Kurti Assembly constituency

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

Kurti
Former constituency for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Total electors	32,164

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Faizur Rahaman		Communist Party of India
1983
1988
1993
1998
2003
2008

Election results

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	14,337	49.79%	0.62
	Independent	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	11,109	38.58%	New
	INC	Nurul Haque	1,796	6.24%	40.09
	Independent	Md. Abdul Rob	544	1.89%	New
	BJP	Sankar Kodal	527	1.83%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Nikhil Roy	318	1.10%	0.41
	AITC	Md. Farman Ali	164	0.57%	0.36
Margin of victory			3,228	11.21%	7.13
Turnout			28,795	89.58%	8.21
Registered electors			32,164		5.51
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.62

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	12,495	50.41%	6.22
	INC	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	11,484	46.33%	2.98
	JD(U)	Abdul Rup	406	1.64%	New
	AITC	Murtaza Uddin Chowdhury	231	0.93%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Arabinda Teli	171	0.69%	0.13
Margin of victory			1,011	4.08%	3.25
Turnout			24,787	81.37%	1.27
Registered electors			30,483		13.51
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.22

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	9,498	44.19%	8.70
	INC	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	9,319	43.35%	18.17
	BJP	Nikhil Chandra Das	2,558	11.90%	6.42
	CPI(ML)L	Himani Nath	120	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			179	0.83%	26.87
Turnout			21,495	81.59%	4.82
Registered electors			26,854
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	8.70

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	10,352	52.89%	2.51
	INC	Abdul Rokib	4,929	25.18%	20.23
	BJP	Nikihil Das	3,586	18.32%	New
	IPF	Man Kumar Singha	387	1.98%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rafique	139	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			5,423	27.71%	22.74
Turnout			19,573	76.31%	7.86
Registered electors			26,020
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.51

Assembly Election 1988

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	8,405	50.38%	7.40
	INC	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	7,576	45.41%	9.62
	Independent	Man Kumar Singha	524	3.14%	New
	Independent	Dhirendra Kumar Dey	178	1.07%	New
Margin of victory			829	4.97%	17.01
Turnout			16,683	84.43%	4.93
Registered electors			20,080		17.17
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.40

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	7,738	57.78%	9.49
	INC	Abdul Razak Bisharad	4,794	35.79%	27.52
	Independent	Abdul Wazid	641	4.79%	New
	BJP	Ardhendu Nag	179	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			2,944	21.98%	15.48
Turnout			13,393	79.50%	3.28
Registered electors			17,137		12.64
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.49

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election : Kurti^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Faizur Rahaman	5,500	48.28%	New
	JP	Gopendra Kumar Das	1,233	10.82%	New
	Independent	Lonath Tantubay	1,169	10.26%	New
	Independent	Ramtanu Bhattacharjee	1,155	10.14%	New
	INC	Abdul Rahim	943	8.28%	New
	Independent	Charitra Mohan Sarkar	834	7.32%	New
	TPCC	Benoy Bhushan Banerjee	284	2.49%	New
	Independent	Sashi Kumar Singha	273	2.40%	New
Margin of victory			4,267	37.46%
Turnout			11,391	76.51%
Registered electors			15,214
	CPI(M) win (new seat)