Biswa Bandhu Sen
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Biswa Bandhu Sen | |
|---|---|
| 11th Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 24 March 2023 – 26 December 2025 | |
| CM | Manik Saha |
| Deputy Speaker | Ram Prasad Paul |
| Preceded by | Ratan Chakraborty |
| Succeeded by | Ram Pada Jamatia |
| Constituency | Dharmanagar |
| Deputy Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 21 Jun 2018 – 2 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pabitra Kar |
| Succeeded by | Ram Prasad Paul |
| Constituency | Dharmanagar |
| Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2008 – 26 December 2025 | |
| Constituency | Dharmanagar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1953 Dharmanagar, Tripura, India |
| Died | 26 December 2025 (aged 72) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (from 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2017) |
Biswa Bandhu Sen (23 May 1953 – 26 December 2025) was an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the 11th speaker[1][2] of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. He was a four time MLA from 56-Dharmanagar Assembly constituency of North Tripura district.
Sen was from Dharmanagar, North Tripura District, Tripura. He was the son of late Kali Mohan Sen. Sen completed his B.A. in 1975 at Maharaja Bir Bikram College, which is affiliated with Calcutta University. His wife was a retired government teacher.[3]
Career
Sen became an MLA for the first time winning the 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress defeating Amitabha Datta of Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 2,410 votes. He retained the seat again on Congress ticket in the 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election beating Datta again by a margin of 1,844 votes. Later, he shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 and won the Dharmanagar seat in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election defeating Abhijit De, also of CPI (M) by a margin of 7,287 votes.[4] He won a fourth consecutive term in the 2023 Assembly elections beating Chayan Bhattacharya of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,098 votes.[5][6][7]