Barjala Assembly constituency

Barjala is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2][3] It is part of West Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It is part of Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency).

Barjala
Constituency No. 4 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	West Tripura
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura West
Established	1972
Total electors	47,145[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudip Sarkar
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Basana Chakraborty		Indian National Congress
1977	Gouri Bhattacharjee		Communist Party of India
1983
1988	Dipak Kumar Roy		Indian National Congress
1993	Arun Bhowmik		Janata Dal
1998	Dipak Kumar Roy		Indian National Congress
2003
2008	Sankar Prasad Datta		Communist Party of India
2013	Jitendra Sarkar		Indian National Congress
2018	Dr. Dilip Kumar Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Sudip Sarkar		Communist Party of India

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudip Sarkar	21,486	50.93%	New
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Das	19,697	46.69%	8.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,001	2.37%	1.77
Margin of victory			1,789	4.24%	11.41
Turnout			42,184	89.67%	4.46
Registered electors			47,145		11.30
	CPI(M) gain from BJP		Swing	4.49

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Dilip Kumar Das	22,052	55.42%	54.00
	CPI(M)	Jhumu Sarkar	15,825	39.77%	8.75
	INC	Dipak Das	650	1.63%	47.61
	AITC	Utpal Das	293	0.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	241	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,227	15.65%	14.92
Turnout			39,789	92.76%	0.64
Registered electors			42,358		11.29
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.17

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jitendra Sarkar	17,728	49.25%	1.49
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Das	17,467	48.52%	0.41
	BJP	Samir Biswas	511	1.42%	0.05
	SP	Rahul Das	291	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			261	0.73%	0.45
Turnout			35,997	94.64%	1.33
Registered electors			38,061
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	0.31

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sankar Prasad Datta	24,853	48.93%	1.42
	INC	Dipak Kumar Roy	24,255	47.76%	2.50
	BJP	Pulak Kumar Debnath	697	1.37%	New
	AITC	Pradip Chakraborty	371	0.73%	0.40
	NCP	Sanjib Dey	356	0.70%	New
	AIFB	Jayanta Kumar Datta	257	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			598	1.18%	1.57
Turnout			50,789	93.47%	11.29
Registered electors			54,467
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	1.32

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dipak Kumar Roy	18,851	50.26%	0.55
	CPI(M)	Kalyani Dey(Mitra)	17,821	47.51%	5.54
	AITC	Pradip Chakraborty	423	1.13%	New
	Independent	Brajalal Debnath	413	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			1,030	2.75%	6.09
Turnout			37,508	81.96%	1.33
Registered electors			45,767		15.51
	INC hold		Swing	0.55

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dipak Kumar Roy	16,229	50.81%	15.88
	CPI(M)	Chhaya Baul	13,407	41.97%	New
	BJP	Manik Das	2,231	6.98%	5.68
Margin of victory			2,822	8.83%	0.21
Turnout			31,943	82.06%	3.47
Registered electors			39,620		0.29
	INC gain from JD		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Arun Bhowmik	13,483	43.98%	New
	INC	Dipak Kumar Roy	10,709	34.93%	18.59
	Independent	Chuni Lal Roy	5,587	18.22%	New
	BJP	Sujit Charkraborty	400	1.30%	New
	Independent	Manindra Malakar	176	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			2,774	9.05%	0.63
Turnout			30,658	78.26%	7.49
Registered electors			39,736		51.43
	JD gain from INC		Swing	9.55

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dipak Kumar Roy	11,889	53.53%	33.64
	CPI(M)	Gouri Bhattacharjee	10,020	45.11%	4.19
	JP	Chatta Bin	147	0.66%	0.32
Margin of victory			1,869	8.41%	11.26
Turnout			22,212	85.85%	2.43
Registered electors			26,241		30.36
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Gouri Bhattacharjee	8,160	49.30%	9.49
	Independent	Basana Chakraborty	4,904	29.63%	New
	INC	Bholanath Deb	3,292	19.89%	6.47
	JP	Chatta Bin	163	0.98%	2.96
Margin of victory			3,256	19.67%	15.27
Turnout			16,551	83.66%	1.53
Registered electors			20,130		16.77
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.49

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Gouri Bhattacharjee	8,178	58.79%	24.39
	TPCC	Reserwar Datta	3,317	23.84%	New
	INC	Sachindra Dewanjee	1,867	13.42%	42.25
	JP	Samar Bijoy Chakraborty	549	3.95%	New
Margin of victory			4,861	34.94%	13.68
Turnout			13,911	82.10%	14.07
Registered electors			17,239		71.26
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.12

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Barjala^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Basana Chakraborty	3,733	55.67%	New
	CPI(M)	Gouri Bhattacharjee	2,307	34.40%	New
	Independent	Chatta Bin	234	3.49%	New
	Independent	Rash Mohan Debnath	169	2.52%	New
	Independent	Raj Kumar Kamaljit Sing	149	2.22%	New
	Independent	Gobinda Roy Chowdhury	114	1.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,426	21.26%
Turnout			6,706	67.67%
Registered electors			10,066
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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