Khowai Assembly constituency

Khowai
Constituency No. 25 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Khowai
LS constituency	Tripura East
Established	1967
Total electors	42,949 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nirmal Biswas
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2023

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	S. C. Datta		Indian National Congress
1972	Jadu Prasanna Bhattacharjee
1977	Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha		Communist Party of India
1983	Samir Deb Sarkar
1988	Arun Kumar Kar		Indian National Congress
1993	Samir Deb Sarkar		Communist Party of India
1998
2003
2008
2013
2018	Nirmal Biswas
2023

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nirmal Biswas	19,696	49.73%	1.85
	BJP	Subrata Majumdar	18,656	47.10%	2.37
	Independent	Kishore Roy	670	1.69%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	587	1.48%	1.11
Margin of victory			1,040	2.63%	4.21
Turnout			39,609	93.92%	5.20
Registered electors			42,949		4.60
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.85

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nirmal Biswas	20,629	51.57%	9.25
	BJP	Amit Rakshit	17,893	44.73%	44.11
	AMB	Goutam Deb	330	0.83%	0.01
	INC	Ajoy Chandra Das	209	0.52%	36.62
	NOTA	None of the Above	149	0.37%	New
Margin of victory			2,736	6.84%	16.84
Turnout			39,999	95.55%	1.41
Registered electors			41,059		5.66
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.25

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	22,692	60.82%	6.50
	INC	Dipak Majumder	13,859	37.15%	5.45
	AMB	Rupesh Kumar Deb	310	0.83%	0.26
	BJP	Pramod Ranjan Das	232	0.62%	0.23
	Independent	Uttam Kumar Ghosh	216	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			8,833	23.68%	11.94
Turnout			37,309	96.17%	0.20
Registered electors			38,860
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.50

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	15,385	54.33%	1.45
	INC	Arun Kumar Kar	12,062	42.59%	0.96
	AMB	Sailen Roy	310	1.09%	New
	BJP	Dhananjoy Debnath	241	0.85%	0.82
	Independent	Gayatri Debnath	167	0.59%	New
	Independent	Adhir Sarkar	155	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			3,323	11.73%	2.41
Turnout			28,320	95.86%	10.25
Registered electors			29,560
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.45

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	13,511	55.78%	6.18
	INC	Arun Kumar Kar	10,084	41.63%	4.96
	BJP	Dhananjoy Debnath	404	1.67%	1.03
	Independent	Prabesh Debbarma	224	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			3,427	14.15%	11.14
Turnout			24,223	85.70%	0.70
Registered electors			28,314		14.39
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.18

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	10,416	49.59%	0.38
	INC	Arun Kumar Kar	9,785	46.59%	0.29
	BJP	Krishnadhan Paul	566	2.69%	New
	AMB	Sailen Roy	206	0.98%	1.53
Margin of victory			631	3.00%	0.09
Turnout			21,003	85.82%	2.71
Registered electors			24,753		13.07
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.38

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	9,579	49.97%	1.04
	INC	Sukhamoy Kar	8,986	46.88%	2.79
	AMB	Deba Brata Datta	482	2.51%	New
Margin of victory			593	3.09%	2.36
Turnout			19,168	88.54%	1.29
Registered electors			21,892		26.16
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arun Kumar Kar	7,657	49.67%	21.62
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	7,544	48.93%	3.76
	Independent	Monomohan Datta	216	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			113	0.73%	16.39
Turnout			15,417	89.70%	1.78
Registered electors			17,352		18.15
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samir Deb Sarkar	5,777	45.18%	6.08
	INC	Sukhamoy Kar	3,587	28.05%	19.44
	Independent	Ratan Ghosh	3,424	26.78%	New
Margin of victory			2,190	17.13%	5.29
Turnout			12,788	88.15%	3.62
Registered electors			14,687		9.91
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singha	5,715	51.25%	16.10
	TPCC	Arun Kar	3,215	28.83%	New
	JP	Jadu Prasanna Bhattacharjee	985	8.83%	New
	INC	Sukhamoy Kar	960	8.61%	47.74
	Independent	Amrit Lal Gour	209	1.87%	New
	Independent	Sunil Hrishi Das	67	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			2,500	22.42%	1.22
Turnout			11,151	84.66%	8.61
Registered electors			13,363		11.17
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	5.10

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J Prasanna Bhattacharjee	5,069	56.35%	4.71
	CPI(M)	Kaminisingh	3,162	35.15%	New
	Independent	Kali Kishore Chakraborty	465	5.17%	New
	Independent	Satyendra Biswas	299	3.32%	New
Margin of victory			1,907	21.20%	2.82
Turnout			8,995	76.52%	7.58
Registered electors			12,020		44.83
	INC hold		Swing	4.71

1967 Assembly election

1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Khowai ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. C. Datta	10,964	61.06%	New
	Independent	J. Bhattacharjee	6,650	37.03%	New
	Independent	N. C. D. Barma	257	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			4,314	24.03%
Turnout			17,956	85.14%
Registered electors			21,788
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Khowai district
• Khowai
• Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)
• 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

References

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