Tripura Legislative Assembly
Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
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12th Legislative Assembly of Tripura | |
Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Term limits | 5 years |
Established | 1963 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Structure | |
Seats | 60 |
Political groups | Government (42)
Opposition (16)
Vacant (2)
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Elections | |
Voting system | First past the post |
Last election | 18 February 2018 |
Next election | February 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Tripura Vidhan Sabha, Agartala | |
Website | |
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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 12th Legislative Assembly, where Ratan Chakraborty is the current speaker of the House.
History[]
On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union territory, and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief commissioner.[2] 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:[3]
Assembly | Period |
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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 |
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
The 12th Tripura Legislative Assembly was constituted after the Tripura Legislative Assembly elections in 2018. Polling was held on 18 February[4][5] for the 60-member assembly with 89.8% voter turnout being reported.[6] Counting of votes and results were declared on 3 March.[5]
No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | |
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1 | Simna | Vacant | Resignation by Brishaketu Debbarma[7] | ||
2 | Mohanpur | Ratan Lal Nath | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
3 | Bamutia | Krishnadhan Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
4 | Barjala | Dilip Kumar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
5 | Khayerpur | Ratan Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party | Speaker | |
6 | Agartala | Sudip Roy Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
7 | Ramnagar | Surajit Datta | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
8 | Town Bordowali | Asish Kumar Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
9 | Banamalipur | Biplab Kumar Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party | Chief Minister | |
10 | Majlishpur | Sushanta Choudhury | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
11 | Mandai Bazar | Dhirendra Debbarma | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
12 | Takarjala | Narendra Chandra Debbarma | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
13 | Pratapgarh | Rebati Mohan Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
14 | Badharghat | Mimi Majumder | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
15 | Kamalasagar | Narayan Chandra Choudhury | Communist Party of India | ||
16 | Bishalgarh | Bhanu Lal Saha | Communist Party of India | ||
17 | Golaghati | Birendra Kishore Debbarma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
18 | Surjamaninagar | Ram Prasad Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
19 | Charilam | Jishnu Dev Varma | Bharatiya Janata Party | Deputy Chief Minister | |
20 | Boxanagar | Sahid Choudhury | Communist Party of India | ||
21 | Nalchar | Subhash Chandra Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
22 | Sonamura | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | ||
23 | Dhanpur | Manik Sarkar | Communist Party of India | Leader of Opposition | |
24 | Ramchandraghat | Prasanta Debbarma | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
25 | Khowai | Nirmal Biswas | Communist Party of India | ||
26 | Asharambari | Mevar Kumar Jamatia | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
27 | Kalyanpur–Pramodnagar | Pinaki Das Chowdhury | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
28 | Teliamura | Kalyani Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
29 | Krishnapur | Atul Debbarma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
30 | Bagma | Ram Pada Jamatia | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
31 | Radhakishorpur | Pranjit Singha Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
32 | Matarbari | Biplab Kumar Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
33 | Kakraban-Salgarh | Ratan Bhowmik | Communist Party of India | ||
34 | Rajnagar | Sudhan Das | Communist Party of India | ||
35 | Belonia | Arun Chandra Bhowmik | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
36 | Santirbazar | Pramod Reang | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
37 | Hrishyamukh | Badal Choudhury | Communist Party of India | ||
38 | Jolaibari | Jashabir Tripura | Communist Party of India | ||
39 | Manu | Pravat Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | ||
40 | Sabroom | Sankar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
41 | Ampinagar | Sindhu Chandra Jamatia | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
42 | Amarpur | Ranjit Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
43 | Karbook | Burba Mohan Tripura | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
44 | Raima Valley | Dhananjoy Tripura | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | ||
45 | Kamalpur | Manoj Kanti Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
46 | Surma | Vacant | Disqualification of Asish Das[8] | ||
47 | Ambassa | Parimal Debbarma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
48 | Karmachhara | Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
49 | Chawamanu | Sambhu Lal Chakma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
50 | Pabiachhara | Bhagaban Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
51 | Fatikroy | Sudhangshu Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
52 | Chandipur | Tapan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | ||
53 | Kailashahar | Moboshar Ali | Communist Party of India | ||
54 | Kadamtala-Kurti | Islam Uddin | Communist Party of India | ||
55 | Bagbassa | Bijita Nath | Communist Party of India | ||
56 | Dharmanagar | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Bharatiya Janata Party | Deputy Speaker | |
57 | Jubarajnagar | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Communist Party of India | ||
58 | Panisagar | Binay Bhushan Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
59 | Pencharthal | Santana Chakma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
60 | Kanchanpur | Prem Kumar Reang | Indigenous People's Front of Tripura |
References[]
- ^ "BJP's Ratan Chakraborty elected Speaker of Tripura Assembly". EastMojo. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Tripura to celebrate 50 years of assembly". The Times of India. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Tripura Legislative Assembly at a glance". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Tripura Election 2018 Date announced by EC: Check all details here". 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b "EC announces election dates for 3 NE states: Tripura to vote on 18 Feb, Meghalaya, Nagaland on 27 Feb; results for all states on 3 March - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 18 January 2018.
- ^ PTI (19 February 2018). "Tripura records 89.8% voter turnout in assembly elections: EC".
- ^ "Tripura: IPFT MLA Brishaketu Debbarma resigns; Speaker and CM to meet him today". The Indian Express. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Syed Sajjad Ali (5 January 2022). "TMC's Asish Das disqualified under anti-defection law". The Hindu.
External links[]
- Tripura Legislative Assembly
- State legislatures of India
- Unicameral legislatures
- 1963 establishments in Tripura