Ramnagar (Tripura Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Ramnagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. It is in West Tripura district and is a part of Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Biren Datta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1983 | |||
| 1988 | Surajit Datta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Ratan Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2018 | Surajit Datta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2024^ | Dipak Majumder | ||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dipak Majumder | 25,380 | 75.46 |  29.26
| |
| CPI(M) | Ratan Das | 7,366 | 21.9 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 887 | 2.64 | 0.83
| |
| Majority | 18,014 | 53.56 | 51.19
| ||
| Turnout | 32,574 | 71.19% |  12.05
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2023 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Surajit Datta | 17,455 | 46.20% | 7.31
| |
| Independent | Purushuttam Roy Barman | 16,558 | 43.83% | New | |
| AITC | Pujan Biswas | 2,079 | 5.50% | 4.81
| |
| Independent | Dulal Ghosh | 1,005 | 2.66% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 685 | 1.81% | 0.98
| |
| Margin of victory | 897 | 2.37% | 9.94
| ||
| Turnout | 37,782 | 83.24% | 7.08
| ||
| Registered electors | 45,411 | 4.01
| |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 7.31
|
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2018 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Surajit Datta | 21,092 | 53.51% | 51.72
| |
| CPI(M) | Ratan Das | 16,237 | 41.19% | 8.00
| |
| INC | Pujan Biswas | 648 | 1.64% | 47.37
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 329 | 0.83% | New | |
| AITC | Soumen Majumder | 274 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,855 | 12.32% | 12.14
| ||
| Turnout | 39,416 | 88.44% | 0.55
| ||
| Registered electors | 43,659 | 6.71
| |||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 4.32
|
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2013 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ratan Das | 18,060 | 49.19% | 4.45
| |
| INC | Surajit Datta | 17,995 | 49.02% | 3.20
| |
| BJP | Bidyut Ghosh | 657 | 1.79% | 0.09
| |
| Margin of victory | 65 | 0.18% | 7.29
| ||
| Turnout | 36,712 | 89.85% | 0.63
| ||
| Registered electors | 40,915 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2008 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surajit Datta | 16,569 | 52.22% | 1.88
| |
| CPI(M) | Ratan Das | 14,198 | 44.74% | 1.23
| |
| BJP | Nilima Ghosh | 595 | 1.88% | 0.52
| |
| AIFB | Dulal Deb | 370 | 1.17% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,371 | 7.47% | 3.11
| ||
| Turnout | 31,732 | 89.19% | 13.43
| ||
| Registered electors | 35,616 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 1.88
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2003 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surajit Datta | 14,431 | 54.10% | 0.82
| |
| CPI(M) | Samir Chakraborty | 11,608 | 43.51% | 4.01
| |
| BJP | Chandan De | 638 | 2.39% | 4.83
| |
| Margin of victory | 2,823 | 10.58% | 3.20
| ||
| Turnout | 26,677 | 75.89% | 3.92
| ||
| Registered electors | 35,259 | 12.39
| |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1998 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surajit Datta | 13,303 | 53.28% | 0.39
| |
| CPI(M) | Madhu Sengupta | 9,862 | 39.50% | 2.30
| |
| BJP | Mati Lal Das | 1,803 | 7.22% | 3.41
| |
| Margin of victory | 3,441 | 13.78% | 1.92
| ||
| Turnout | 24,968 | 81.39% | 3.13
| ||
| Registered electors | 31,373 | 0.07
| |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1993 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surajit Datta | 12,862 | 53.67% | 1.87
| |
| CPI(M) | Chhaya Baul | 10,018 | 41.80% | 5.81
| |
| BJP | Paritosh Pal | 914 | 3.81% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,844 | 11.87% | 7.68
| ||
| Turnout | 23,967 | 77.52% | 6.43
| ||
| Registered electors | 31,350 | 26.20
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| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1988 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surajit Datta | 10,663 | 51.79% | 3.44
| |
| CPI(M) | Khagen Das | 9,802 | 47.61% | 3.18
| |
| Margin of victory | 861 | 4.18% | 1.74
| ||
| Turnout | 20,587 | 83.80% | 4.12
| ||
| Registered electors | 24,841 | 23.81
| |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1983 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Biren Dutta | 8,026 | 50.80% | 12.62
| |
| INC | Amar Ranjan Gupta | 7,640 | 48.35% | 29.13
| |
| Independent | Jyotimoy Ghosh | 134 | 0.85% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 386 | 2.44% | 41.74
| ||
| Turnout | 15,800 | 80.24% | 1.25
| ||
| Registered electors | 20,063 | 17.11
| |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977 Assembly election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Biren Datta | 8,420 | 63.41% | New | |
| INC | Apanshu Mohan Lodh | 2,553 | 19.23% | New | |
| JP | Naripendra Mohan Paul | 1,240 | 9.34% | New | |
| TPCC | Pramode Ranjan Dasgupta | 870 | 6.55% | New | |
| Independent | Anukul Chandra Saha | 195 | 1.47% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,867 | 44.19% | |||
| Turnout | 13,278 | 78.72% | |||
| Registered electors | 17,132 | ||||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||