Dhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dhanpur
Constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tripura
District	Sipahijala
Constituency	Tripura West
Total electors	43,812 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Manik Sarkar
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2018

Dhanpur is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is in Sipahijala district and is also part of West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1972: Samar Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1977: Samar Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1983: Samar Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1988: Samar Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1993: Samar Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1998: Manik Sarkar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2003: Manik Sarkar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2008: Manik Sarkar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2013: Manik Sarkar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2018	Manik Sarkar [7]			Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2018

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Dhanpur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	22,176	54.62	-2.48
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	16,735	41.21	+39.28
	INC	Laxmi Nag (Barman)	832	2.04	-38.92
	AITC	Jahir Uddin	392	0.96	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	465	1.14	N/A
Majority			5,441	13.41	-2.73
Turnout			40,600	92.66	-3.41
Registered electors			43,812
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-20.88

2013

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	21,286	57.10
	INC	Shah Alam	15,269	40.96
	BJP	Abul Kalam	721	1.93
Majority			6,017	16.14
Turnout			37,276	96.07
Registered electors			38,798
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Sipahijala district
• Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

1. "Final Result Sheet - Tripura General Legislative Election 2018" (PDF). ceotripura.nic.in. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
2. Shangara Ram (12 May 2005). "Delimitation Commission of India - Notification". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
3. "District/AC Map - Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura". ceotripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
4. Sitting and Previous MLAs from Dhanpur Assembly Constituency
5. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2013 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TRIPURA
6. List of assembly constituency of Tripura
7. "Tripura General Legislative Election 2018 - Tripura - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

Coordinates: 23°26′N91°17′E / 23.43°N 91.29°E / 23.43; 91.29