Jitendra Chaudhury

Jitendra Chaudhury (born 27 June 1958) is an Indian communist politician who is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and serving as the incumbent MLA from Sabroom. Previously, he had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) before conceding defeat against Rebati Tripura of BJP in 2019.^[2][3]

Jitendra Chaudhury
Chaudhury, then Minister for Rural Development & Industry, Tripuralighting the lamp to inaugurate the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, organized by PIB at Ushabazar, Mohanpur block
Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 March 2024
Preceded by	Animesh Debbarma
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 April 2025
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 September 2021 (2021-09-19)
Preceded by	Goutam Das
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 March 2023
Preceded by	Sankar Roy
Constituency	Sabroom
In office 1993–2014
Preceded by	Angju Mog
Succeeded by	Pravat Chowdhury
Constituency	Manu (ST)
Member of the Lok Sabha for Tripura East
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Bajuban Reang
Succeeded by	Rebati Tripura
Minister for Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports, Govt of Tripura
In office 1993–2014
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 67)[1] Tripura, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Manisha Debbarma
Relatives	1

Jitendra Chaudhury is the current Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee.^[4][5][6] At the 22nd Communist Party Congress in 2018, he was elected as a member of the central committee. He is the national Chairperson of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).^[7]

Early life

Chaudhury was born on 27 June 1958 in South Tripura to a Tripuri family. His parents were Matahari Chaudhury and Hematara Chaudhury.^[1] His father was also the Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly between 1978 and 1983.^[8] He completed his higher secondary in 1980 from Umakanta Academy.^[9]

Political career

Jitendra Chowdhury lighting the lamp to launch the Unique ID Project (Aadhaar) in the State, at Rupaichhari RD Block, Tripura.

In 1993, Chaudhury was elected from Manu ST constituency as CPI(M) candidate for Tripura Legislative Assembly election and he won the election. He was the Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports from 1993 to 1998 in Dasarath Deb Ministry. He was also Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports in Manik Sarkar Ministry from 1998 to 2014. In 2014 Indian general election he won from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) and became Member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tripura.^[10][11] However, in the 2019 Indian general election, he lost to Rebati Tripura. In the 2023 Tripura election, he won from the constituency of Sabroom.

Member of Parliament

Chaudhury was Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha since 2014 to 2019 from Tripura East.^[12][13] On 27 February 2016, he raised announcement in Kokborok language at the Agartala airport and Railway stations in Tripura.^[14][15] Following this, announcements on flight-related information were made in Agartala airport,^[16] the civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju informed to chaudhury about this matter through a letter.^[17][18]

State secretary of CPI(M), Tripura

On 19 September 2021, Chaudhury was named as the state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) – Tripura following the death of incumbent secretary Goutam Das, for an interim period until the party's next state conference.^[19][20][21] In 2022, at the coneference of CPI(M), Tripura state committee he unanimously elected as the state secretary.^{[22][23][24][25]}

Leader of Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly

Chaudhury was sworn as Leader of Opposition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly on 20 March 2024.^{[26][27][28][29]} Following the joined of Tipra Motha Party to BJP led coalition government and resignation of his predecessor Animesh Debbarma of Tipra Motha Party, CPI(M) became the prime opposition in the assembly.^[30][31][32]

Electoral history

Chaudhury was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Manu for five consecutive times and once elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Currently he is the MLA from Sabroom.^[33]

Summary

Tripura Legislative Assembly elections

Year	Party		Constituency	Opponent			Result	Margin
1983		CPI(M)	Manu		INC	Angju Mog	Lost	1,942
1988		CPI(M)			INC	Angju Mog	Lost	169
1993		CPI(M)			INC	Angju Mog	Won	2,674
1998		CPI(M)			INC	Joykishore Tripura	Won	3,732
2003		CPI(M)			INPT	Chandan Tripura	Won	4,105
2008		CPI(M)			INC	Thaikhai Mog	Won	6,160
2013		CPI(M)			INC	Chandi Charan Tripura	Won	6,896
2023		CPI(M)	Sabroom		BJP	Sankar Roy	Won	396

