Dhanpur Assembly constituency

Dhanpur
Constituency No. 23 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Sipahijala
LS constituency	Tripura West
Established	1972
Total electors	50,223 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bindu Debnath
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

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]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Samar Chowdhury		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1983
1988
1993
1998	Manik Sarkar
2003
2008
2013
2018
2023	Pratima Bhoumik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 by-election	Bindu Debnath

Election results

2023 Assembly by-election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly by-election: Dhanpur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bindu Debnath	30,017	71.24%	28.99
	CPI(M)	Kaushik Chanda	11,146	26.45%	8.08
	Independent	Anil Reang	544	1.29%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	533	1.27%	0.08
	Independent	Bappi Debnath	426	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			18,871	44.79%	37.07
Turnout			42,133	84.64%	6.68
Registered electors			50,427		0.41
	BJP hold		Swing	28.99

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	19,148	42.25%	1.18
	CPI(M)	Kaushik Chanda	15,648	34.53%	19.9
	TMP	Amiya Dayal Noatia	8,671	19.13%	New
	AITC	Habil Mia	651	1.44%	0.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	538	1.19%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Sukla Das	405	0.89%	New
	Independent	Bappi Debnath	258	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			3,500	7.72%	5.63
Turnout			45,319	90.28%	2.65
Registered electors			50,223		14.50
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	12.18

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	22,176	54.43%	2.67
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	16,735	41.08%	39.14
	INC	Laxmi Nag ( Barman)	832	2.04%	38.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	465	1.14%	New
	AITC	Jahir Uddin	392	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			5,441	13.36%	2.79
Turnout			40,741	92.62%	3.15
Registered electors			43,863
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.67

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	21,286	57.10%	4.20
	INC	Shah Alam	15,269	40.96%	3.36
	BJP	Abul Kalam	721	1.93%	New
Margin of victory			6,017	16.14%	7.56
Turnout			37,276	96.07%	1.38
Registered electors			38,818
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	17,992	52.91%	2.94
	INC	Shah Alam	15,074	44.32%	4.58
	Independent	Naidar Basi Tripura	525	1.54%	New
	AITC	Ashish Chakraborty	417	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			2,918	8.58%	7.52
Turnout			34,008	94.83%	10.48
Registered electors			35,933		8.18
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.94

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	15,613	55.85%	1.94
	INC	Dipak Chakraborty	11,111	39.74%	1.06
	Independent	Manoranjan Das	681	2.44%	New
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	551	1.97%	3.32
Margin of victory			4,502	16.10%	3.01
Turnout			27,956	84.23%	0.29
Registered electors			33,216		18.41
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.94

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manik Sarkar	12,771	53.90%	4.52
	INC	Majibur Islam Majumder	9,668	40.81%	0.42
	BJP	Pratima Bhoumik	1,253	5.29%	New
Margin of victory			3,103	13.10%	4.94
Turnout			23,692	86.38%	0.84
Registered electors			28,052		2.84
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	13,327	58.43%	3.98
	INC	Gopal Chandra Roy	9,212	40.39%	4.15
Margin of victory			4,115	18.04%	8.14
Turnout			22,809	84.55%	6.12
Registered electors			27,277		23.29
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	10,809	54.45%	0.43
	INC	Prabir Kumar Pul	8,843	44.54%	1.44
	Independent	Narayan Nath Sarker	148	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			1,966	9.90%	1.87
Turnout			19,853	91.09%	1.96
Registered electors			22,124		19.27
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	8,795	54.02%	5.23
	INC	Brajendra Kumar Ghosh	7,487	45.98%	22.27
Margin of victory			1,308	8.03%	16.53
Turnout			16,282	89.26%	6.33
Registered electors			18,550		18.06
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.23

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	6,244	48.79%	0.15
	JP	Brojendra Ghosh	3,100	24.22%	New
	INC	Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta	3,035	23.71%	14.27
	TPCC	Birendra Kumar Ghosh	253	1.98%	New
	TUS	Vim Chandra Tripura	166	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			3,144	24.57%	13.92
Turnout			12,798	83.08%	16.04
Registered electors			15,713		41.61
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.15

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dhanpur ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samar Chowdhury	3,530	48.64%	New
	INC	Dhirendra Kumar Sengupta	2,757	37.99%	New
	Independent	Birendra Ghosh	971	13.38%	New
Margin of victory			773	10.65%
Turnout			7,258	67.66%
Registered electors			11,096
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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