Dharmanagar Assembly constituency

Dharmanagar is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2] The first elections held for this constituency were in 1972.^[3] It comprises the Ragna, Baruakandi and Dharmanagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district.^[4]

Dharmanagar
Constituency No. 56 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	North Tripura
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura East
Established	1972
Total electors	44,745[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Biswa Bandhu Sen
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

As of 2023, it is represented by Biswa Bandhu Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]

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

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biswa Bandhu Sen	18,684	49.35%	7.86
	INC	Chayan Bhattacharya	17,586	46.45%	44.73
	Independent	Saurabh Goswami	658	1.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	444	1.17%	0.49
	Independent	Bibash Ranjan Das	203	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,098	2.90%	16.62
Turnout			37,861	85.75%	5.15
Registered electors			44,745		7.59
	BJP hold		Swing	7.86

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biswa Bandhu Sen	21,357	57.21%	55.25
	CPI(M)	Abhijit De	14,070	37.69%	8.08
	INC	Kebal Kanti Nandi	642	1.72%	49.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	254	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			7,287	19.52%	14.29
Turnout			37,333	88.38%	1.59
Registered electors			41,588		7.69
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.21

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Biswa Bandhu Sen	17,991	50.99%	0.66
	CPI(M)	Amitabha Datta	16,147	45.77%	1.90
	BJP	Jahar Chakrabarti	692	1.96%	0.64
	Independent	Pratyush Nag	183	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,844	5.23%	2.56
Turnout			35,281	91.45%	1.43
Registered electors			38,617
	INC hold		Swing	0.66

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Biswa Bandhu Sen	15,987	51.65%	7.19
	CPI(M)	Amitabha Datta	13,577	43.86%	2.43
	BJP	Tamal Kanti Deb	805	2.60%	4.72
	Independent	Sanjay Chowdhury	213	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			2,410	7.79%	5.96
Turnout			30,952	90.05%	17.09
Registered electors			34,419
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.36

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Amitabha Datta	11,811	46.29%	5.65
	INC	Sima Pal Chowdhury	11,345	44.47%	8.58
	BJP	Rasik Ranjan Goswami	1,869	7.33%	15.76
	Independent	Ranjit Lal Bhattacharya	255	1.00%	New
	Independent	Sanjoy Chowdhury	234	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			466	1.83%	2.93
Turnout			25,514	73.00%	1.74
Registered electors			35,027		12.53
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.65

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Amitabha Datta	9,434	40.64%	5.73
	INC	Sima Pal Chowdhury	8,330	35.88%	1.05
	BJP	Rasik Ranjan Goswami	5,359	23.09%	5.42
Margin of victory			1,104	4.76%	6.78
Turnout			23,214	76.08%	1.86
Registered electors			31,127		7.00
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Amitabha Datta	10,310	46.37%	0.27
	INC	Kalidas Dutta	7,745	34.83%	18.06
	BJP	Rasik Ranjan Goswami	3,928	17.67%	17.05
Margin of victory			2,565	11.54%	4.74
Turnout			22,236	77.35%	5.56
Registered electors			29,090		32.74
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kalidas Dutta	9,505	52.89%	13.58
	CPI(M)	Amarendra Sarma	8,283	46.09%	5.49
	BJP	Ranjit Kumar Sharma	110	0.61%	0.64
Margin of victory			1,222	6.80%	5.47
Turnout			17,970	83.10%	4.08
Registered electors			21,915		20.52
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Amarendra Sarma	7,309	51.59%	2.36
	INC	Binay Bhushan Ray	5,570	39.31%	15.24
	Independent	Radhagobinda Dutta	1,043	7.36%	New
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Ray	178	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			1,739	12.27%	17.60
Turnout			14,168	79.09%	0.07
Registered electors			18,184		15.21
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.36

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Amarendra Sarma	6,640	53.94%	New
	INC	Debiprasad Purkayastha	2,963	24.07%	20.12
	JP	Amulya Chandra Deb	1,818	14.77%	New
	TPCC	Sanat Kumar Paul	888	7.21%	New
Margin of victory			3,677	29.87%	26.85
Turnout			12,309	79.12%	12.88
Registered electors			15,783		30.15
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing	6.73

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Dharmanagar^[14]

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)

See also

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