Lok sabha elections

Year	Party		Constituency	Opponent			Result	Margin
2014		CPI(M)	Tripura East		INC	Sachitra Debbarma	Won	4,84,358
2019					BJP	Rebati Tripura	Lost	2,81,163

Detailed results

Lok Sabha elections

Lok Sabha Election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Tripura East^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	6,23,771	65.47	+2.00
	INC	Sachitra Debbarma	1,39,413	14.63	−12.78
	AITC	Bhriguram Reang	77,028	8.08	+7.57
	BJP	Parikshit Debbarma	60,613	6.36	+4.13
Margin of victory			4,84,358	50.84	+14.84
Turnout			9,51,080	83.41
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Lok Sabha Election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Tripura East^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rebati Tripura	482,126	46.12	+40.13
	INC	Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman	2,77,836	26.58	+12.78
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	2,00,963	19.22	−46.00
	IPFT	Narendra Chandra Debbarma	45,304	4.33
Margin of victory			2,04,290	20.84	+14.84
Turnout			10,46,123	82.90
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Tripura Legislative Assembly elections

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Angju Mog	10,304	55.20%	20.64
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	8,362	44.80%	2.14
Margin of victory			1,942	10.40%	2.31
Turnout			18,666	83.50%	5.12
Registered electors			22,733		18.65
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Angju Mog	11,832	50.12%	5.08
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	11,663	49.40%	4.60
Margin of victory			169	0.72%	9.69
Turnout			23,608	89.39%	6.11
Registered electors			26,760		17.71
	INC hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	14,886	54.93%	5.53
	INC	Angju Mog	12,212	45.07%	5.05
Margin of victory			2,674	9.87%	9.15
Turnout			27,098	85.01%	4.73
Registered electors			32,458		21.29
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	16,236	55.80%	0.87
	INC	Joykishore Tripura	12,504	42.97%	2.09
	BJP	Chandi Tripura	357	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			3,732	12.83%	2.96
Turnout			29,097	85.36%	0.52
Registered electors			34,635		6.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	17,358	55.31%	0.49
	INPT	Chandan Tripura	13,253	42.23%	New
	BJP	Chandi Tripura	773	2.46%	1.24
Margin of victory			4,105	13.08%	0.25
Turnout			31,384	85.00%	0.98
Registered electors			36,927		6.62
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	21,100	56.07%	0.77
	INC	Thaikhai Mog	14,940	39.70%	New
	Independent	Kirat Bahan Tripura	800	2.13%	New
	BJP	Mrathaiong Mog	789	2.10%	0.37
Margin of victory			6,160	16.37%	3.29
Turnout			37,629	94.45%	9.09
Registered electors			39,999
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.77

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	21,320	58.07%	2.00
	INC	Chandi Charan Tripura	14,424	39.29%	0.42
	BJP	Thaiu Mog	971	2.64%	0.55
Margin of victory			6,896	18.78%	2.41
Turnout			36,715	96.01%	1.71
Registered electors			38,329
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sabroom^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury	21,801	49.02%	3.63
	BJP	Sankar Roy	21,405	48.13%	2.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,265	2.84%	1.86
Margin of victory			396	0.89%	4.36
Turnout			44,471	92.65%	2.05
Registered electors			48,064		9.31
	CPI(M) gain from BJP		Swing	1.62

Positions held

Year		Position	Place/organisation	Belonging party	Remark	Ref(s)
Assumed office	Left office
1993	2014	MLA	Tripura Legislative Assembly	CPI(M)
2014	2019	Member of Parliament	Lok sabha
2017	2023	Convenor	Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM)			[45]
2018	present	Central Committee Member	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019	2023	President	Ganamukti Parishad
2021	present	Secretary	CPI(M) Tripura
2023	present	MLA	Tripura Legislative Assembly
2023	present	Chairperson	Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM)
2024	present	Leader of Opposition	Tripura Legislative Assembly
2025	present	Polit Bureau Member	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			[46][47]

See also

• Aghore Debbarma
• Radhacharan Debbarma
• Rebati Tripura
• Reang