Boxanagar Assembly constituency

Boxanagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2][3] It is in Sipahijala district and is a part of West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.^[4][5][6]

Boxanagar
Constituency No. 20 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Sipahijala
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura West
Established	1972
Total electors	43,145[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tafajjal Hossain
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Munsur Ali		Indian National Congress
1977	Arabar Rahaman		Communist Party of India
1983	Araber Rahaman
1988	Billal Miah		Indian National Congress
1993	Sahid Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
1998	Billal Miah		Indian National Congress
2003	Sahid Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
2008
2013
2018
2023	Samsul Haque		Communist Party of India
2023 by-election	Tafajjal Hossain		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023 Assembly by-election

Tafajjal Hossain became the first Muslim MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura Legislative Assembly. He defeated Mizan Hossain of Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 30,237 votes. It's one of highest margin in Tripura history except when Dasarath Deb secured a huge majority in 1977 in Ramchandraghat.

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly by-election: Boxanagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tafajjal Hossain	34,146	88.97%	51.21
	CPI(M)	Mizan Hussain	3,909	10.18%	−40%
	NOTA	None of the Above	434	1.13%	0.24
Margin of victory			30,237	78.78%	66.20
Turnout			38,380	89.86%	0.54
Registered electors			43,225		0.19
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	38.62

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samsul Haque	19,404	50.34%	7.35
	BJP	Tafajjal Hossain	14,555	37.76%	3.35
	TMP	Abu Khayer Miah	3,010	7.81%	New
	AITC	Joydal Hossain	916	2.38%	1.33
	NOTA	None of the Above	342	0.89%	New
	Independent	Safiqul Islam	316	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			4,849	12.58%	10.70
Turnout			38,543	89.39%	1.60
Registered electors			43,145		13.97
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	19,862	57.69%	4.49
	BJP	Baharul Islam Majumder	11,847	34.41%	32.98
	INC	Billal Miah	1,866	5.42%	39.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	453	1.32%	New
	AITC	Najir Islam	359	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			8,015	23.28%	15.44
Turnout			34,426	90.85%	4.86
Registered electors			37,857
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.49

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	17,100	53.21%	3.66
	INC	Billal Miah	14,579	45.36%	1.70
	BJP	Mantu Sarkar	460	1.43%	0.25
Margin of victory			2,521	7.84%	5.36
Turnout			32,139	96.30%	1.85
Registered electors			33,550
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	13,791	49.55%	3.95
	INC	Billal Miah	13,099	47.06%	3.06
	BJP	Gopal Chandra Das	330	1.19%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Chale Ahammed	309	1.11%	New
	Independent	Bahar Mia Khandakar	303	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			692	2.49%	7.01
Turnout			27,832	94.46%	7.82
Registered electors			29,627		4.60
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.95

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	13,051	53.50%	5.57
	INC	Billal Miah	10,735	44.01%	6.11
	Independent	Anich Ahamed Chowdhury	343	1.41%	New
	AITC	Dipak Das	265	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			2,316	9.49%	7.31
Turnout			24,394	86.20%	1.48
Registered electors			28,324		16.82
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.39

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Billal Miah	10,645	50.12%	15.27
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	10,182	47.94%	8.77
	BJP	Harun Miah	397	1.87%	0.23
Margin of victory			463	2.18%	19.68
Turnout			21,241	89.12%	4.10
Registered electors			24,245		2.88
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sahid Chowdhury	11,161	56.71%	8.42
	INC	Tahera Begum	6,858	34.85%	16.62
	Independent	Nurul Haque Maisan	1,095	5.56%	New
	BJP	Sadhan Debnath	414	2.10%	New
	Independent	Bijoy Dey	113	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			4,303	21.86%	18.69
Turnout			19,681	84.48%	6.65
Registered electors			23,566		26.85
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	5.24

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Billal Miah	8,621	51.47%	2.98
	CPI(M)	Araber Rahaman	8,089	48.29%	2.92
Margin of victory			532	3.18%	0.45
Turnout			16,750	91.32%	2.71
Registered electors			18,578		18.49
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Araber Rahaman	7,022	51.21%	4.11
	INC	Munsur Ali	6,648	48.49%	11.61
Margin of victory			374	2.73%	7.50
Turnout			13,711	88.79%	4.41
Registered electors			15,679		16.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.11

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Arabar Rahaman	5,255	47.10%	16.82
	INC	Munsur Ali	4,114	36.88%	17.82
	TPCC	Sultan Mia	1,206	10.81%	New
	JP	Himangshu Debnath	581	5.21%	New
Margin of victory			1,141	10.23%	14.18
Turnout			11,156	84.81%	11.82
Registered electors			13,434		38.20
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	7.59

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Boxanagar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Munsur Ali	3,787	54.69%	New
	CPI(M)	Phani Bhushan Bhakta	2,097	30.29%	New
	Independent	Amrita Kumar Roy	1,040	15.02%	New
Margin of victory			1,690	24.41%
Turnout			6,924	74.34%
Registered electors			9,721
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Sipahijala district
• Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency)