Pravat Chowdhury

Pravat Chowdhury (born 28 December 1976) is an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Chowdhury is a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Manu (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South Tripura district since 2014.^[2][3][4][5]

Pravat Chowdhury
Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
In office 24 September 2014 – 2023
Preceded by	Jitendra Choudhury
Constituency	Manu ST
Personal details
Born	(1976-12-28) 28 December 1976 (age 48)[1] Sabroom, South Tripura district
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Smt. Dipali Tripura (Chowdhury)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Lt. Krishna Kanta Chowdhury(Father) Smt. Dhanusri Chowdhury(Mother)
Alma mater	Nagaland University

Career

Chowdhury was elected in a 2014 by-election to this seat, after the previous incumbent, Jitendra Choudhury, resigned to take his Lok Sabha seat for Tripura East after winning in 2014. Pravat Chowdhury won the bye-election by a landslide, leading by a record margin of nearly 16,000 votes.^[6] Chowdhury won reelection to a full term during the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, but this time by a much smaller margin. His victory by 193 votes, or 0.48%, against Dhananjoy Tripura of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura was the closest contest in the state.

See also

• Jitendra Choudhury
• Radhacharan Debbarma
• Badal Chowdhury