Belonia Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Tripura State, India
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Belonia is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.[3]
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| Belonia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 35 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
Belonia constituency within Tripura | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Tripura |
| District | South Tripura[1] |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tripura West |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 44,741[2] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Arun Chandra Bhaumik |
It is part of South Tripura district[1] and is centered around the town of Belonia. As of 2023, Dipankar Sen is the current representative of this constituency. His term is expected to last until 2028.
History
The constituency of Belonia was created, in 1967, for the newly created 30-seat Legislative Assembly of the union territory of Tripura, by the Government Of Union Territories Act, 1963.[4] Later, in 1971, Tripura was converted from a union territory to a state, by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, which increased the number of constituencies in Tripura to 60,[5] hence requiring major boundary changes to the constituencies.
By the last delimitation, carried out in 2005, the constituency consists of all of Belonia and Maichhara tehsils and parts of Barpathari, Baikhora and Rajapur tehsils.[6]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | U. K. Roy[7] | Indian National Congress | ||
| Major Boundary Changes | ||||
| 1972 | Jitendra Lal Das[8] | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1977 | Jyotirmoy Das[9] | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1983 | Manoranjan Majumder[10] | Independent | ||
| 1988 | Amal Mallik[11] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1993[12] | ||||
| 1998 | Basudev Majumder[13] | Communist Party of India | ||
| 2003[14] | ||||
| 2008[15] | ||||
| 2013[16] | ||||
| 2018 | Arun Chandra Bhaumik[17][18][19] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | Dipankar Sen | Communist Party of India | ||
Election results
20th century
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | U.K. Roy | 10,502 | 60.05 | N/A | |
| CPI | J.L. Das | 6,691 | 38.26 | N/A | |
| Independent | J.C.D. Mahajan | 297 | 1.70 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,811 | 21.79 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17,490 | 73.00 | N/A | ||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1972
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Jyotirmoy Das | 5,460 | 41.65 | N/A | |
| INC | Manoranjan Majumder | 5,341 | 40.74 | N/A | |
| JP | Manik Lal Choudhury | 1,176 | 8.97 | N/A | |
| CPI | Jitendra Lal Das | 841 | 6.41 |  37.16 | |
| Independent | Ramesh Chandra Das | 292 | 2.23 | N/A | |
| Majority | 119 | 0.91 | 3.07 | ||
| Turnout | 13,358 | 81.72 |  22.93 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Manoranjan Majumder | 8,081 | 50.75 | 10.01 | |
| CPI | Jitendra Lal Das | 7,657 | 48.08 | 41.67 | |
| Independent | Madan Mohan Baidya | 153 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| Independent | Anil Saha | 33 | 0.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 424 | 2.66 | 1.75 | ||
| Turnout | 15,924 | 87.18 | 5.46 | ||
| Independent gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1988
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amal Mallik | 10,227 | 51.96 | N/A | |
| CPI | Jitendra Lal Das | 9,314 | 47.32 | 0.76 | |
| BJP | Anil Saha | 97 | 0.49 | 0.28 | |
| Independent | Ratan Roy | 45 | 0.23 | N/A | |
| Majority | 913 | 4.63 | 1.97 | ||
| Turnout | 19,683 | 88.52 | 1.34 | ||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1993
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amal Mallik | 14,985 | 62.30 | 10.34 | |
| CPI | Sunil Baran Das Gupta | 8,430 | 35.05 | N/A | |
| BJP | Keshab Ch. Sarkar | 232 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| Independent | Amulya Bhowmik | 110 | 0.46 | N/A | |
| Independent | Madan Daidya | 98 | 0.41 | N/A | |
| Independent | Pulin Behari Chowdhury | 92 | 0.38 | N/A | |
| Independent | Pabitra Roy | 64 | 0.27 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sital Datta | 42 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,555 | 27.25 | 22.62 | ||
| Turnout | 24,053 | 86.92 | 1.60 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudev Majumder | 12,409 | 52.21 | N/A | |
| INC | Amal Mallik | 10,552 | 44.40 | 17.90 | |
| BJP | Jagadish Ch. Bose | 762 | 3.21 | N/A | |
| Independent | Madan Baidya | 44 | 0.19 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | 1857 | 7.81 | 19.44 | ||
| Turnout | 23767 | 87.63 | 0.71 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
21st century
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudev Majumder | 15,419 | 59.13 | 6.92 | |
| INC | Babul Majumder | 9,469 | 36.31 | N/A | |
| AITC | Amal Mallik | 673 | 2.58 | 41.82 | |
| NCP | Bimal Krishna Nag | 292 | 1.12 | N/A | |
| LJP | Haripada Chakrabarty | 223 | 0.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5950 | 22.82 | 15.01 | ||
| Turnout | 26076 | 84.65 | 2.98 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudev Majumder | 15,971 | 50.47 | 8.66 | |
| INC | Amal Mallik | 14,652 | 46.30 | 43.72 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Babul Chandra Pal | 333 | 1.05 | N/A | |
| AITC | Sudeb Sen Choudhury | 294 | 0.93 | N/A | |
| BJP | Keshab Chandra Sarkar | 293 | 0.93 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ratan Roy | 102 | 0.32 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1312 | 4.17 | 18.65 | ||
| Turnout | 31645 | 95.0 | 10.35 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudev Majumder | 20,585 | 55.60 | 5.13 | |
| INC | Amal Mallik | 15,761 | 42.57 | 3.73 | |
| Independent | Gouri Sankar Nandi | 352 | 0.95 | N/A | |
| CPI(ML)L | Babul Chandra Paul | 324 | 0.88 | 0.17 | |
| Majority | 4824 | 13.03 | 8.86 | ||
| Turnout | 37022 | 95.61 | 0.61 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Chandra Bhaumik | 19,307 | 48.01 | N/A | |
| CPI(M) | Basudev Majumder | 18,554 | 46.14 | 9.46 | |
| INC | Bholanath Dhar | 399 | 1.01 | N/A | |
| AITC | Prasanta Sen | 323 | 0.82 | N/A | |
| Independent | Gauri Sankar Nandi | 157 | 0.408 | 0.54 | |
| Independent | Amalendu Banik | 124 | 0.326 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 378 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| Majority | 753 | 1.72 | 11.31 | ||
| Turnout | 39,275 | 89.95 | 5.66 | ||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||