Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency

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Tripura East
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Lok Sabha constituency
Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Tripura
Assembly constituencies30:(District - KHOWAI) Ramchandraghat(ST) , Khowai, Asharambari(ST) , Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar, Teliamura, Krishnapur(ST) , (District - SOUTH TRIPURA) Hrishyamukh, Jolaibari(ST) , Manu(ST) , Sabroom, (District - GOMATI) Ampinagar(ST) , Amarpur, Karbook(ST) , (District - DHALAI) Raima Valley(ST) , Kamalpur, Surma(SC) , Ambassa(ST) , Karamcherra(ST) , Chawamanu(ST) , (District - UNAKOTI) Pabiachhara(SC) , Fatikroy(SC) , Chandipur, Kailashahar, (District - NORTH TRIPURA) Kadamtala-Kurti, Bagbassa, Dharmanagar, Jubarajnagar, Panisagar, Pencharthal(ST) and Kanchanpur(ST)
Established1952
Reservation ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Kriti Singh Debbarma 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Tripura East is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India. [1] The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. In the first elections in 1952 the seat was represented by Dasarath Debbarma.

Contents

The most successful party in the Lok Sabha elections

   Communist Party of India (17.64%)
   Communist Party of India (Marxist) (52.94%)
   Indian National Congress (23.52%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (5.88%)

Assembly segments

Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: [2]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952 Dasarath Deb Communist Party of India
1957
1962
1967 Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Indian National Congress
1971 Dasarath Deb Communist Party of India
1977 Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Indian National Congress
1980 Baju Ban Riyan Communist Party of India
1984
1989 Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Indian National Congress
1991 Bibhu Kumari Devi
1996 Baju Ban Riyan Communist Party of India
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014 Jitendra Choudhury
2019 Rebati Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Kriti Devi Debbarma

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Tripura East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kriti Devi Debbarman [3] 777,447 68.54
CPI(M) Rajendra Reang 2,90,62825.62
NOTA None of the Above 18,3031.61
Majority4,86,81942.92
Turnout 11,22,424 [lower-alpha 1] 80.36Decrease2.svg2.54
Registered electors 13,96,761 [4]
BJP hold Swing
  1. ↑ does not include postal ballots

General election 1952

Indian general election, 1951–52: Tripura East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Dasarath Deb 42,86653.91N/A
INC Sachindra Lal Singh29,65037.29N/A
ABJS Nagendra Chaudhary7,0048.81N/A
Margin of victory13,21616.62N/A
Turnout 79,52044.27N/A
CPI win (new seat)

General election 1957

For this election Tripura became one Lok Sabha constituency with two representatives in parliament. The two representatives were Dasarath Deb of the Communist Party of India and Bangshi Deb Barma of the Indian National Congress.

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Tripura East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Dasarath Deb 77,53950.38N/A
INC Jitendra Mohan Deb Barma67,49143.85N/A
Eastern Indian Tribal UnionSneha Kumar Chakma8,8875.77N/A
Margin of victory10,0486.53N/A
Turnout 157,62465.81N/A
CPI hold Swing N/A

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Tripura East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman 129,61858.74N/A
CPI(M) Dasarath Deb 91,03241.26N/A
Margin of victory
Turnout 226,75674.18
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing N/A

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Tripura East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Dasarath Deb 91,19241.98
INC Ramendra Kishore Deb Barma69,75032.11
Independent Kishore Deb Barma Bahadur44,55920.51
CPI Birchandra Deb Barma11,7065.39
Margin of victoryN/A
Turnout 226,11662.66
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing N/A

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Tripura East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman 133,90747.64N/A
CPI(M) Dasarath Deb 120,72442.95
Tripura Upajati Juba SamitiBijoy Kumar Harangkhawl13,2554.72
CPI Aghore Deb Barma13,1804.69
Margin of victoryN/A
Turnout 291,09166.90
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing N/A

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Tripura East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Bajuban Riyan 196,19948.19
Independent Ratnapravana Das102,29325.13
Tripura Upajati Juba SamitiSyamacharan Trippura61,39815.08
INC(I) Kashi Ram Reang44,81911.01
JP Hangsadwaj Dewan23950.59
Margin of victory93,906
Turnout 407,10479.38
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Tripura East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Bajuban Riyan 231,02352.40
INC Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman 189,96043.08
Independent Sneha Kumar Chakma14,6713.33
Independent Niranjan Deb Barma5,2471.19
Margin of victory
Turnout 448,14776.36
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Tripura East [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman 292,19049.30
CPI(M) Baju Banriyan283,78947.89
AMB Sudhangshu Sen10,2021.72
Independent Debendra Malsom5,1240.86
Independent Akshayananda Uchai1,3230.22
Margin of victory
Turnout 600,72481.85
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Tripura East [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Bibhu Kumari Devi 377,43682.06
CPI(M) Baju Banriyan30,7836.69
AMB Minati Roy22,7624.95
BJP Maharaj Kumar Nakshatra Bikram Debbarma14,6973.20
Independent Ananta Debbarma7,1861.56
CPI(ML) Debendra Malsom5,9151.29
IPF Kamal Singh Jamatia1,1570.25
Margin of victory
Turnout 477,13264.23
INC hold Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Tripura East [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Baju Ban Riyan 414,23066.48
BJP Pulin Bihari Dewan103,49416.61
INC Jadu Mohan Tripura76,92712.35
Independent Dija Raj Tripura14,0272.25
AMB Karna Dhan Chakma7,9411.27
CPI(ML)L Charai Muni Jamatia6,4751.04
Margin of victory310,73649.79
Turnout 624,09466.62
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Tripura East [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Baju Ban Riyan 521,08463.47–3.01
INC Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl225,50327.47+15.12
BJP Pulin Bihari Dewan33,9894.14–12.47
Margin of victory295,58136.00–13.79
Turnout 820,98483.0620.01
CPI(M) hold Swing +4.68

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Tripura East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Choudhury 6,23,77165.47+2.00
INC Sachitra Debbarma1,39,41314.63−12.78
AITC Bhriguram Reang77,0288.08+7.57
BJP Parikshit Debbarma60,6136.36+4.13
Margin of victory4,84,35850.84+14.84
Turnout 9,51,08083.41
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Tripura East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Rebati Tripura 482,126 46.12 +40.13
INC Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman2,77,83626.58+12.78
CPI(M) Jitendra Choudhury 2,00,96319.22−46.00
IPFT Narendra Chandra Debbarma45,3044.33
Margin of victory2,04,29020.84+14.84
Turnout 10,46,12382.90
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

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