Dharmanagar Assembly Constituency
Dharmanagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. The first elections held for this constituency were in 1972. It comprises the Ragna, Baruakandi and Dharmanagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district.
As of 2023, it is represented by Biswa Bandhu Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1972 | Amarendra Sarma | Independent politician | |
1977 | Communist Party of India | ||
1983 | |||
1988 | Kalidas Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
1993 | Amitabha Datta | Communist Party of India | |
1998 | |||
2003 | |||
2008 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Indian National Congress | |
2013 | |||
2018 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2023 |
Election results
2023 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 18,684 | 49.35% | ![]() | |
INC | Chayan Bhattacharya | 17,586 | 46.45% | ![]() | |
Independent | Saurabh Goswami | 658 | 1.74% | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 444 | 1.17% | ![]() | |
Independent | Bibash Ranjan Das | 203 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,098 | 2.90% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 37,861 | 85.75% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 44,745 | ![]() | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
2018 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 21,357 | 57.21% | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Abhijit De | 14,070 | 37.69% | ![]() | |
INC | Kebal Kanti Nandi | 642 | 1.72% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 254 | 0.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 7,287 | 19.52% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 37,333 | 88.38% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 41,588 | ![]() | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
2013 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 17,991 | 50.99% | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 16,147 | 45.77% | ![]() | |
BJP | Jahar Chakrabarti | 692 | 1.96% | ![]() | |
Independent | Pratyush Nag | 183 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,844 | 5.23% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 35,281 | 91.45% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 38,617 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
2008 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Biswa Bandhu Sen | 15,987 | 51.65% | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 13,577 | 43.86% | ![]() | |
BJP | Tamal Kanti Deb | 805 | 2.60% | ![]() | |
Independent | Sanjay Chowdhury | 213 | 0.69% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,410 | 7.79% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 30,952 | 90.05% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 34,419 | ||||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ![]() |
2003 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 11,811 | 46.29% | ![]() | |
INC | Sima Pal Chowdhury | 11,345 | 44.47% | ![]() | |
BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 1,869 | 7.33% | ![]() | |
Independent | Ranjit Lal Bhattacharya | 255 | 1.00% | New | |
Independent | Sanjoy Chowdhury | 234 | 0.92% | New | |
Margin of victory | 466 | 1.83% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 25,514 | 73.00% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 35,027 | ![]() | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
1998 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 9,434 | 40.64% | ![]() | |
INC | Sima Pal Chowdhury | 8,330 | 35.88% | ![]() | |
BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 5,359 | 23.09% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 1,104 | 4.76% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 23,214 | 76.08% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 31,127 | ![]() | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1993 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Amitabha Datta | 10,310 | 46.37% | ![]() | |
INC | Kalidas Dutta | 7,745 | 34.83% | ![]() | |
BJP | Rasik Ranjan Goswami | 3,928 | 17.67% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 2,565 | 11.54% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 22,236 | 77.35% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 29,090 | ![]() | |||
CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing |
1988 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kalidas Dutta | 9,505 | 52.89% | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 8,283 | 46.09% | ![]() | |
BJP | Ranjit Kumar Sharma | 110 | 0.61% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 1,222 | 6.80% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 17,970 | 83.10% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 21,915 | ![]() | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
1983 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 7,309 | 51.59% | ![]() | |
INC | Binay Bhushan Ray | 5,570 | 39.31% | ![]() | |
Independent | Radhagobinda Dutta | 1,043 | 7.36% | New | |
BJP | Jayanta Kumar Ray | 178 | 1.26% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,739 | 12.27% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 14,168 | 79.09% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 18,184 | ![]() | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
1977 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Amarendra Sarma | 6,640 | 53.94% | New | |
INC | Debiprasad Purkayastha | 2,963 | 24.07% | ![]() | |
JP | Amulya Chandra Deb | 1,818 | 14.77% | New | |
TPCC | Sanat Kumar Paul | 888 | 7.21% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,677 | 29.87% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 12,309 | 79.12% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 15,783 | ![]() | |||
CPI(M) gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
1972 Assembly election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Amarendra Sarma | 3,728 | 47.21% | New | |
INC | Debiprasad Purkayastha | 3,489 | 44.19% | New | |
Independent | K. Ranjan Deb Kanungo | 571 | 7.23% | New | |
AIFB | Jogendra Bhusan Pal | 108 | 1.37% | New | |
Margin of victory | 239 | 3.03% | |||
Turnout | 7,896 | 66.35% | |||
Registered electors | 12,127 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |