Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tripura West
Tripura West
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Pratima Bhoumik
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
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

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.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)^{[citation needed]}
1	Simna	None	West Tripura	Brishaketu Debbarma	IPFT	INC
2	Mohanpur		West Tripura	Ratan Lal Nath	BJP	BJP
3	Bamutia		West Tripura	Krishnadhan Das	BJP	BJP
4	Barjala		West Tripura	Dilip Kumar Das	BJP	BJP
5	Khayerpur		West Tripura	Ratan Chakraborty	BJP	BJP
6	Agartala		West Tripura	Sudip Roy Barman	BJP	BJP
7	Ramnagar		West Tripura	Surajit Dutta	BJP	BJP
8	Town Bordowali		West Tripura	Asish Kumar Saha	BJP	BJP
9	Banamalipur		West Tripura	Biplab Kumar Deb	BJP	BJP
10	Majlishpur		West Tripura	Sushanta Chowdhury	BJP	BJP
11	Mandaibazar		West Tripura	Dhirendra Debbarma	IPFT	INC
12	Takarjala		West Tripura	Narendra Chandra Debbarma	IPFT	INC
13	Pratapgarh		West Tripura	Rebati Mohan Das	BJP	BJP
14	Badarghat		West Tripura	Mimi Majumder	BJP	BJP
15	Kamalasagar		Sipahijala	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury	CPI(M)	BJP
16	Bishalgarh		Sipahijala	Bhanu Lal Saha	CPI(M)	BJP
17	Golaghati		West Tripura	Birendra Kishore Debbarma	BJP	BJP
18	Suryamaninagar	ST	West Tripura	Ramprasad Pal	BJP	BJP
19	Charilam		Sipahijala	Jishnu Deb Burman	BJP	BJP
20	Boxanagar		West Tripura	Sahid Chowdhury	CPI(M)	INC
21	Nalchar	SC	West Tripura	Subhash Chandra Das	BJP	BJP
22	Sonamura	None	West Tripura	Shyamal Chakraborty	CPI(M)	BJP
23	Dhanpur		West Tripura	Manik Sarkar	CPI(M)	BJP
30	Bagma		Gomati	Rampada Jamatia	BJP	BJP
31	Radhakishorpur		Gomati	Pranjit Singha Roy	BJP	BJP
32	Matarbari		Gomati	Biplab Kumar Ghosh	BJP	BJP
33	Kakraban-Salgarh		Gomati	Ratan Bhowmik	CPI(M)	BJP
34	Rajnagar		South Tripura	Sudhan Das	CPI(M)	BJP
35	Belonia		South Tripura	Arun Chandra Bhowmick	BJP	BJP
36	Santirbazar	ST	South Tripura	Pramod Reang	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Election	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 (Marxist)
1977	Sachindra Lal Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Ajoy Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	Ajoy Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
1991	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
1996	Badal Choudhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998	Samar Chowdhury
1999	Samar Chowdhury
2002	Khagen Das
2004
2009
2014	Sankar Prasad Datta
2019	Pratima Bhoumik	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

General elections 2019[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2019: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	5,73,532	51.77	+46.67
	INC	Subal Bhowmik	2,67,843	24.18	+8.5
	CPI(M)	Sankar Prasad Datta	1,71,826	15.51	−47.1
	IPFT	Brishaketu Debbarma	44,225	3.99
	AITC	Maman Khan	8,613	0.78	−10.19
Majority			3,05,669	27.69
Turnout			11,08,427	81.93
	BJP gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General elections 2014[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Khagen Das	4,96,843	70.86
	INC	Nirmala Dasgupta	1,12,207	16.00
	AITC	Amar Mallik	67,379	9.61
	Independent	Ramu Banik	10,787	1.54
	Independent	Brajalal Debnath	7,023	1.00
	AMB	Rakhalraj Datta	6,920	0.99
Majority			3,84,636	49.72
Turnout			7,01,159	67.50
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Bye election 2002[edit | edit source]

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	3,94,364	57.07%
	INC	Manik Deb	2,43,521	35.63%
	AITC	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder	33,353	4.88%
	AMB	Rakhal Raj Datta	4,538	0.66%
	Independent	Sukumar Ghosh	2,132	0.31%
	NCP	Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh	1,998	0.29%
	Independent	Biswajit Debnath	1,357	0.21%
	Independent	Ramu Banik	1,333	0.20%
	Independent	Jitendra Chandra Das	828	0.12%
Majority			1,50,843	49.72
Turnout			7,01,159	67.50
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General elections 1999[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1999: Tripura West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	3,72,553	56.50%
	AITC	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar	1,74,154	26.40%
	INC	Pijush Kanti Biswas	83,384	12.60%
	Independent	Sridam Deb Barma	5,292	0.80%
	CPI(ML)	Partha Karmakar	3,464	0.50%
	Independent	Jitendra Chandra Das	2,023	0.30%
	AMB	Rakhalraj Datta	1,912	0.30%
	NCP	Bir Ballav Saha	1,895	0.30%
	Independent	Brajalal Debnath	1,379	0.20%
	Independent	Pathik Chakraborty	951	0.10%
	RJD	Subrata Bhowmik	949	0.10%
	JP	Madhusudan Saha	387	0.10%
Majority			1,98,399	30.1%
Turnout			6,59,408	70.1%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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.

External links[edit | edit source]

Tripura West lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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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.

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