List of speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
List of the speakers of Tripura Assembly
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The Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Tripura, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Tripura. The Speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The speaker is chosen from sitting members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Tripura Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
StyleThe Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member ofTripura Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernment of Tripura
ResidenceAgartala
| Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Seal of Tripura | |
since 18 March 2026 | |
| Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal) |
| Member of | Tripura Legislative Assembly |
| Reports to | Government of Tripura |
| Residence | Agartala |
| Appointer | Members of the Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | During the life of the Tripura Legislative Assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | Upendra Kumar Roy (1 July 1963—11 January 1967) |
| Deputy | Ram Prasad Paul |
Eligibility
- Being a citizen of India;
- Not be less than 25 years of age;
- Not holding any office of profit under the Government of Tripura; and
- Not being a Criminal Offender.
List of the Speakers
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[2] | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upendra Kumar Roy | 1 July 1963 | 11 January 1967 | 3 years, 194 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | Manindra Lal Bhowmik | Kailashahar | 14 March 1967 | 20 January 1972 | 10 years, 315 days | 2nd | |||
| Chandipur | 29 March 1972 | 23 January 1978 | 3rd | ||||||
| 3 | Sudhanwa Debbarma | Takarjala | 24 January 1978 | 6 January 1983 | 4 years, 347 days | 4th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 4 | Amarendra Sharma | Dharmanagar | 9 February 1983 | 4 February 1988 | 4 years, 360 days | 5th | |||
| 5 | Jyotirmoy Nath | Kadamtala | 29 February 1988 | 7 April 1993 | 5 years, 38 days | 6th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Bimal Sinha | Kamalpur | 14 May 1993 | 22 September 1995 | 2 years, 131 days | 7th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 7 | Jitendra Sarkar | Teliamura | 12 October 1995 | 10 March 1998 | 7 years, 146 days | ||||
| 23 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | 8th | |||||||
| 8 | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Jubarajnagar | 20 March 2003 | 3 March 2008 | 14 years, 358 days | 9th | |||
| 17 March 2008 | 6 March 2013 | 10th | |||||||
| 15 March 2013 | 13 March 2018 | 11th | |||||||
| 9 | Rebati Mohan Das | Pratapgarh | 23 March 2018 | 2 September 2021 | 3 years, 163 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 10 | Ratan Chakraborty | Khayerpur | 24 September 2021 | 12 March 2023 | 1 year, 169 days | ||||
| 11 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Dharmanagar | 24 March 2023 | 26 December 2025 | 2 years, 277 days | 13th | |||
| 12 | Ram Pada Jamatia | Bagma | 18 March 2026 | Incumbent | 49 days | ||||
| source:[3][4][5] | |||||||||
List of the Deputy Speakers
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[6] | Assembly | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Md. Ersad Ali Choudhury | 1 July 1963 | 11 January 1967 | 3 years, 194 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 2 | Manoranjan Nath | Dharmanagar South | 21 March 1967 | 1 November 1971 | 4 years, 225 days | 2nd | ||||
| 3 | Usha Ranjan Sen | Radhakishorpur | 29 March 1972 | 4 November 1977 | 5 years, 220 days | 3rd | ||||
| 4 | Jyotirmoy Das | Belonia | 27 January 1978 | 6 January 1983 | 4 years, 344 days | 4th | Communist Party of India | |||
| 5 | Bimal Sinha | Kamalpur | 11 February 1983 | 4 February 1988 | 4 years, 358 days | 5th | ||||
| 6 | Rati Mohan Jamatia | Bagma | 14 March 1988 | 16 May 1992 | 4 years, 63 days | 6th | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |||
| 7 | Gouri Sankar Reang | Santirbazar | 17 September 1992 | 28 February 1993 | 164 days | |||||
| 8 | Niranjan Debbarma | Golaghati | 17 May 1993 | 9 October 1995 | 2 years, 145 days | 7th | Communist Party of India | |||
| 9 | Sunil Kumar Chowdhury | Sabroom | 12 October 1995 | 10 March 1998 | 2 years, 149 days | |||||
| 10 | Subal Rudra | Sonamura | 26 March 1998 | 26 February 2003 | 9 years, 343 days | 8th | ||||
| 25 March 2003 | 3 March 2008 | 9th | ||||||||
| 11 | Bhanu Lal Saha | Bishalgarh | 19 March 2008 | 28 February 2013 | 4 years, 346 days | 10th | ||||
| 12 | Pabitra Kar | Khayerpur | 18 March 2013 | 08 March 2018 | 4 years, 360 days | 11th | ||||
| 13 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Dharmanagar | 21 June 2018 | 13 March 2023 | 4 years, 265 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 14 | Ram Prasad Paul | Suryamaninagar | 28 March 2023 | Incumbent | 3 years, 39 days | 13th | ||||
| Source link:[7][8] | ||||||||||
Pro tem Speaker
List of Pro tem Speakers
- Niranjan Debbarma 2013
- Ratan Chakraborty 2018
- Binoy Bhusan Das 2023