Tripura Legislative Assembly

The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present Assembly is the 13th Legislative Assembly, where the current speaker of the House is yet to be elected. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.

Tripura Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Established1963
Leadership
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Manik Saha, BJP
since 15 May 2022
Structure
Seats60
Political groups
Government (32)
NDA (32)
  •   BJP (31)
  •   IPFT (1)

Opposition (27)[4]

Vacant (1)

  •   Vacant (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
16 February 2023
Next election
2028
Meeting place
Tripura Vidhan Sabha, Agartala
Website
www.tripuraassembly.nic.in

Previous Assemblies

The assemblies constituted so far are listed below:[5]

Assembly Period
1st Assembly 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1967
2nd Assembly 1 March 1967 to 1 November 1971
3rd Assembly 20 March 1972 to 5 November 1977
4th Assembly 5 January 1978 to 7 January 1983
5th Assembly 10 January 1983 to 5 February 1988
6th Assembly 5 February 1988 to 28 February 1993
7th Assembly 10 April 1993 to 10 March 1998
8th Assembly 10 March 1998 to 28 February 2003
9th Assembly 4 March 2003 to 3 March 2008
10th Assembly 10 March 2008 to 1 March 2013
11th Assembly 2 March 2013 to 3 March 2018
12th Assembly 4 March 2018 to 12 March 2023
13th Assembly 13 March 2023 to

Members of Legislative Assembly
No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
West Tripura district
1 Simna Brishaketu Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
2 Mohanpur Ratan Lal Nath Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA Cabinet Minister
3 Bamutia Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India LF
4 Barjala Sudip Sarkar Communist Party of India
5 Khayerpur Ratan Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman Indian National Congress UPA
7 Ramnagar Surajit Datta Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
8 Town Bordowali Manik Saha Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister
9 Banamalipur Gopal Chandra Roy Indian National Congress UPA
10 Majlishpur Sushanta Chowdhury Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA Cabinet Minister
11 Mandai Bazar Swapna Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
Sipahijala district
12 Takarjala Biswajit Kalai Tipra Motha Party Others
West Tripura district
13 Pratapgarh Ramu Das Communist Party of India LF
14 Badharghat Mina Rani Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
Sipahijala district
15 Kamalasagar Antara Deb Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
16 Bishalgarh Sushanta Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Golaghati Manab Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
West Tripura district
18 Surjamaninagar Ram Prasad Paul Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
Sipahijala district
19 Charilam Subodh Deb Barma Tipra Motha Party Others
20 Boxanagar Samsul Haque Communist Party of India LF
21 Nalchar Kishor Barman Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India LF CPI(M) Legislature Party Chief Whip
23 Dhanpur Vacant Vacant Resigned by Pratima Bhowmik since she is a MP & Union Minister
Khowai district
24 Ramchandraghat Ranjit Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas Communist Party of India LF
26 Asharambari Animesh Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
27 Kalyanpur–Pramodnagar Pinaki Das Chowdhury Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
28 Teliamura Kalyani Roy Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Krishnapur Bikash Debbarma Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
Gomati district
30 Bagma Ram Pada Jamatia Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
31 Radhakishorpur Pranjit Singha Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
32 Matarbari Abhishek Debroy Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Kakraban-Salgarh Jitendra Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party
South Tripura district
34 Rajnagar Swapna Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
35 Belonia Dipankar Sen Communist Party of India LF
36 Santirbazar Pramod Reang Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
37 Hrishyamukh Asoke Ch. Mitra Communist Party of India LF
38 Jolaibari Sukla Charan Noatia Indigenous People's Front of Tripura NEDA Cabinet Minister and Leader of the Party (LoP)
39 Manu Mailafru Mog Bharatiya Janata Party
40 Sabroom Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India LF Leader of CPI(M) Tripura Legislative Party
Gomati district
41 Ampinagar Pathan Lal Jamatia Tipra Motha Party Others
42 Amarpur Ranjit Das Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
43 Karbook Sanjoy Manik Tripura Tipra Motha Party Others
Dhalai district
44 Raima Valley Nandita Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
45 Kamalpur Manoj Kanti Deb Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
46 Surma Swapna Das Paul Bharatiya Janata Party
47 Ambassa Chitta Ranjan Debbarma Tipra Motha Party Others
48 Karamcherra Paul Dangshu Tipra Motha Party
49 Chawamanu Sambhu Lal Chakma Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
Unakoti district
50 Pabiachhara Bhagaban Das Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
51 Fatikroy Sudhangshu Das Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
52 Chandipur Tinku Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
53 Kailashahar Birajit Sinha Indian National Congress UPA
North Tripura district
54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin Communist Party of India LF
55 Bagbassa Jadab Lal Debnath Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
56 Dharmanagar Biswa Bandhu Sen Bharatiya Janata Party Speaker
57 Jubarajnagar Sailendra Chandra Nath Communist Party of India LF
58 Panisagar Binay Bhushan Das Bharatiya Janata Party NEDA
59 Pencharthal Santana Chakma Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
60 Kanchanpur Philip Kumar Reang Tipra Motha Party Others

References
  1. "BJP's Biswabandhu Sen elected Tripura speaker; Tipra Motha abstains from voting", The Economic Times, 24 March 2023
  2. "BJP's Ram Prasad Paul elected Tripura Assembly Dy Speaker | www.lokmattimes.com". Lokmat English. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. Banik, Mrinal (28 March 2023). "BJP-TIPRA clash on TTAADC budget in Tripura Assembly". EastMojo. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. "Will take on the government as a responsible Opposition in Tripura: Pradyot Deb Barma". Deccan Herald. 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023. When asked about whether Tipra Motha would join the Opposition CPI (M) and Congress to take on the government, Deb Barma said, "Definitely, we will combine as an opposition to question the government, when it comes to the issue of drinking water, jobs or the interests of the tribals
  5. "Tripura Legislative Assembly at a glance". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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