Nalchar Assembly constituency

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

Nalchar
Constituency No. 21 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	44,814[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Subhash Chandra Das
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Benode Behari Das		Indian National Congress
1977	Sumanta Kumar Das		Communist Party of India
1983	Narayan Das		Indian National Congress
1988	Sukumar Barman		Communist Party of India
1993
1998
2003
2008
2012*	Tapan Chandra Das
2013	Tapan Chandra Das
2018	Subhash Chandra Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Kishor Barman

*By-election

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Barman	20,836	49.95%	1.47
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chandra Das	18,452	44.24%	3.11
	AITC	Lutan Das	889	2.13%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	725	1.74%	0.86
	Independent	Bimal Das	486	1.17%	New
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Das	324	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			2,384	5.72%	4.58
Turnout			41,712	93.19%	2.51
Registered electors			44,814		7.82
	BJP hold		Swing	1.47

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Subhash Chandra Das	19,261	48.48%	47.00
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chandra Das	18,810	47.34%	12.61
	INC	Rakesh Das	594	1.50%	36.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	347	0.87%	New
	AMB	Ashutosh Das	230	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			451	1.14%	20.99
Turnout			39,732	94.48%	0.02
Registered electors			41,565		8.46
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	11.48

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tapan Chandra Das	21,969	59.96%	7.56
	INC	Uttam Das	13,862	37.83%	5.57
	BJP	Parimal Barman	541	1.48%	0.34
	SP	Chandan Das	270	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			8,107	22.12%	13.13
Turnout			36,642	96.46%	1.15
Registered electors			38,323
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.56

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukumar Barman	14,748	52.40%	3.78
	INC	Sukla Das	12,216	43.40%	2.40
	BJP	Sujit Das	511	1.82%	New
	Independent	Purabi Barman	465	1.65%	New
	AMB	Ashutosh Das	207	0.74%	1.03
Margin of victory			2,532	9.00%	6.18
Turnout			28,147	95.09%	11.64
Registered electors			29,797
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.78

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukumar Barman	13,220	56.18%	1.09
	INC	Nani Gopal Das	9,648	41.00%	1.35
	AMB	Putul Das	415	1.76%	New
	Independent	Krishna Kamal Das	250	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			3,572	15.18%	2.44
Turnout			23,533	82.98%	2.22
Registered electors			28,413		16.22
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.09

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukumar Barman	11,905	57.26%	4.61
	INC	Pulin Behari Bhowmik	8,243	39.65%	5.91
	BJP	Subrata Sarkar	593	2.85%	New
Margin of victory			3,662	17.61%	10.52
Turnout			20,790	86.53%	0.74
Registered electors			24,447		3.09
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukumar Barman	10,526	52.65%	0.08
	INC	Narayan Das	9,108	45.56%	0.64
	Independent	Arun Sarkar	143	0.72%	New
	Independent	Ashutosh Das	109	0.55%	New
	Independent	Niranjan Das	106	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			1,418	7.09%	0.57
Turnout			19,992	85.31%	4.49
Registered electors			23,714		17.87
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.08

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukumar Barman	9,420	52.73%	4.20
	INC	Narayan Das	8,254	46.20%	3.74
	Independent	Bijay Krishna Das	112	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,166	6.53%	5.11
Turnout			17,865	89.92%	1.51
Registered electors			20,119		18.20
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narayan Das	7,420	49.94%	25.82
	CPI(M)	Sumanta Kumar Das	7,210	48.53%	4.16
	Independent	Mani Gopal Das	123	0.83%	New
	Independent	Ashutosh Das	104	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			210	1.41%	27.15
Turnout			14,857	89.03%	5.76
Registered electors			17,021		13.65
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	2.74

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sumanta Kumar Das	6,433	52.69%	14.43
	INC	Bir Chandra Barman	2,945	24.12%	24.65
	JP	Harendra Chandra Das	2,493	20.42%	New
	TPCC	Gouranga Chandra Das	339	2.78%	New
Margin of victory			3,488	28.57%	18.05
Turnout			12,210	83.37%	17.29
Registered electors			14,977		15.06
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.92

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Nalchar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Benode Behari Das	4,078	48.77%	New
	CPI(M)	Hari Madhab Bhowmik	3,199	38.26%	New
	Independent	Harendra Chandra Das	1,085	12.98%	New
Margin of victory			879	10.51%
Turnout			8,362	67.01%
Registered electors			13,017
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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