Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Tripura West
TR-1
Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateTripura
Assembly constituencies30: 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
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Assembly segments

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

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
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
1977 Sachindra Lal Singh Janata Party
1980 Ajoy Biswas Communist Party of India
1984
1989 Santosh Mohan Dev Indian National Congress
1991
1996 Badal Choudhury Communist Party of India
1998 Samar Chowdhury
1999
2002^ Khagen Das
2004
2009
2014 Sankar Prasad Datta
2019 Pratima Bhoumik Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Biplab Kumar Deb

^By Poll

Election results

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2024

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General Election, 2024: Tripura West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biplab Kumar Deb 881,341 72.85  21.11
INC Ashish Kumar Saha 2,69,763 22.30  1.86
NOTA None of the Above 14,612 1.21  0.13
Majority 6,11,578 50.55  22.86
Turnout 12,09,809 82.66  0.78
Registered electors 14,63,526 [3]
BJP hold Swing

2019

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General Election, 2019: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pratima Bhoumik 573,532 51.74  46.64
INC Subal Bhowmik 2,67,843 24.16  8.48
CPI(M) Sankar Prasad Datta 1,71,826 15.50  47.11
IPFT Brishaketu Debbarma 44,225 3.99
NOTA None of the Above 11,960 1.08
AITC Maman Khan 8,613 0.78  10.19
Majority 3,05,669 27.69
Turnout 11,07,755 81.88
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

2014

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General Election, 2014: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sankar Prasad Datta 671,665 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 5,03,476 46.93  20.42
Turnout 10,75,932 86.17
CPI(M) hold Swing

2009

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General Election, 2009: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagen Das 563,799 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

2004

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General Election, 2004: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Khagen Das 496,943 70.86  13.79
INC Nirmala Dasgupta 1,12,207 16.00  19.63
AITC Amar Mallik 67,379 9.61  4.73
Independent Ramu Banik 10,787 1.54  1.34
Independent Brajalal Debnath 7,023 1 New
AMB Rakhalraj Datta 6,920 0.99  0.33
Majority 3,84,736 55.00  5.28
Turnout 7,01,159 67.20  0.30
CPI(M) hold Swing

2002 by-election

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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 394,364 57.07  0.57
INC Manik Deb 2,43,521 35.63  23.03
AITC Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 33,353 4.88  21.52
AMB Rakhal Raj Datta 4,538 0.66  0.36
Independent Sukumar Ghosh 2,132 0.31 New
NCP Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh 1,998 0.29  0.01
Independent Biswajit Debnath 1,357 0.21 New
Independent Ramu Banik 1,333 0.2 N/A
Independent Jitendra Chandra Das 828 0.12  0.18
Majority 1,50,843 49.72  19.62
Turnout 7,01,159 67.50  2.60
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

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General Election, 1999: Tripura West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Chowdhury 372,553 56.5  9.80
AITC Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 1,74,154 26.4 New
INC Pijush Kanti Biswas 83,384 12.6  31.50
Independent Sridam Deb Barma 5,292 0.8 N/A
CPI(ML) Partha Karmakar 3,464 0.50 N/A
Independent Jitendra Chandra Das 2,023 0.30 N/A
AMB Rakhalraj Datta 1,912 0.30 New
NCP Bir Ballav Saha 1,895 0.30 New
Independent Brajalal Debnath 1,379 0.20 N/A
Independent Pathik Chakraborty 951 0.10 N/A
RJD Subrata Bhowmik 949 0.10  0.10
JP Madhusudan Saha 387 0.10 N/A
Majority 1,98,399 30.1  27.6
Turnout 6,59,406 70.1  12.3
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

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References

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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.
  2. ^ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Tripura West". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in. 25 May 2024.
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