Tripura Legislative Assembly

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura

Tripura Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral
Term limits
5 years
Established1963
Leadership
Indrasena Reddy
Biswa Bandhu Sen[1], BJP
since 24 March 2023
Ram Prasad Paul[2], BJP
since 28 March 2023
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Manik Saha, BJP
since 15 May 2022
Jitendra Chaudhury[3], CPI(M)
since 6 March 2024
Structure
Seats60
Political groups
Government (46)
  NDA (46)

Official Opposition (13)

  I.N.D.I.A (13)
  •   CPI(M) (10)
  •   INC (3)

Vacant (1)

  Vacant (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
16 February 2023
Next election
2028
Meeting place
Tripura Vidhan Sabha, Agartala
Website
Tripura Legislative Assembly

The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present Assembly is the 13th Legislative Assembly, where the current speaker of the House is Biswa Bandhu Sen since 24 March 2023. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.

Previous Assemblies

The assemblies constituted so far are listed below:[4]

Assembly Period
1st Assembly 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1967
2nd Assembly 1 March 1967 to 1 November 1971
3rd Assembly 20 March 1972 to 5 November 1977
4th Assembly 5 January 1978 to 7 January 1983
5th Assembly 10 January 1983 to 5 February 1988
6th Assembly 5 February 1988 to 28 February 1993
7th Assembly 10 April 1993 to 10 March 1998
8th Assembly 10 March 1998 to 28 February 2003
9th Assembly 4 March 2003 to 3 March 2008
10th Assembly 10 March 2008 to 1 March 2013
11th Assembly 2 March 2013 to 3 March 2018
12th Assembly 4 March 2018 to 12 March 2023
13th Assembly 13 March 2023-

Members of Legislative Assembly

This section is transcluded from 13th Tripura Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
West Tripura 1 Simna (ST) Brishaketu Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA Cabinet Minister
2 Mohanpur Ratan Lal Nath Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
3 Bamutia (SC) Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 Barjala (SC) Sudip Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5 Khayerpur Ratan Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman Indian National Congress
7 Ramnagar Surajit Datta Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Died on 27 December 2023[5]
Vacant
8 Town Bordowali Manik Saha Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Chief Minister
9 Banamalipur Gopal Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
10 Majlishpur Sushanta Chowdhury Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
11 Mandaibazar (ST) Swapna Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA
Sipahijala 12 Takarjala (ST) Biswajit Kalai Tipra Motha Party NDA
West Tripura 13 Pratapgarh (SC) Ramu Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
14 Badharghat (SC) Mina Rani Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
Sipahijala 15 Kamalasagar Antara Sarkar Deb Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
16 Bishalgarh Sushanta Deb Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
17 Golaghati (ST) Manab Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA
West Tripura 18 Suryamaninagar Ram Prasad Paul Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
Sipahijala 19 Charilam (ST) Subodh Deb Barma Tipra Motha Party NDA
20 Boxanagar Samsul Hoque Communist Party of India (Marxist) Died on 19 July 2023[6]
Tafajjal Hossain Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Elected in September 2023 by-election[7]
21 Nalchar (SC) Kishor Barman Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
23 Dhanpur Pratima Bhoumik Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Resigned on 15 March 2023[8]
Bindu Debnath Elected in September 2023 by-election[9]
Khowai 24 Ramchandraghat (ST) Ranjit Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
26 Asharambari (ST) Animesh Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA Cabinet Minister
27 Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar Pinaki Das Chowdhury Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
28 Teliamura Kalyani Saha Roy Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
29 Krishnapur (ST) Bikash Debbarma Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
Gomati 30 Bagma (ST) Ram Pada Jamatia Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
31 Radhakishorpur Pranajit Singha Roy Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
32 Matarbari Abhishek Debroy Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
33 Kakraban-Salgarh (SC) Jitendra Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
South Tripura 34 Rajnagar (SC) Swapna Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
36 Santirbazar (ST) Pramod Reang Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
37 Hrishyamukh Asoke Chandra Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
38 Jolaibari (ST) Sukla Charan Noatia Indigenous People's Front of Tripura NDA Cabinet Minister
39 Manu (ST) Mailafru Mog Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
40 Sabroom Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) Leader of Opposition
Gomati 41 Ampinagar (ST) Pathan Lal Jamatia Tipra Motha Party NDA
42 Amarpur Ranjit Das Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
43 Karbook (ST) Sanjoy Manik Tripura Tipra Motha Party NDA
Dhalai 44 Raima Valley (ST) Nandita Debbarma (Reang) Tipra Motha Party NDA
45 Kamalpur Manoj Kanti Deb Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
46 Surma (SC) Swapna Das Paul Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
47 Ambassa (ST) Chitta Ranjan Debbarma Tipra Motha Party NDA
48 Karamcherra (ST) Paul Dangshu Tipra Motha Party NDA
49 Chawamanu (ST) Sambhu Lal Chakma Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
Unakoti 50 Pabiachhara (SC) Bhagaban Das Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
51 Fatikroy (SC) Sudhangshu Das Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
52 Chandipur Tinku Roy Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
53 Kailashahar Birajit Sinha Indian National Congress
North Tripura 54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
55 Bagbassa Jadab Lal Debnath Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
56 Dharmanagar Biswa Bandhu Sen Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Speaker
57 Jubarajnagar Sailendra Chandra Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)
58 Panisagar Binay Bhushan Das Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
59 Pencharthal (ST) Santana Chakma Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Cabinet Minister
60 Kanchanpur (ST) Philip Kumar Reang Tipra Motha Party NDA

References

  1. ^ "BJP's Biswabandhu Sen elected Tripura speaker; Tipra Motha abstains from voting". Economic Times. PTI. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ "BJP's Ram Prasad Paul elected Tripura Assembly Dy Speaker". Lokmat English. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Tipra Motha to join BJP-led govt in Tripura days after signing tripartite pact". Deccan Herald. PTI. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Tripura Legislative Assembly at a glance". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Seven-term Tripura MLA and BJP leader Surajit Datta passes away at 70". The Times of India. 28 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Tripura CPM MLA Samsul Haque dies of heart attack". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Union minister Pratima Bhoumik resigns from Tripura assembly". The Times of India. 16 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  9. ^ "BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links

  • Tripura Lok Sabha Election Result Website
  • Official government website of Tripura
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