Pencharthal Assembly constituency

Pencharthal
Pencharthal
Constituency No. 59 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	North Tripura
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura East
Established	1977
Total electors	45,670
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Santana Chakma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Pencharthal is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2]

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It is part of North Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santana Chakma	17,781	45.50	3.88
	CPI(M)	Sadhan Kumar Chakma	9,808	25.10	20.46
	TMP	Hollywood Chakma	9,644	24.68	New
	AITC	Purnita Chakma	767	1.96	New
	Independent	Karnadhan Chakma	551	1.41	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	527	1.35	0.22
Margin of victory			7,973	20.40	16.58
Turnout			39,078	85.61	3.75
Registered electors			45,670		13.53
	BJP hold		Swing	3.88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santana Chakma	17,743	49.38	47.20
	CPI(M)	Anil Chakma	16,370	45.56	4.90
	INC	Nandini Chakma	644	1.79	45.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	407	1.13	New
	AMB	Karnadhan Chakma	223	0.62	New
	Tipraland State Party	Kripamohan Reang	209	0.58	New
	INPT	Daniel Sangma	187	0.52	New
Margin of victory			1,373	3.82	0.73
Turnout			35,930	89.05	2.01
Registered electors			40,227		11.66
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	1.07

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Arun Kumar Chakma	16,601	50.46	0.09
	INC	Purnita Chakma	15,584	47.36	4.90
	BJP	Krishna Chakma	717	2.18	0.52
Margin of victory			1,017	3.09	4.99
Turnout			32,902	91.41	1.55
Registered electors			36,025
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Arun Kumar Chakma	17,210	50.54	2.04
	INC	Sushil Kumar Chakma	14,460	42.47	1.78
	Independent	Binoy Reang	804	2.36	New
	BJP	Manishankar Chakma	566	1.66	New
	AMB	Karnadhan Chakma	402	1.18	8.22
	AIFB	Jainaham Reang	328	0.96	New
	CPI(ML)L	Basirun Reang	279	0.82	New
Margin of victory			2,750	8.08	0.26
Turnout			34,049	89.79	18.30
Registered electors			37,926
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.04

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anil Chakma	11,257	48.18	6.42
	INC	Nirupama Chakma	8,944	38.28	14.54
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Chakma	2,843	12.17	10.64
	AMB	Priya Bikash Chakma	322	1.38	18.85
Margin of victory			2,313	9.90	8.12
Turnout			23,366	74.43	0.38
Registered electors			32,160		7.97
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.42

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushil Kumar Chakma	8,348	43.51	*New*
	CPI(M)	Malendhan Chakma	6,527	34.02	1.41
	Independent	Minati Rao	4,040	21.05	New
	BJP	Chakrabam Reang	273	1.42	New
Margin of victory			1,821	9.49	7.25
Turnout			19,188	79.89	1.93
Registered electors			24,451		22.04
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	8.67

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ratna Prava Das	5,343	34.84	*New*
	CPI(M)	Mohan Lal Chakma	5,000	32.60	9.87
	TUS	Temiya Kumar Dewan	4,993	32.56	18.97
Margin of victory			343	2.24	14.93
Turnout			15,336	77.93	7.72
Registered electors			20,035		17.67
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mohan Lal Chakma	4,977	42.47	*New*
	INC	Sushil Kumar Chakma	2,966	25.31	New
	TUS	Baiksanga Darlong	1,592	13.59	New
	JP	Hangshadwaj Dewan	1,343	11.46	New
	TPCC	Bharati Nandan Malchai Chowdhury	840	7.17	New
Margin of victory			2,011	17.16
Turnout			11,718	70.29
Registered electors			17,026
	CPI(M) win (new seat)