# Belonia Assembly constituency

Belonia is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.
It is part of South Tripura district 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. 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, 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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | U. K. Roy | Indian National Congress |
| Major Boundary Changes ||||
| 1972 | Jitendra Lal Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Jyotirmoy Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1983 | Manoranjan Majumder | Independent |
| 1988 | Amal Mallik | Indian National Congress |
| 1993 | Amal Mallik | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Basudev Majumder | Communist Party of India |
| 2003 | Basudev Majumder | Communist Party of India |
| 2008 | Basudev Majumder | Communist Party of India |
| 2013 | Basudev Majumder | Communist Party of India |
| 2018 | Arun Chandra Bhaumik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023 | Dipankar Sen | Communist Party of India |

## Election results
### 20th century
#### 1967

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1967: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,811 | 21.79 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,490 | 73.00 | N/A |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

#### 1972

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1972: Belonia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Jitendra Lal Das | 3,992 | 43.57 | 5.31 |
| | INC | Suresh Chandra Choudhury | 3,627 | 39.59 | N/A |
| | CPI(M) | Sudhangsu Bimal Dutta | 1,543 | 16.84 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 | 3.98 | 17.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,162 | 58.79 | 14.21 |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | | |

#### 1977

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1977: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 119 | 0.91 | 3.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,358 | 81.72 | 22.93 |
| | CPI(M) gain from CPI | CPI(M) gain from CPI | Swing | | |

#### 1983

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1983: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 424 | 2.66 | 1.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,924 | 87.18 | 5.46 |
| | Independent gain from CPI(M) | Independent gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

#### 1988

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1988: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 913 | 4.63 | 1.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,683 | 88.52 | 1.34 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | | |

#### 1993

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,555 | 27.25 | 22.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,053 | 86.92 | 1.60 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

#### 1998

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 1998: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1857 | 7.81 | 19.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23767 | 87.63 | 0.71 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 21st century
#### 2003

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 2003: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5950 | 22.82 | 15.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26076 | 84.65 | 2.98 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

#### 2008

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 2008: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1312 | 4.17 | 18.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31645 | 95.0 | 10.35 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

#### 2013

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4824 | 13.03 | 8.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37022 | 95.61 | 0.61 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

#### 2018

Tripura Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Belonia :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 753 | 1.72 | 11.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,275 | 89.95 | 5.66 |
| | BJP gain from CPI(M) | BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |