bishalgarh	Bhanu Lal Saha
17	Golaghati	Birendra Kishore Debbarma
18	Surjamaninagar	Ram Prasad Paul
19	Charilam	Jishnu Dev Varma	Deputy Chief Minister
20	Boxanagar	Sahid Choudhury
21	Nalchar	Subhash Chandra Das
22	Sonamura	Shyamal Chakraborty
23	Dhanpur	Manik Sarkar	Leader of Opposition
24	Ramchandraghat	Prasanta Debbarma
25	Khowai	Nirmal Biswas
26	Asharambari	Mevar Kumar Jamatia
27	Kalyanpur–Pramodnagar	Pinaki Das Chowdhury
28	Teliamura	Kalyani Roy
29	Krishnapur	Atul Debbarma
30	Bagma	Ram Pada Jamatia
31	Radhakishorpur	Pranjit Singha Roy
32	Matarbari	Biplab Kumar Ghosh
33	Kakraban-Salgarh	Ratan Bhowmik
34	Rajnagar	Sudhan Das
35	Belonia	Arun Chandra Bhowmik
36	Santirbazar	Pramod Reang
37	Hrishyamukh	Badal Choudhury
38	Jolaibari	Jashabir Tripura
39	Manu	Pravat Chowdhury
40	Sabroom	Sankar Roy
41	Ampinagar	Sindhu Chandra Jamatia
42	Amarpur	Ranjit Das
43	Karbook	Burba Mohan Tripura
44	Raima Valley	Dhananjoy Tripura
45	Kamalpur	Manoj Kanti Deb
46	Surma	Ashis Das
47	Ambassa	Parimal Debbarma
48	Karmachhara	Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl
49	Chawamanu	Sambhu Lal Chakma
50	Pabiachhara	Bhagaban Das
51	Fatikroy	Sudhangshu Das
52	Chandipur	Tapan Chakraborty
53	Kailashahar	Moboshar Ali
54	Kadamtala-Kurti	Islam Uddin
55	Bagbassa	Bijita Nath
56	Dharmanagar	Biswa Bandhu Sen
57	Jubarajnagar	Ramendra Chandra Debnath
58	Panisagar	Binay Bhushan Das
59	Pencharthal	Santana Chakma
60	Kanchanpur	Prem Kumar Reang

At a glance

Assembly at a glance

No. of Assembly & its Period	Date of its First Sitting	Governor (Name with Period)	Speaker	Deputy Speaker	Leader of the House	Leader of the Opposition	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
1st Assembly 01.07.1963 to 12 January 1967	7 October 1963	i. Santi Priya Mukherjee, IAS ii. Shri. M.C. Mukherjee, IAS	Upendra Kumar Roy	Md. Ersad Ali Choudhury	Sachindra Lal Singh	i. Aghore Deb Barma ii. Nripendra Chakraborty	Department of Parliamentary Affairs was not created
2nd Assembly 01.03.1967 to 1 November 1971	14 March 1967	i. U.N. Sharma, IAS ii. D.K. Bhattacharya iii. A.L. Dias, ICS iv. Baleswar Prasad, IAS	Manindra Lal Bhowmik	Manoranjan Nath	Sachindra Lal Singh	Bidya Chandra Deb Barma	Department of Parliamentary Affairs newly created in February 1971. This Dept was allocated to Prafulla Kumar Das, 01.02.1971 to 1 November 1971

External links

• Tripura Lok Sabha Election 2019 Result Website
• Official government website of Tripura