Kailashahar Assembly constituency

Kailashahar
Constituency No. 53 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Unakoti
LS constituency	Tripura East
Established	1967
Total electors	51,000 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Birajit Sinha
Party	Indian National Congress

Kailashahar Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. ^[2]

It is part of Unakoti district. As of 2023, it is represented by Birajit Sinha of the Indian National Congress party. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	M. L. Bhowmik		Indian National Congress
1972	Moulana Abdul Ratif
1977	Tapan Chakraborty		Communist Party of India
1983	Syed Basit Ali		Indian National Congress
1988	Birajit Sinha
1993	Tapan Chakraborty		Communist Party of India
1998	Birajit Sinha		Indian National Congress
2003
2008
2013
2018	Moboshar Ali		Communist Party of India
2023	Birajit Sinha		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	25,300	59.62	40.25
	BJP	Moboshar Ali	15,614	36.80	3.81
	AITC	Md. Abdul Matin	696	1.64	1.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	537	1.27	0.20
Margin of victory			9,686	22.83	10.80
Turnout			42,433	83.28	4.01
Registered electors			51,000		10.67
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	14.61

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Moboshar Ali	18,093	45.02%	3.26
	BJP	Nitish De	13,259	32.99%	31.91
	INC	Birajit Sinha	7,787	19.37%	30.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	430	1.07%	New
	AITC	Narasingha Das	218	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,834	12.03%	10.75
Turnout			40,192	86.39%	3.99
Registered electors			46,083		10.45
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	4.54

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	18,857	49.55%	0.30
	CPI(M)	Moboshar Ali	18,372	48.28%	1.15
	BJP	Durga Charan Deb	412	1.08%	0.22
	Independent	Md Taybur Rahman	251	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			485	1.27%	1.45
Turnout			38,054	91.27%	0.51
Registered electors			41,722
	INC hold		Swing	0.30

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	17,019	49.86%	2.64
	CPI(M)	Jayanta Chakraborty	16,088	47.13%	1.75
	BJP	Santosh Debroy	446	1.31%	New
	Independent	Samsar Ali	343	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			931	2.73%	4.39
Turnout			34,136	91.83%	11.27
Registered electors			37,219
	INC hold		Swing	2.64

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	14,751	52.50%	3.38
	CPI(M)	Inuch Mia Khadim	12,750	45.38%	0.34
	AITC	Bijoy Bhattacharjee	184	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,001	7.12%	3.04
Turnout			28,099	80.57%	0.93
Registered electors			34,930		12.97
	INC hold		Swing

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	12,360	49.12%	2.09
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chakraborty	11,333	45.04%	3.96
	BJP	Bidhan Das	1,442	5.73%	2.59
Margin of victory			1,027	4.08%	2.11
Turnout			25,163	82.63%	1.10
Registered electors			30,921		7.80
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chakraborty	11,592	49.00%	2.06
	INC	Birajit Sinha	11,126	47.03%	3.86
	BJP	Bidhan Das	742	3.14%	1.70
Margin of victory			466	1.97%	1.98
Turnout			23,659	83.61%	4.32
Registered electors			28,684		33.10
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Birajit Sinha	9,519	50.88%	0.06
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chakraborty	8,780	46.93%	0.05
	BJP	Bidhan Das	268	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			739	3.95%	0.01
Turnout			18,707	87.72%	4.11
Registered electors			21,551		11.59
	INC hold		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Syed Basit Ali	8,116	50.82%	21.15
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chakraborty	7,487	46.88%	6.48
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Das	196	1.23%	New
	Independent	Kanai Lal Datta	102	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			629	3.94%	19.75
Turnout			15,970	83.90%	5.17
Registered electors			19,313		12.34
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	2.54

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chakraborty	7,111	53.36%	New
	INC	Abdul Shahid	3,954	29.67%	25.76
	JP	Moulana Abdul Ratif	2,074	15.56%	New
	TPCC	Debabrata Sinha Roy	187	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			3,157	23.69%	9.56
Turnout			13,326	78.54%	8.63
Registered electors			17,191		52.69
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	2.07

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Moulana Abdul Ratif	4,299	55.43%	4.34
	Independent	Bonode Dey	1,720	22.18%	New
	Independent	Ajoy Chakraborty	1,448	18.67%	New
	Independent	Dwijendra Chandramalakar	289	3.73%	New
Margin of victory			2,579	33.25%	31.07
Turnout			7,756	70.73%	11.09
Registered electors			11,259		43.83
	INC hold		Swing	4.34

1967 Assembly election

1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Kailashahar ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. L. Bhowmik	8,190	51.09%	New
	CPI(M)	B. Majumder	7,841	48.91%	New
Margin of victory			349	2.18%
Turnout			16,031	81.63%
Registered electors			20,045
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Unakoti district

References

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