| Barjala | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| District | West Tripura |
| State | Tripura |
| Electorate | 42,358[1] [needs update] |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Tripura West |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2018 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| MLA | Dilip Kumar Das |
| Reservation | SC |
Barjala is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.[2][3] It is part of West Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It is part of Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency)
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
- 1972: Basana Chakrabarty, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Gouri Bhattacharjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1983: Gouri Bhattacharjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1988: Dipak Kumar Roy, Indian National Congress
- 1993: Arun Bhowmik, Janata Dal (B)
- 1998: Dipak Kumar Roy, Indian National Congress
- 2003: Dipak Kumar Roy, Indian National Congress
- 2008: Sankar Prasad Datta, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2013: Jitendra Sarkar, Indian National Congress
- 2016: Jhumu Sarkar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dilip Kumar Das[4] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2018 election[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Das | 22,052 | 56.18 | +54.77 | |
| CPI(M) | Jhumu Sarkar | 15,825 | 40.32 | −8.20 | |
| INC | Dipak Das | 650 | 1.65 | −47.59 | |
| AITC | Utpal Das | 293 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Sujit Mandal | 185 | 0.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 241 | 0.61 | ||
| Majority | 6,227 | 15.86 | |||
| Turnout | 39,246 | 92.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 42,358 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016 by-election[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Jhumu Sarkar | 15,769 | 44.36 | −4.16 | |
| BJP | Sistamohan Das | 12,395 | 34.87 | +33.46 | |
| AITC | Prakash Chandra Das | 5,692 | 16.01 | N/A | |
| INC | Rajendra Kumar Das | 1,063 | 2.99 | −46.25 | |
| AMB | Bimal Das | 245 | 0.68 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 376 | 1.05 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,374 | 9.49 | |||
| Turnout | 35,540 | 88.99 | −5.58 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,933 | ||||
| CPI (M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2013 election[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jitendra Sarkar | 17,728 | 49.24 | +1.48 | |
| CPI(M) | Jitendra Das | 17,467 | 48.52 | −0.41 | |
| BJP | Samir Biswas | 511 | 1.41 | +0.04 | |
| SP | Rahul Das | 291 | 0.80 | N/A | |
| Majority | 261 | 0.72 | |||
| Turnout | 35,997 | 94.57 | +1.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 38,061 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | +0.95 | |||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Final Result Sheet - Tripura General Legislative Election 2018" (PDF). ceotripura.nic.in. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ↑ Shangara Ram (12 May 2005). "Delimitation Commission of India - Notification". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ "District/AC Map - Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura". ceotripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tripura General Legislative Election 2018 - Tripura - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 January 2021.