Dharmanagar Assembly constituency

Dharmanagar
Constituency No. 56 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateTripura
DistrictNorth Tripura
LS constituencyTripura East
Established1972
Total electors44,745[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023

Dharmanagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.[2] The first elections held for this constituency were in 1972.[3] It comprises the Ragna, Baruakandi and Dharmanagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district.[4]

As of 2023, it is represented by Biswa Bandhu Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1972 Amarendra Sarma Independent politician
1977 Communist Party of India
1983
1988 Kalidas Dutta Indian National Congress
1993 Amitabha Datta Communist Party of India
1998
2003
2008 Biswa Bandhu Sen Indian National Congress
2013
2018 Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biswa Bandhu Sen 18,684 49.35% Decrease7.86
INC Chayan Bhattacharya 17,586 46.45% Increase44.73
Independent Saurabh Goswami 658 1.74% New
NOTA None of the Above 444 1.17% Increase0.49
Independent Bibash Ranjan Das 203 0.54% New
Margin of victory 1,098 2.90% Decrease16.62
Turnout 37,861 85.75% Decrease5.15
Registered electors 44,745 Increase7.59
BJP hold Swing Decrease7.86

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biswa Bandhu Sen 21,357 57.21% Increase55.25
CPI(M) Abhijit De 14,070 37.69% Decrease8.08
INC Kebal Kanti Nandi 642 1.72% Decrease49.27
NOTA None of the Above 254 0.68% New
Margin of victory 7,287 19.52% Increase14.29
Turnout 37,333 88.38% Decrease1.59
Registered electors 41,588 Increase7.69
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase6.21

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Biswa Bandhu Sen 17,991 50.99% Decrease0.66
CPI(M) Amitabha Datta 16,147 45.77% Increase1.90
BJP Jahar Chakrabarti 692 1.96% Decrease0.64
Independent Pratyush Nag 183 0.52% New
Margin of victory 1,844 5.23% Decrease2.56
Turnout 35,281 91.45% Increase1.43
Registered electors 38,617
INC hold Swing Decrease0.66

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Biswa Bandhu Sen 15,987 51.65% Increase7.19
CPI(M) Amitabha Datta 13,577 43.86% Decrease2.43
BJP Tamal Kanti Deb 805 2.60% Decrease4.72
Independent Sanjay Chowdhury 213 0.69% New
Margin of victory 2,410 7.79% Increase5.96
Turnout 30,952 90.05% Increase17.09
Registered electors 34,419
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase5.36

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amitabha Datta 11,811 46.29% Increase5.65
INC Sima Pal Chowdhury 11,345 44.47% Increase8.58
BJP Rasik Ranjan Goswami 1,869 7.33% Decrease15.76
Independent Ranjit Lal Bhattacharya 255 1.00% New
Independent Sanjoy Chowdhury 234 0.92% New
Margin of victory 466 1.83% Decrease2.93
Turnout 25,514 73.00% Decrease1.74
Registered electors 35,027 Increase12.53
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase5.65

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amitabha Datta 9,434 40.64% Decrease5.73
INC Sima Pal Chowdhury 8,330 35.88% Increase1.05
BJP Rasik Ranjan Goswami 5,359 23.09% Increase5.42
Margin of victory 1,104 4.76% Decrease6.78
Turnout 23,214 76.08% Decrease1.86
Registered electors 31,127 Increase7.00
CPI(M) hold Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amitabha Datta 10,310 46.37% Increase0.27
INC Kalidas Dutta 7,745 34.83% Decrease18.06
BJP Rasik Ranjan Goswami 3,928 17.67% Increase17.05
Margin of victory 2,565 11.54% Increase4.74
Turnout 22,236 77.35% Decrease5.56
Registered electors 29,090 Increase32.74
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kalidas Dutta 9,505 52.89% Increase13.58
CPI(M) Amarendra Sarma 8,283 46.09% Decrease5.49
BJP Ranjit Kumar Sharma 110 0.61% Decrease0.64
Margin of victory 1,222 6.80% Decrease5.47
Turnout 17,970 83.10% Increase4.08
Registered electors 21,915 Increase20.52
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amarendra Sarma 7,309 51.59% Decrease2.36
INC Binay Bhushan Ray 5,570 39.31% Increase15.24
Independent Radhagobinda Dutta 1,043 7.36% New
BJP Jayanta Kumar Ray 178 1.26% New
Margin of victory 1,739 12.27% Decrease17.60
Turnout 14,168 79.09% Decrease0.07
Registered electors 18,184 Increase15.21
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.36

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amarendra Sarma 6,640 53.94% New
INC Debiprasad Purkayastha 2,963 24.07% Decrease20.12
JP Amulya Chandra Deb 1,818 14.77% New
TPCC Sanat Kumar Paul 888 7.21% New
Margin of victory 3,677 29.87% Increase26.85
Turnout 12,309 79.12% Increase12.88
Registered electors 15,783 Increase30.15
CPI(M) gain from Independent Swing Increase6.73

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amarendra Sarma 3,728 47.21% New
INC Debiprasad Purkayastha 3,489 44.19% New
Independent K. Ranjan Deb Kanungo 571 7.23% New
AIFB Jogendra Bhusan Pal 108 1.37% New
Margin of victory 239 3.03%
Turnout 7,896 66.35%
Registered electors 12,127
Independent win (new seat)

See also

References

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