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 12th Legislative Assembly, where Rebati Mohan Das is the current speaker of the House.

Tripura Legislative Assembly
12th Legislative Assembly of Tripura
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Established1963
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the House
(Deputy Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats60
Political groups
Government (44)

NDA (44)

  •   BJP (36)
  •   IPFT (8)

Opposition (16)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
18 February 2018
Meeting place
Tripura Legislative Assembly, Gurkhabasti, Agartala, Tripura, India
Website
tripuraassembly.nic.in
A panoramic view of the former (9th) Assembly building located in Ujjayanta palace (Pic taken on 29 October 2007)
Location of Tripura in India

History

On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union territory, and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief commissioner.[1] On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.

Previous Assemblies

The assemblies constituted so far are listed below:[2]

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


12th Assembly
S.No Constituency Elected MLA Party Remarks
1 Simna Brishaketu Debbarma IPFT
2 Mohanpur Ratan Lal Nath BJP
3 Bamutia Krishnadhan Das BJP
4 Barjala Dilip Kumar Das BJP
5 Khayerpur Ratan Chakraborty BJP
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman BJP
7 Ramnagar Surajit Datta BJP
8 Town Bordowali Asish Kumar Saha BJP
9 Banamalipur Biplab Kumar Deb BJP
10 Majlishpur Sushanta Choudhury BJP
11 Mandai Bazar Dhirendra Debbarma IPFT
12 Takarjala Narendra Chandra Debbarma IPFT
13 Pratapgarh Rebati Mohan Das BJP
14 Badharghat Mimi Majumder BJP
15 Kamalasagar Narayan Chandra Choudhury CPI (M)
16 Bishalgarh Bhanu Lal Saha CPI (M)
17 Golaghati Birendra Kishore Debbarma BJP
18 Surjamaninagar Ram Prasad Paul BJP
19 Charilam Jishnu Dev Varma BJP
20 Boxanagar Sahid Choudhury CPI (M)
21 Nalchar Subhash Chandra Das BJP
22 Sonamura Shyamal Chakraborty CPI (M)
23 Dhanpur Manik Sarkar CPI (M)
24 Ramchandraghat Prasanta Debbarma IPFT
25 Khowai Nirmal Biswas CPI (M)
26 Asharambari Mevar Kumar Jamatia IPFT
27 Kalyanpur–Pramodnagar Pinaki Das Chowdhury BJP
28 Teliamura Kalyani Roy BJP
29 Krishnapur Atul Debbarma BJP
30 Bagma Ram Pada Jamatia BJP
31 Radhakishorpur Pranjit Singha Roy BJP
32 Matarbari Biplab Kumar Ghosh BJP
33 Kakraban-Salgarh Ratan Bhowmik CPI (M)
34 Rajnagar Sudhan Das CPI (M)
35 Belonia Arun Chandra Bhowmik BJP
36 Santirbazar Pramod Reang BJP
37 Hrishyamukh Badal Choudhury CPI (M)
38 Jolaibari Jashabir Tripura CPI (M)
39 Manu Pravat Chowdhury CPI (M)
40 Sabroom Sankar Roy BJP
41 Ampinagar Sindhu Chandra Jamatia IPFT
42 Amarpur Ranjit Das BJP
43 Karbook Burba Mohan Tripura BJP
44 Raima Valley Dhananjoy Tripura IPFT
45 Kamalpur Manoj Kanti Deb BJP
46 Surma Ashis Das BJP
47 Ambassa Parimal Debbarma BJP
48 Karmachhara Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl BJP
49 Chawamanu Sambhu Lal Chakma BJP
50 Pabiachhara Bhagaban Das BJP
51 Fatikroy Sudhangshu Das BJP
52 Chandipur Tapan Chakraborty CPI (M)
53 Kailashahar Moboshar Ali CPI (M)
54 Kadamtala-Kurti Islam Uddin CPI (M)
55 Bagbassa Bijita Nath CPI (M)
56 Dharmanagar Biswa Bandhu Sen BJP
57 Jubarajnagar Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI (M)
58 Panisagar Binay Bhushan Das BJP
59 Pencharthal Santana Chakma BJP
60 Kanchanpur Prem Kumar Reang IPFT

At a glance

Assembly at a glance[2]

No. of Assembly & its Period Date of its First Sitting Governor (Name with Period) SpeakerDeputy Speaker Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
1st Assembly

01.07.1963 to 12 January 1967

 7 October 1963 i. Santi Priya Mukherjee, IAS

ii. Shri. M.C. Mukherjee, IAS

 Upendra Kumar RoyMd. Ersad Ali Choudhury Sachindra Lal Singh i. Aghore Deb Barma

ii. Nripendra Chakraborty

 Department of Parliamentary Affairs was not created
2nd Assembly

01.03.1967 to 1 November 1971

 14 March 1967 i. U.N. Sharma, IAS

ii. D.K. Bhattacharya iii. A.L. Dias, ICS iv. Baleswar Prasad, IAS

 Manindra Lal Bhowmik Manoranjan Nath Sachindra Lal Singh Bidya Chandra Deb Barma Department of Parliamentary Affairs newly created in February 1971. This Dept was allocated to Prafulla Kumar Das,

01.02.1971 to 1 November 1971

References
  1. "Tripura to celebrate 50 years of assembly". The Times of India. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. "Tripura Legislative Assembly at a glance". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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