Tripura Legislative Assembly
| Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| ত্রিপুরা বিধানসভা | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ghurkhabasti, Agartala, Tripura |
| Owner | Government of Tripura |
| Website | |
| tripuraassembly.nic.in | |
The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা বিধানসভা) is the unicameral legislature of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, with 60 MLAs. 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 House is the Tenth Legislative Assembly. Ramendra Chandra Debnath is the current speaker of the House.
History
On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union Territory and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief Commissioner. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and a Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. The Parliament was empowered to allow a council of advisers or ministers to function as the executive of that state for the purpose of aiding the Chief Commissioner. The President appointed three Advisors in the State of Tripura with effect from the 14th April, 1953. The Territorial Council Act, 1956 provided for territorial Council of Tripura composed of 32 Members of whom 30 were elected by the people on the basis of adult suffrage and two were nominated by the Central Government. The term of office of a member of a Territorial Council was five years. Under the Territorial Council Act, the Territorial Council should choose two members of the Council to be respectively Chairman and Vice Chairman. The Tripura Territorial Council worked with limited Power from 1957. The first election of Territorial Council was held in 1957 for 5 years.[1]
Previous assemblies
The assemblies constituted so far are listed below[2]
| No. | Period |
|---|---|
| 1st Assembly | 1.7.63 to 12.01.67 |
| 2nd Assembly | 1.3.67 to 1.11.71 |
| 3rd Assembly | 20.3.72 to 5.11.77 |
| 4th Assembly | 5.1.78 to 7.1.83 |
| 5th Assembly | 10.1.83 to 5.2.88 |
| 6th Assembly | 5.2.88 to 28.2.93 |
| 7th Assembly | 10.4.93 to 10.3.98 |
| 8th Assembly | 10.3.98 to 28.2.03 |
| 9th Assembly | 4.3.03 to 3.3.08 |
| 10th Assembly | 10.03.08 to till date |
Overview
Persons holding important constitutional positions in the tenth assembly are[3]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Governor | Devanand Konwar |
| Chief Minister | Manik Sarkar |
| Leader of the Opposition | Ratan Lal Nath |
| Speaker | Ramendra Chandra Debnath |
| Deputy Speaker | Bhanulal Saha |
Tenth assembly
The members of the tenth assembly are[4]
| No. | Member | Constituency | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranab Deb Barma | Simna | CPI(M) |
| 2 | Ratan Lal Nath | Mohanpur | INC |
| 3 | Haricharan Sarkar | Bamutia | CPI(M) |
| 4 | Sankar Prasad Datta | Barjala | CPI(M) |
| 5 | Pabitra Kar | Khayerpur | CPI(M) |
| 6 | Sudip Roy Barman | Agartala | INC |
| 7 | Surajit Datta | Ramnagar | INC |
| 8 | Asish Kumar Saha | Town Bordwali | INC |
| 9 | Gopal Chandra Roy | Banamalipur | INC |
| 10 | Manik Dey | Majlishpur | CPI(M) |
| 11 | Monoranjan Debbarma | Mandai Bazer | CPI(M) |
| 12 | Niranjan Debbarma | Takarjala | CPI(M) |
| 13 | Anil Sarkar | Pratapgarh | CPI(M) |
| 14 | Dilip Sarkar | Badharghat | INC |
| 15 | Narayan Chandra Choudhury | Kamala Sagar | CPI(M) |
| 16 | Bhanu Lal Saha | Bishalgarh | CPI(M) |
| 17 | Keshab Debbarma | Golaghati | CPI(M) |
| 18 | Narayan Rupini | Charilam | CPI(M) |
| 19 | Sahid Choudhury | Boxanagar | CPI(M) |
| 20 | Sukumar Barman | Nalchar | CPI(M) |
| 21 | Subal Bhowmik | Sonamura | INC |
| 22 | Manik Sarkar | Dhanpur | CPI(M) |
| 23 | Padma Kumar Debbarma | Ramchandraghat | CPI(M) |
| 24 | Samir Deb Sarkar | Khowai | CPI(M) |
| 25 | Sachindra Debbarma | Asharambari | CPI(M) |
| 26 | Aghore Debbarma | Promodenagar | CPI(M) |
| 27 | Manidra Chandra Das | Kalyanpur | CPI(M) |
| 28 | Khagendra Jamatia | Krishnapur | CPI(M) |
| 29 | Gouri Das | Teliamura | CPI(M) |
| 30 | Naresh Chandra Jamatia | Bagma | CPI(M) |
| 31 | Partha Das | Salgarah | RSP |
| 32 | Joy Gobinda Deb Roy | Radhakishorepur | RSP |
| 33 | Madhab Chandra Saha | Matabari | CPI(M) |
| 34 | Keshab Majumder | Kakraban | CPI(M) |
| 35 | Sudhan Das | Rajnagar | CPI(M) |
| 36 | Basudeb Majumder | Belonia | CPI(M) |
| 37 | Manindra Reang | Santirbazar | C.P.I |
| 38 | Badal Choudhury | Hrishyamukh | CPI(M) |
| 39 | Jashabir Tripura | Jolaibari | CPI(M) |
| 40 | Jitendra Choudhury | Manu | CPI(M) |
| 41 | Rita Kar (Majumder) | Sabroom | CPI(M) |
| 42 | Daniel Jamatia | Ampinagar | CPI(M) |
| 43 | Manoranjan Acharjee | Birganj | CPI(M) |
| 44 | Lalit Mohan Tripura | Raima Valley | CPI(M) |
| 45 | Manoj Kanti Deb | Kamalpur | INC |
| 46 | Sudhir Das | Surma | CPI(M) |
| 47 | Prasanta Debbarma | Saleama | CPI(M) |
| 48 | Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl | Kulai | INPT |
| 49 | Nirajoy Tripura | Chhawmanu | CPI(M) |
| 50 | Bidhu Bhusan Malakar | Pabiachhara | CPI(M). |
| 51 | Bijoy Roy | Fatikroy | CPI(M) |
| 52 | Tapan Chakraborty | Chandipur | CPI(M) |
| 53 | Birajit Sinha | Kailashahar | INC |
| 54 | Fayzur Rahaman | Kurti | CPI(M) |
| 55 | Bijita Nath | Kadamtala | CPI(M) |
| 56 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Dharmanagar | INC |
| 57 | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Jubarajnagar | CPI(M) |
| 58 | Arun Kumar Chakma | Pencharthal | CPI(M) |
| 59 | Subodh Das | Panisagar | CPI(M) |
| 60 | Rajendra Reang | Kanchanpur | CPI(M) |