Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency explained

Tripura West
Type:LS
Established:1952
Reservation:None
Mp:Biplab Kumar Deb
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Tripura

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. The seat is currently vacant as Pratima Bhowmik, current MP has elected to the Legislative Assembly of the state.

Assembly segments

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

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952Birendra Chandra Dutta
1957Bangshi Deb Barma
1962Birendra Chandra Dutta
1967J. K. Chaudhury
1971Birendra Chandra Dutta
1977Sachindra Lal Singh
1980Ajoy Biswas
1984
1989Santosh Mohan Dev
1991
1996Badal Choudhury
1998Samar Chowdhury
1999
2002^Khagen Das
2004
2009
2014Sankar Prasad Datta
2019Pratima Bhoumik
2024Biplab Kumar Deb

^By Poll

Election results

General elections 2024

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Bye election 2002

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.

General elections 1999

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies . 2008-10-08 . Tripura . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051108040227/http://archive.eci.gov.in/Febse2003/background/S23/rptListofAC_Dist_PC.pdf . 2005-11-08.