Birganj Assembly constituency

Birganj
Birganj
Former constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Established	1963
Abolished	2008
Total electors	36,751

Birganj Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tripura.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manoranjan Acharjee	18,262	52.05%	2.54
	INC	Jawhar Saha	15,607	44.48%	0.74
	Independent	Hemanto Uchoi	514	1.46%	New
	BJP	Haradhan Saha	420	1.20%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Rajjab Ali	283	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			2,655	7.57%	3.28
Turnout			35,086	95.62%	11.96
Registered electors			36,751		2.72
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Debnath	16,310	54.59%	6.34
	INC	Jawhar Shaha	13,070	43.74%	6.20
	AMB	Ratan Roy	499	1.67%	New
Margin of victory			3,240	10.84%	9.15
Turnout			29,879	83.67%	1.47
Registered electors			35,779		8.25
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	4.64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jawahar Shaha	13,543	49.94%	7.66
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Debnath	13,084	48.25%	0.39
	BJP	Ajoy Kanti Saha	418	1.54%	0.22
Margin of victory			459	1.69%	4.65
Turnout			27,117	83.42%	2.43
Registered electors			33,053
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Debnath	12,704	48.64%	3.34
	INC	Jawhar Shaha	11,046	42.29%	11.12
	Independent	Prabodh Bhattacharjee	1,367	5.23%	New
	BJP	Dilip Barman	344	1.32%	New
	AMB	Gourisankar Nandy	240	0.92%	New
	Independent	Dhirendra Chandra Das	187	0.72%	New
	Independent	Talkudar Reang	141	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,658	6.35%	1.77
Turnout			26,121	85.51%	2.15
Registered electors			30,924
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	4.78

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Birganj^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jawhar Saha	8,747	48.54%	*New*
	CPI(M)	Syjmal Kanti Saha	6,352	35.25%	4.24
	Independent	Anil Devnath	2,523	14.00%	New
	INC	Lal Mohan Ghosh	397	2.20%	26.75
Margin of victory			2,395	13.29%	2.75
Turnout			18,019	79.77%	2.41
Registered electors			22,927		20.08
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing	9.05

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Birganj^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Syamal Saha	5,745	39.50%	0.68
	INC	Kanai Lal Sarkar	4,212	28.96%	17.65
	TUS	Dusmanta Reang	3,300	22.69%	New
	JP	Susil Ranjan Saha	1,103	7.58%	New
	TPCC	Benoy Bhushan Ray	126	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			1,533	10.54%	4.11
Turnout			14,546	77.90%	12.14
Registered electors			19,093		56.35
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	7.11

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Birganj^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushil Ranjan Saha	3,645	46.61%	8.88
	CPI(M)	Syamal Kantisaha	3,142	40.17%	0.96
	Independent	Anil Chandra Dhar Roy	943	12.06%	New
	Independent	Murari Mohan Das	91	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			503	6.43%	9.84
Turnout			7,821	66.57%	2.68
Registered electors			12,212		32.41
	INC hold		Swing	8.88

1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Birganj^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. B. Riyan	6,152	55.49%	*New*
	CPI(M)	R. K. D. Barma	4,348	39.22%	New
	ABJS	R. L. D. Barma	587	5.29%	New
Margin of victory			1,804	16.27%
Turnout			11,087	64.36%
Registered electors			18,068
	INC win (new seat)