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 yet to be elected. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.

Tripura Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Established1963
Leadership
SatyaDeo Narain Arya
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Manik Saha, BJP
since 15 May 2022
Structure
Seats60
Political groups
Government (34)
NDA (34)
  •   BJP (33)
  •   IPFT (1)

Opposition (26)

SDF (13)

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

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
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]
Tafajjal Hossain Bharatiya Janata Party Elected in September 2023 by-election[6]
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[7]
Bindu Debnath Elected in September 2023 by-election[8]
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. "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. Banik l, Mrinal (28 March 2023). "BJP-TIPRA clash on TTAADC budget in Tripura Assembly". EastMojo. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. "Tripura Legislative Assembly at a glance". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  5. "Tripura CPM MLA Samsul Haque dies of heart attack". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. "BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. "Union minister Pratima Bhoumik resigns from Tripura assembly". The Times of India. 16 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  8. "BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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