Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency

Tripura East
TR-2
Tripura East ; TR-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Assembly constituencies	30:(District - KHOWAI) Ramchandraghat(ST) , Khowai, Asharambari(ST) , Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar, Teliamura, Krishnapur(ST) , (District - SOUTH TRIPURA) Hrishyamukh, Jolaibari(ST) , Manu(ST) , Sabroom, (District - GOMATI) Ampinagar(ST) , Amarpur, Karbook(ST) , (District - DHALAI) Raima Valley(ST) , Kamalpur, Surma(SC) , Ambassa(ST) , Karamcherra(ST) , Chawamanu(ST) , (District - UNAKOTI) Pabiachhara(SC) , Fatikroy(SC) , Chandipur, Kailashahar, (District - NORTH TRIPURA) Kadamtala-Kurti, Bagbassa, Dharmanagar, Jubarajnagar, Panisagar, Pencharthal(ST) and Kanchanpur(ST)
Established	1952
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Kriti Devi Debbarman
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India.^[1] The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. In the first elections in 1952 the seat was represented by Dasarath Debbarma.

The most successful party in the Lok Sabha elections

Communist Party of India (17.64%)

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (52.94%)

Indian National Congress (23.52%)

Bharatiya Janata Party (5.88%)

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member
24	Ramchandraghat (ST)	Khowai	Ranjit Debbarma	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Khowai		Nirmal Biswas	Communist Party of India	Bharatiya Janata Party
26	Asharambari (ST)		Animesh Debbarma	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
27	Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar		Pinaki Das Choudhuri	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
28	Teliamura (ST)		Kalyani Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Krishanpur (ST)		Bikash Debbarma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
37	Hrishyamukh	South Tripura	Asoke Chandra Mitra	Communist Party of India	Bharatiya Janata Party
38	Jolaibari (ST)		Shukla Charan Noatia	Indigenous People's Front of Tripura	Bharatiya Janata Party
39	Manu (ST)		Mailafru Mog	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
40	Sabroom		Jitendra Chaudhury	Communist Party of India	Bharatiya Janata Party
41	Ampinagar (ST)	Gomati	Pathan Lal Jamatia	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
42	Amarpur		Ranjit Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
43	Karbook (ST)		Sanjoy Manik Tripura	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
44	Raima Valley (ST)	Dhalai	Nandita Debbarma	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
45	Kamalpur		Manoj Kanti Deb	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
46	Surma (SC)		Swapna Das Paul	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
47	Ambassa (ST)		Chitta Ranjan Debbarma	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
48	Karamcherra (ST)		Paul Dangshu	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
49	Chawamanu (ST)		Sambhu Lal Chakma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
50	Pabiachhara (SC)	Unakoti	Bhagaban Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
51	Fatikroy (SC)		Sudhangshu Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
52	Chandipur		Tinku Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
53	Kailashahar		Birajit Sinha	Indian National Congress	Communist Party of India
54	Kadamtala-Kurti	North Tripura	Islam Uddin	Communist Party of India	Bharatiya Janata Party
55	Bagbassa		Jadab Lal Debnath	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
56	Dharmanagar		Jahar Chakraborti	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
57	Jubarajnagar		Sailendra Chandra Nath	Communist Party of India	Bharatiya Janata Party
58	Panisagar		Binay Bhushan Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
59	Pencharthal (ST)		Santana Chakma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
60	Kanchanpur (ST)		Philip Kumar Reang	Tipra Motha Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Member
1952	Dasarath Deb	Communist Party of India
1957
1962
1967	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	Indian National Congress
1971	Dasarath Deb	Communist Party of India
1977	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	Indian National Congress
1980	Baju Ban Riyan	Communist Party of India
1984	Baju Ban Riyan
1989	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	Indian National Congress
1991	Bibhu Kumari Devi
1996	Baju Ban Riyan	Communist Party of India
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014	Jitendra Choudhury
2019	Rebati Tripura	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Kriti Devi Debbarma

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			68.54%
2019			46.12%
2014			65.47%
2009			63.47%
2004			66.48%
1991			82.06%
1989			49.30%
1984			52.40%
1980			48.19%
1977			47.64%
1971			41.98%
1967			58.74%
1962			50.38%
1952			53.91%

General election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general election: Tripura East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kriti Devi Debbarman^[3]	777,447	68.54	22.42
	CPI(M)	Rajendra Reang	290,628	25.62	6.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,303	1.61
Majority			486,819	42.92	22.08
Turnout			1,122,424^{[lower-alpha 1]}	80.36	2.54
Registered electors			1,396,761
	BJP hold		Swing

↑ does not include postal ballots

General election 1952[edit | edit source]

Indian general election, 1951–52: Tripura East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Dasarath Deb	42,866	53.91	N/A
	INC	Sachindra Lal Singh	29,650	37.29	N/A
	ABJS	Nagendra Chaudhary	7,004	8.81	N/A
Margin of victory			13,216	16.62	N/A
Turnout			79,520	44.27	N/A
	CPI win (new seat)

General election 1957[edit | edit source]

For this election Tripura became one Lok Sabha constituency with two representatives in parliament. The two representatives were Dasarath Deb of the Communist Party of India and Bangshi Deb Barma of the Indian National Congress.

