Krishnapur Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Krishnapur.

Krishnapur is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2][3] It is in Khowai district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is also part of East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.^[4][5][6]

Krishnapur
Constituency No. 29 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	Khowai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura East
Established	1977
Total electors	37,929[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bikash Debbarma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Manindra Debbarma		Communist Party of India
1983	Kali Kumar Debbarma
1988	Khagendra Jamatia
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013
2018	Atul Debbarma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Bikash Debbarma

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bikash Debbarma	13,800	39.97%	11.24
	TMP	Mahendra Debbarma	11,162	32.33%	New
	CPI(M)	Swasti Debbarma	8,679	25.14%	19.97
	NOTA	None of the Above	471	1.36%	0.37
	Independent	Atul Debbarma	413	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			2,638	7.64%	1.53
Turnout			34,525	91.10%	1.36
Registered electors			37,929		7.27
	BJP hold		Swing	11.24

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atul Debbarma	16,730	51.21%	49.34
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	14,735	45.11%	13.22
	INC	Saratal Jamatia	397	1.22%	36.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	325	0.99%	New
	Independent	Kripajay Reang	211	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			1,995	6.11%	14.47
Turnout			32,668	91.80%	1.27
Registered electors			35,359		12.79
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	7.11

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	17,125	58.32%	6.75
	INC	Sabda Kumar Jamatia	11,083	37.74%	6.79
	IPFT	Sunadhan Debbarma	606	2.06%	New
	BJP	Mania Debbarma	549	1.87%	2.02
Margin of victory			6,042	20.58%	13.54
Turnout			29,363	93.75%	3.41
Registered electors			31,350
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.75

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	13,325	51.57%	1.48
	INC	Sabda Kumar Jamatia	11,508	44.54%	New
	BJP	Mania Debbarma	1,006	3.89%	0.62
Margin of victory			1,817	7.03%	1.80
Turnout			25,839	90.36%	20.27
Registered electors			28,631
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	9,922	50.09%	4.29
	INPT	Sabda Kumar Jamatia	8,885	44.86%	New
	BJP	Jagat Debbarma	649	3.28%	4.29
	NCP	Pandiram Reang	352	1.78%	New
Margin of victory			1,037	5.24%	12.78
Turnout			19,808	69.98%	0.14
Registered electors			28,305		9.91
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.29

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	9,821	54.39%	15.99
	TUS	Khagendra Kumar Reang	6,568	36.37%	10.70
	BJP	Jagat Debbarma	1,367	7.57%	New
	AMB	Rabini Debnath (Debbarma)	133	0.74%	2.84
	Independent	Namajoy Reang	123	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			3,253	18.01%	26.70
Turnout			18,058	72.27%	7.13
Registered electors			25,753		1.10
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	15.99

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	13,850	70.38%	12.60
	TUS	Karna Singh Jamatia	5,051	25.67%	14.89
	AMB	Chandramani Debbarma	704	3.58%	New
Margin of victory			8,799	44.71%	27.49
Turnout			19,679	78.12%	3.50
Registered electors			25,474		20.53
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Jamatia	9,861	57.78%	3.49
	TUS	Karna Singh Jamatia	6,922	40.56%	New
	Independent	Sishu Ranjan Roy	283	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			2,939	17.22%	0.73
Turnout			17,066	81.76%	10.19
Registered electors			21,135		11.41
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kali Kumar Debbarma	7,267	54.29%	3.01
	INC	Maharaja Kumar Sahadeb Bikaram Kishore Debbarma	5,059	37.80%	21.84
	Independent	Sudhangshu Sen	1,059	7.91%	New
Margin of victory			2,208	16.50%	24.85
Turnout			13,385	71.86%	4.81
Registered electors			18,970		16.85
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Krishnapur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Manindra Debbarma	6,116	57.30%	New
	INC	Maharajkumar Nakshatra Bikram	1,703	15.95%	New
	JP	Ananta Hari Jamatia	1,062	9.95%	New
	TPCC	Bhrighumani Jamatia	964	9.03%	New
	TUS	Karna Singh Jamatia	682	6.39%	New
	Independent	Bilaiham Reang	147	1.38%	New
Margin of victory			4,413	41.34%
Turnout			10,674	67.32%
Registered electors			16,234
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Khowai district
• Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)