# Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency

Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা পশ্চিম লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India. It includes the state capital Agartala.

## Assembly segments

Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party |
| 1 | Simna | West Tripura | Brishaketu Debbarma | Tipra Motha Party |
| 2 | Mohanpur | West Tripura | Ratan Lal Nath | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Bamutia | West Tripura | Nayan Sarkar | Communist Party of India |
| 4 | Barjala | West Tripura | Sudip Sarkar | Communist Party of India |
| 5 | Khayerpur | West Tripura | Ratan Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6 | Agartala | West Tripura | Sudip Roy Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Ramnagar | West Tripura | vacant | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Town Bordowali | West Tripura | Manik Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 9 | Banamalipur | West Tripura | Gopal Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Majlishpur | West Tripura | Sushanta Chowdhury | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 11 | Mandaibazar | West Tripura | Swapna Debbarma | Tipra Motha Party |
| 12 | Takarjala | Sipahijala | Biswajit Kalai | Tipra Motha Party |
| 13 | Pratapgarh | West Tripura | Ramu Das | Communist Party of India |
| 14 | Badarghat | West Tripura | Mina Rani Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 15 | Kamalasagar | Sipahijala | Antara Sarkar Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Bishalgarh | Sipahijala | Sushanta Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 17 | Golaghati | Sipahijala | Manab Debbarma | Tipra Motha Party |
| 18 | Suryamaninagar | West Tripura | Ram Prasad Paul | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 19 | Charilam | Sipahijala | Subodh Debbarma | Tipra Motha Party |
| 20 | Boxanagar | Sipahijala | Tafajjal Hossain | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 21 | Nalchar (SC) | Sipahijala | Kishor Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 22 | Sonamura | Sipahijala | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| 23 | Dhanpur | Sipahijala | Bindu Debnath | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 30 | Bagma | Gomati | Ram Pada Jamatia | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 31 | Radhakishorpur | Gomati | Pranjit Singha Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 32 | Matarbari | Gomati | Abhishek Debroy | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 33 | Kakraban-Salgarh | Gomati | Jitendra Majumder | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 34 | Rajnagar | South Tripura | Swapna Majumder | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 35 | Belonia | South Tripura | Dipankar Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 36 | Santirbazar (ST) | South Tripura | Pramod Reang | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Birendra Chandra Dutta | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Bangshi Deb Barma | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Birendra Chandra Dutta | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | J. K. Chaudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Birendra Chandra Dutta | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Sachindra Lal Singh | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Ajoy Biswas | Communist Party of India |
| 1984 | Ajoy Biswas | Communist Party of India |
| 1989 | Santosh Mohan Dev | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Santosh Mohan Dev | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Badal Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1998 | Samar Chowdhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1999 | Samar Chowdhury | Communist Party of India |
| 2002^ | Khagen Das | Communist Party of India |
| 2004 | Khagen Das | Communist Party of India |
| 2009 | Khagen Das | Communist Party of India |
| 2014 | Sankar Prasad Datta | Communist Party of India |
| 2019 | Pratima Bhoumik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Biplab Kumar Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^By Poll

## Election results
### 2024

General Election, 2024: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Biplab Kumar Deb | 881,341 | 72.85 | 21.11 |
| | INC | Ashish Kumar Saha | 2,69,763 | 22.30 | 1.86 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 14,612 | 1.21 | 0.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,11,578 | 50.55 | 22.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,09,809 | 82.66 | 0.78 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,63,526 | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

General Election, 2019: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Pratima Bhoumik | 573,532 | 51.74 | 46.64 |
| | INC | Subal Bhowmik | 2,67,843 | 24.16 | 8.48 |
| | CPI(M) | Sankar Prasad Datta | 1,71,826 | 15.50 | 47.11 |
| | IPFT | Brishaketu Debbarma | 44,225 | 3.99 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 11,960 | 1.08 | |
| | AITC | Maman Khan | 8,613 | 0.78 | 10.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,05,669 | 27.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,07,755 | 81.88 | |
| | BJP gain from CPI(M) | BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2014

General Election, 2014: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Sankar Prasad Datta | 671,665 | 62.61 | 2.47 |
| | INC | Arunoday Saha | 1,68,179 | 15.68 | 17.95 |
| | AITC | Ratan Chakraborti | 1,17,727 | 10.97 | 10.38 |
| | BJP | Sudhindra Chandra Dasgupta | 54,706 | 5.10 | 2.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,03,476 | 46.93 | 20.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,75,932 | 86.17 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

General Election, 2009: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Khagen Das | 563,799 | 60.14 | 10.72 |
| | INC | Sudip Roy Barman | 3,15,250 | 33.63 | 17.63 |
| | BJP | Nilmani Deb | 25,468 | 2.72 | 2.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,48,549 | 26.51 | 23.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,37,517 | 85.71 | 20.00 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 4.88 | |

### 2004

General Election, 2004: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Khagen Das | 496,943 | 70.86 | 13.79 |
| | INC | Nirmala Dasgupta | 1,12,207 | 16.00 | 19.63 |
| | AITC | Amar Mallik | 67,379 | 9.61 | 4.73 |
| | Independent | Ramu Banik | 10,787 | 1.54 | 1.34 |
| | Independent | Brajalal Debnath | 7,023 | 1 | New |
| | AMB | Rakhalraj Datta | 6,920 | 0.99 | 0.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,84,736 | 55.00 | 5.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,01,159 | 67.20 | 0.30 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### 2002 by-election

A by-election was held in this constituency on 12 November 2002 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Samar Chowdhury. In the by-election, Khagen Das of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manik Deb of Congress by 1,50,843 votes.
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2002: Tripura West constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Khagen Das | 394,364 | 57.07 | 0.57 |
| | INC | Manik Deb | 2,43,521 | 35.63 | 23.03 |
| | AITC | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | 33,353 | 4.88 | 21.52 |
| | AMB | Rakhal Raj Datta | 4,538 | 0.66 | 0.36 |
| | Independent | Sukumar Ghosh | 2,132 | 0.31 | New |
| | NCP | Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh | 1,998 | 0.29 | 0.01 |
| | Independent | Biswajit Debnath | 1,357 | 0.21 | New |
| | Independent | Ramu Banik | 1,333 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jitendra Chandra Das | 828 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,50,843 | 49.72 | 19.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,01,159 | 67.50 | 2.60 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### 1999

General Election, 1999: Tripura West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Samar Chowdhury | 372,553 | 56.5 | 9.80 |
| | AITC | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar | 1,74,154 | 26.4 | New |
| | INC | Pijush Kanti Biswas | 83,384 | 12.6 | 31.50 |
| | Independent | Sridam Deb Barma | 5,292 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | CPI(ML) | Partha Karmakar | 3,464 | 0.50 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jitendra Chandra Das | 2,023 | 0.30 | N/A |
| | AMB | Rakhalraj Datta | 1,912 | 0.30 | New |
| | NCP | Bir Ballav Saha | 1,895 | 0.30 | New |
| | Independent | Brajalal Debnath | 1,379 | 0.20 | N/A |
| | Independent | Pathik Chakraborty | 951 | 0.10 | N/A |
| | RJD | Subrata Bhowmik | 949 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| | JP | Madhusudan Saha | 387 | 0.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,98,399 | 30.1 | 27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,59,406 | 70.1 | 12.3 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |