13th Tripura Assembly

The Thirteenth Tripura Assembly was formed after 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. Elections were held in 60 constituencies on 16 February 2023. Votes were counted on 2 March 2023.^[1]

13th Tripura Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Tripura Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Tripura, India
Meeting place	Tripura Vidhan Sabha, Agartala
Term	2023 – 2028
Election	2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Government	National Democratic Alliance
Opposition	Tipra Motha Party
Website	https://www.tripuraassembly.nic.in/
Members	60
Chief Minister	Manik Saha
Deputy Chief Minister	Vacant
Speaker of the Assembly	Biswa Bandhu Sen
Leader of the Opposition	Animesh Debbarma
Deputy Speaker	Ram Prasad Paul
Party control	Bharatiya Janata Party

History

Bharatiya Janata Party led alliance won election with 33(BJP 32 + IPFT 1) seats while newcomer Tipra Motha Party become second largest party with 13 seats. Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Secular Democratic Forces won 14(11 CPIM + 3 INC).^[2]

Notable Positions

S.No	Position	Portrait	Name	Party		Constituency	Office Taken
1	Speaker		Biswa Bandhu Sen		Bharatiya Janata Party	Dharmanagar	24 March 2023^[3]
2	Deputy Speaker		Ram Prasad Paul		Bharatiya Janata Party	Suyamaninagar	28 March 2023^[4]
3	Leader of the House		Manik Saha (Chief Minister)		Bharatiya Janata Party	Town Bardowali	13 March 2023
4	Deputy Leader of the House	Vacant
5	Leader of Opposition		Animesh Debbarma		Tipra Motha Party	Asharambari	24 March 2023
6	Leader of CPI(M) Legislative Party		Jitendra Chaudhury		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sabroom	24 March 2023

Party wise distribution

 

Alliance		Party		No. of MLA's		Leader of the Party in Assembly	Leader's Constituency
	North-East Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party	31	32	Manik Saha	Town Bordowali
			Indigenous People's Front of Tripura	1		Sukla Charan Noatia	Jolaibari
	Secular Democratic Forces		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	13	Jitendra Chaudhury	Sabroom
			Indian National Congress	3		Sudip Roy Barman	Agartala
	None		Tipra Motha Party	13		Animesh Debbarma	Asharambari
	Vacant			2		-	Boxanagar, Dhanpur
Total no. of MLAs				60

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

References

1. "Tripura to vote in single phase on Feb 16, results on March 2 | Full schedule". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
2. "Election Results 2023 Analysis: BJP and allies back in power in Northeastern states, focus shifts to govt formation". The Indian Express. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
3. "Latest Business and Financial News : The Economic Times on mobile". m.economictimes.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
4. Deb, Debraj (28 March 2023). "Tripura: Former BJP minister Ramprasad Paul elected Deputy Speaker of Assembly". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
5. "Tripura CPM MLA Samsul Haque dies of heart attack". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
6. "Union minister Pratima Bhoumik resigns from Tripura assembly". The Times of India. 16 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

External links

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