Old Agartala Assembly constituency

Old Agartala
Former constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Established	1963
Abolished	1972
Total electors	13,067

Old Agartala was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tripura.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	J. K. Majumder		Indian National Congress
1972	Sailesh Chandra Some

Election results

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Old Agartala ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sailesh Chandra Some	5,098	56.76%	2.17
	CPI(M)	Jagadish Chandra Dey	2,217	24.69%	New
	Independent	Kartik K. Bhattacharjee	1,070	11.91%	New
	TUS	Chandramani Debbarma	520	5.79%	New
	Independent	Bisweshar Nath	76	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			2,881	32.08%	22.88
Turnout			8,981	70.44%	9.22
Registered electors			13,067		35.87
	INC hold		Swing	2.17

1967 Assembly election

1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Old Agartala ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. K. Majumder	8,672	54.60%	New
	Independent	Sailesh Chandra Some	7,211	45.40%	New
Margin of victory			1,461	9.20%
Turnout			15,883	81.04%
Registered electors			20,377
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

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