Surma Assembly constituency

Surma
Constituency No. 46 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Dhalai
LS constituency	Tripura East
Established	1972
Total electors	48,393 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swapna Das
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

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

It is part of Dhalai district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Kshitish Chandra Das		Indian National Congress
1977	Rudrewar Das		Communist Party of India
1983	Rudreswar Das
1988
1993	Sudhir Das
1998
2003
2008
2013
2015 by-election	Anjan Das
2018	Ashis Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 by-election	Swapna Das Paul
2023

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Swapna Das Paul	17,313	40.30%	2.47
	CPI(M)	Anjan Das	12,475	29.04%	7.46
	TMP	Shyamal Sarkar	11,467	26.69%	New
	AITC	Arjun Namasudra	610	1.42%	2.02
	Independent	Pranesh Das	416	0.97%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	373	0.87%	0.14
	Independent	Niranjan Das	310	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			4,838	11.26%	0.49
Turnout			42,964	89.01%	6.86
Registered electors			48,393		1.66
	BJP hold		Swing	2.47

2022 Assembly by-election

2022 Tripura Legislative Assembly by-election: Surma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Swapna Das Paul	16,677	42.77%	8.71
	Independent	Baburam Satnami	12,094	31.01%	New
	CPI(M)	Anjan Das	8,415	21.58%	23.18
	AITC	Arjun Namasudra	1,341	3.44%	2.70
	Independent	Pranesh Das	469	1.20%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	393	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			4,583	11.75%	5.03
Turnout			38,996	81.64%	8.37
Registered electors			47,601		6.54
	BJP hold		Swing	8.71

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashis Das	20,767	51.48%	28.12
	CPI(M)	Anjan Das	18,057	44.76%	23.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	348	0.86%	New
	INC	Tapas Kumar Das	317	0.79%	6.63
	AITC	Jay Kumar Keot	300	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			2,710	6.72%	38.18
Turnout			40,341	90.43%	9.45
Registered electors			44,678
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	16.77

2015 Assembly by-election

2015 Tripura Legislative Assembly by-election: Surma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anjan Das	23,275	68.25%	17.74
	BJP	Ashis Das	7,966	23.36%	22.24
	INC	Nagendra Chandra Biswas	2,528	7.41%	38.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	428	1.26%	New
	Independent	Sushil Malakar	332	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			15,309	44.89%	39.85
Turnout			34,101	81.86%	9.49
Registered electors			42,183
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	17.74

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Das	18,648	50.51%	1.37
	INC	Sukha Ranjan Das	16,786	45.47%	3.16
	BJP	Anadi Sarkar	415	1.12%	1.14
	Independent	Sushil Chandra Malakar	394	1.07%	New
	AMB	Bidhu Chandar Das	236	0.64%	0.21
	Independent	Lukesh Sabdakar	231	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,862	5.04%	4.52
Turnout			36,919	92.66%	1.05
Registered electors			40,873		34.94
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.37

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Das	14,359	51.88%	3.87
	INC	Sukha Ranjan Das	11,711	42.31%	0.60
	BJP	Nishi Kanta Sarkar	626	2.26%	0.29
	Independent	Hiralal Das	312	1.13%	New
	Independent	Pradip Malakar	237	0.86%	New
	AMB	Biswanath Rabidas	235	0.85%	New
	AIFB	Sunil Chandra Das	199	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			2,648	9.57%	4.47
Turnout			27,679	91.50%	11.30
Registered electors			30,290		5.10
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.87

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Das	12,865	55.74%	4.52
	INC	Harendra Chandra Das	9,626	41.71%	1.21
	BJP	Satyabrata Das	588	2.55%	2.45
Margin of victory			3,239	14.03%	5.73
Turnout			23,079	80.21%	0.06
Registered electors			28,819		14.39
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Das	10,344	51.23%	5.41
	INC	Surjalal Das	8,667	42.92%	3.93
	BJP	Anadi Sarkar	1,010	5.00%	3.66
	AMB	Chittaranjan Das	137	0.68%	1.96
Margin of victory			1,677	8.31%	9.34
Turnout			20,192	81.56%	3.10
Registered electors			25,194		3.50
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.41

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Das	11,477	56.64%	5.70
	INC	Sushendra Malakar	7,901	38.99%	7.45
	AMB	Sushil Chandra Malakar	535	2.64%	New
	BJP	Khitish Nanasudra	271	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			3,576	17.65%	13.15
Turnout			20,264	84.25%	4.12
Registered electors			24,342		21.15
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.70

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rudreswar Das	8,941	50.93%	0.52
	INC	Harendra Chandra Das	8,152	46.44%	5.25
	Independent	Sushil Chandra Malakar	415	2.36%	New
Margin of victory			789	4.49%	5.77
Turnout			17,554	88.35%	1.65
Registered electors			20,092		14.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.52

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rudreswar Das	7,763	51.45%	6.37
	INC	Harendra Chandra Das	6,215	41.19%	24.82
	Independent	Sushil Chandra Malakar	1,109	7.35%	New
Margin of victory			1,548	10.26%	31.19
Turnout			15,087	86.82%	3.56
Registered electors			17,600		12.96
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.37

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rudrewar Das	7,403	57.83%	14.6
	INC	Jogendra Das	2,096	16.37%	32.36
	TPCC	Nepal Chandra Das	1,950	15.23%	New
	JP	Biswa Ranjan Das	985	7.69%	New
	Proutist Bloc, India	Barindra Das	368	2.87%	New
Margin of victory			5,307	41.45%	35.95
Turnout			12,802	83.58%	7.34
Registered electors			15,581		19.94
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	9.10

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Surma ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kshitish Chandra Das	4,737	48.73%	New
	CPI(M)	Rudreswar Das	4,202	43.23%	New
	Independent	Atindra Das	782	8.04%	New
Margin of victory			535	5.50%
Turnout			9,721	77.20%
Registered electors			12,991
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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