Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)
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The Lok Sabha constituency Tripura East is on of two constituencies in the state of Tripura. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. In the first elections in 1952 the seat was represented by Dasarath Deb, the leader of the Mukti Parishad uprising.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1977: Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barma, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1984: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1989: Manikya Bikram Kishore Debbarma Bahadur, Indian National Congress
- 1991: Bibhu Kumari Devi, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1998: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1999: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2004: Bajuban Riyan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
[edit] Election results
| General Election, 2004: Tripura East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Bajuban Riyan | 414,230 | 66.48 | ||
| BJP | Pulin Bihari Dewan | 103,494 | 16.61 | ||
| Congress | Jadu Mohan Tripura | 76,927 | 12.35 | ||
| Independent | Dija Raj Tripura | 14,027 | 2.25 | ||
| Amra Bangalee | Karna Dhan Chakma | 7,941 | 1.27 | ||
| CPI(M-L) Liberation | Charai Muni Jamatia | 6,475 | 1.04 | ||
| Majority | 310,736 | 49.79 | |||
| Turnout | 624,094 | 66.62 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
