Rajnagar, Tripura Assembly constituency

For other constituencies, see Rajnagar Assembly constituency.

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

Rajnagar
Constituency No. 34 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	South Tripura
Lok Sabha constituency	Tripura West
Established	1972
Total electors	48,011[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swapna Majumder
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

It comprises Rajnagar tehsil, Radhanagar tehsil and Siddhinagar tehsil along with parts of Barpathari tehsil in South Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Lakshmi Nag		Indian National Congress
1977	Nakul Das		Communist Party of India
1983
1988
1993	Sudhan Das
1998
2003
2008
2013
2018
2023	Swapna Majumder		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Swapna Majumder	20,849	48.07%	7.15
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	19,514	45.00%	10.28
	TMP	Abhijit Malakar	2,267	5.23%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	738	1.70%	0.62
Margin of victory			1,335	3.08%	11.27
Turnout			43,368	90.40%	0.72
Registered electors			48,011		9.82
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	7.21

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	22,004	55.28%	8.33
	BJP	Bibhishan Chandra Das	16,291	40.93%	39.66
	INC	Manik Das	459	1.15%	32.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	431	1.08%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Uttam Dhupi	368	0.92%	0.87
Margin of victory			5,713	14.35%	15.93
Turnout			39,804	91.00%	3.93
Registered electors			43,718		10.31
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	8.33

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	23,942	63.61%	7.02
	INC	Manik Chandra Das	12,545	33.33%	4.66
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Das	675	1.79%	0.77
	BJP	Sakhil Das	478	1.27%	0.21
Margin of victory			11,397	30.28%	11.68
Turnout			37,640	95.10%	0.90
Registered electors			39,631
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.02

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	22,111	56.58%	5.34
	INC	Bikash Chandra Das	14,843	37.98%	3.85
	AITC	Sunil Chandra Das	624	1.60%	0.06
	BJP	Radha Rani Das (Bhowmik)	580	1.48%	New
	AMB	Kiriti Das	521	1.33%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Tarani Kumar Das	398	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			7,268	18.60%	9.19
Turnout			39,077	94.17%	7.14
Registered electors			41,539
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.34

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	19,462	61.93%	1.83
	INC	Bikash Chandra Das	10,727	34.13%	2.69
	LJP	Bibhisan Das	755	2.40%	New
	AITC	Parimal Das	484	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			8,735	27.79%	4.52
Turnout			31,428	87.02%	0.62
Registered electors			36,153		11.42
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.83

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	16,831	60.10%	5.53
	INC	Laxman Malakar	10,313	36.83%	7.18
	BJP	Bibhishan Chandra Das	738	2.64%	New
Margin of victory			6,518	23.27%	12.71
Turnout			28,005	87.79%	1.35
Registered electors			32,448		0.52
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhan Das	14,964	54.57%	0.42
	INC	Sefali Das	12,067	44.00%	0.60
	Independent	Krishna Kumar Das	166	0.61%	New
	AMB	Kiriti Das	145	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,897	10.56%	0.18
Turnout			27,424	86.10%	4.65
Registered electors			32,280		24.13
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.42

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nakul Das	12,813	54.99%	0.15
	INC	Jogendra Das	10,393	44.60%	1.62
Margin of victory			2,420	10.39%	1.47
Turnout			23,302	90.58%	3.46
Registered electors			26,006		21.09
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nakul Das	10,144	54.83%	0.66
	INC	Bhuban Mohan Das	7,951	42.98%	6.83
	Independent	Paresh Sarkar	405	2.19%	New
Margin of victory			2,193	11.85%	7.48
Turnout			18,500	87.29%	9.21
Registered electors			21,476		17.12
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nakul Das	7,828	55.49%	24.64
	INC	Upendra Kumar Das	5,100	36.15%	1.52
	JP	Makhan Chandra Das	1,011	7.17%	New
	TPCC	Jagdish Biswas	168	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			2,728	19.34%	15.55
Turnout			14,107	78.80%	15.24
Registered electors			18,336		20.00
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	20.86

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakshmi Nag	3,265	34.63%	New
	CPI(M)	Badal Chowdhury	2,908	30.85%	New
	Independent	Shiba Prasad Baidya	1,200	12.73%	New
	CPI	Tarani Banik	1,151	12.21%	New
	Independent	Upendra Kumar Das	554	5.88%	New
	Independent	S. Kishore Dutta Chowdhury	255	2.70%	New
	Independent	Manoranjan Majumdar	94	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			357	3.79%
Turnout			9,427	63.83%
Registered electors			15,280
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• South Tripura district