General election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Tripura East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Dasarath Deb	77,539	50.38	N/A
	INC	Jitendra Mohan Deb Barma	67,491	43.85	N/A
	Eastern Indian Tribal Union	Sneha Kumar Chakma	8,887	5.77	N/A
Margin of victory			10,048	6.53	N/A
Turnout			157,624	65.81	N/A
	CPI hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Tripura East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	129,618	58.74	N/A
	CPI(M)	Dasarath Deb	91,032	41.26	N/A
Margin of victory
Turnout			226,756	74.18
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	N/A

General election 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Tripura East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dasarath Deb	91,192	41.98
	INC	Ramendra Kishore Deb Barma	69,750	32.11
	Independent	Kishore Deb Barma Bahadur	44,559	20.51
	CPI	Birchandra Deb Barma	11,706	5.39
Margin of victory					N/A
Turnout			226,116	62.66
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing	N/A

General election 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Tripura East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	133,907	47.64	N/A
	CPI(M)	Dasarath Deb	120,724	42.95
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	Bijoy Kumar Harangkhawl	13,255	4.72
	CPI	Aghore Deb Barma	13,180	4.69
Margin of victory					N/A
Turnout			291,091	66.90
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	N/A

General election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Tripura East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Bajuban Riyan	196,199	48.19
	Independent	Ratnapravana Das	102,293	25.13
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	Syamacharan Trippura	61,398	15.08
	INC(I)	Kashi Ram Reang	44,819	11.01
	JP	Hangsadwaj Dewan	2395	0.59
Margin of victory			93,906
Turnout			407,104	79.38
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

General election 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Tripura East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Bajuban Riyan	231,023	52.40
	INC	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	189,960	43.08
	Independent	Sneha Kumar Chakma	14,671	3.33
	Independent	Niranjan Deb Barma	5,247	1.19
Margin of victory
Turnout			448,147	76.36
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Tripura East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	292,190	49.30
	CPI(M)	Baju Banriyan	283,789	47.89
	AMB	Sudhangshu Sen	10,202	1.72
	Independent	Debendra Malsom	5,124	0.86
	Independent	Akshayananda Uchai	1,323	0.22
Margin of victory
Turnout			600,724	81.85
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General election 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Tripura East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bibhu Kumari Devi	377,436	82.06
	CPI(M)	Baju Banriyan	30,783	6.69
	AMB	Minati Roy	22,762	4.95
	BJP	Maharaj Kumar Nakshatra Bikram Debbarma	14,697	3.20
	Independent	Ananta Debbarma	7,186	1.56
	CPI(M-L)	Debendra Malsom	5,915	1.29
	IPF	Kamal Singh Jamatia	1,157	0.25
Margin of victory
Turnout			477,132	64.23
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general election: Tripura East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Baju Ban Riyan	414,230	66.48
	BJP	Pulin Bihari Dewan	103,494	16.61
	INC	Jadu Mohan Tripura	76,927	12.35
	Independent	Dija Raj Tripura	14,027	2.25
	AMB	Karna Dhan Chakma	7,941	1.27
	CPI(ML)L	Charai Muni Jamatia	6,475	1.04
Margin of victory			310,736	49.79
Turnout			624,094	66.62
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general election: Tripura East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Baju Ban Riyan	521,084	63.47	–3.01
	INC	Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl	225,503	27.47	+15.12
	BJP	Pulin Bihari Dewan	33,989	4.14	–12.47
Margin of victory			295,581	36.00	–13.79
Turnout			820,984	83.06	20.01
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	+4.68

General election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general election: Tripura East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Choudhury	6,23,771	65.47	+2.00
	INC	Sachitra Debbarma	1,39,413	14.63	−12.78
	AITC	Bhriguram Reang	77,028	8.08	+7.57
	BJP	Parikshit Debbarma	60,613	6.36	+4.13
Margin of victory			4,84,358	50.84	+14.84
Turnout			9,51,080	83.41
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general election: Tripura East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rebati Tripura	482,126	46.12	+40.13
	INC	Pragya Deb Burman	2,77,836	26.58	+12.78
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Choudhury	2,00,963	19.22	−46.00
	IPFT	Narendra Chandra Deb Burman	45,304	4.33
Margin of victory			2,04,290	20.84	+14.84
Turnout			10,46,123	82.90
	BJP gain from CPI (M)		Swing

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