In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
One of the two constituencies of the state of Tripura, Tripura East Lok Sabha Constituency came into existence before the 1951 elections and it is reserved for the ST category. The Tripura East Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 2) consists of 988,466 number of electorates in totality, of these 505,117 are males and 483,349 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests. It has 30 Vidhan Sabha segments. Tripura is
As per 2011 census data, the state has a total population of 3,671,032 with male population of 1,871,867 and female population of 1,799,165. It is the second most populated state in the North Eastern area after Assam. It has a sex ratio of 961 females for every 1000 males. The population density here is 350 per sq km. The average literacy rate here is 87.75%. Almost 70% of the population is occupied by Bengalis. About 86% of the population is Hindu. Agriculture is the primary economic activity here followed by trade and industrial manufacturing. Pisciculture and the handloom industries are also well developed here. The National Highways of NH-44 and NH-44A connect the state to a major road network.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Tripura East Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Tripura East parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Tripura East constituency is Shri Jitendera Choudhury of CPM.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Jitendera Choudhury | M | CPM | 623771 | Sachitra Debbarma | M | INC | 139413 |
| 2009 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Riyan,Shri Baju Ban | M | CPM | 521084 | Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl | M | INC | 225503 |
| 2004 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 414230 | Pulin Bihari Dewan | M | BJP | 103494 |
| 1999 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 304934 | Jishnu Dev Varma | M | BJP | 154434 |
| 1998 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 320766 | Drao Kumar Reang | M | INC | 248080 |
| 1996 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 327929 | Kashiram Reang | M | INC | 173560 |
| 1991 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Bibhu Kumari Devi (W) | F | INC | 377436 | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 30783 |
| 1989 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Manikya Bikram Kishore Debbarma Bahadur | M | INC | 292190 | Baju Banriyan | M | CPM | 283789 |
| 1984 | 2 | Tripura East | GEN | Baju Ban Riyan | M | CPM | 231023 | Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman | M | INC | 189960 |
| 1980 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Bajuban Riyan | M | CPM | 196199 | Ratnaprava Das | M | IND | 102293 |
| 1977 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barma | M | INC | 133907 | Dasaratha Deb | M | CPM | 120724 |
| 1971 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Dasaratha Deb | M | CPM | 91192 | Ramendra Kishore Deb Barma | M | INC | 69750 |
| 1967 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | S. M. M. K. B. K. D .Bahadur | M | INC | 129618 | D. Deb | M | CPM | 91032 |
| 1962 | 2 | Tripura East | (ST) | Dasaratha Deb | M | CPI | 77539 | Jitendra Mohan Deb Barma | M | INC | 67491 |
| 1951 | 1 | Tripura East | GEN | Dasaratha Deb | M | CPI | 42866 | Sachindra Lal Singh | M | INC | 29650 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Tripura East Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Tripura East parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ramchandraghat (ST) | Sabroom | Fatikroy |
| Khowai | Ampinagar (ST) | Chandipur |
| Asharambari (ST) | Birganj | Kailashahar |
| Pramodnagar (ST) | Raima Valley (ST) | Kurti |
| Kalayanpur | Kamalpur | Kadamtala |
| Krishnapur (ST) | Surma (SC) | Dharmanagar |
| Teliamura | Salema (ST) | Jubarajnagar |
| Hrishyamukh | Kulai (ST) | Pencharthal (ST) |
| Jolaibari (ST) | Chhawmanu (ST) | Pani Sagar |
| Manu (ST) | Pabiachhara (SC) | Kanchanpur (ST) |
Last Updated on may 21, 2019