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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 13Reserved (SC)

PratapgarhAssembly by-election result, 2015

Ramu Das (CPI) won Pratapgarh in the 2015 assembly by-election with 62.9% of the vote, beating Mousumi Das (BJP) by 17,326 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 13 was Mandiabazar. Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2013 election; it kept its number and name. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Ramu Das
CPI
CPI 62.9%BJP 23.3%3 others 13.8%
Votes
27,555
62.9% share
Winning margin
17,326
39.5% of votes
Candidates
5

A comfortable win — Ramu Das won by 39.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Ramu Das
CPI
CPI
27,55562.9%
2
Mousumi Das
BJP
BJP
10,22923.3%
3
Ranjit Kumar Das
INC
INC
5,18711.8%
4
Anil Chandra Das
IND
IND
5201.2%
5
Biplab Chandra Sarkar
IND
IND
3490.8%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
39.5%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

CPI and BJP took 86% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.16

How did the vote split?

SEAT
62.9%won by CPI
CPI 62.9%BJP 23.3%INC 11.8%Others 2.0%

West Tripura district · 17.3 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Bamboo based products, Scented Rice and Tripura Silk, among others.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,25,739
Density
577 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,993 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population25.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
  • Hindu87.7%
  • Muslim8.8%
  • Christian3.1%
  • Buddhist0.1%
  • Sikh<0.1%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.2%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water33.3%
Electric lighting78.0%
Toilet at home90.5%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)67.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 1837.1%
Clean cooking fuel65.2%
Health insurance28.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo based products🏺Scented Rice🏺Tripura Silk🏺Wood and Bamboo based Handicraft Items

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Who has won Pratapgarh, 1977–2023

  1. 1977ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 45.7%
  2. 1983ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 18.2%
  3. 1988ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 7.7%
  4. 1993ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 18.7%
  5. 1998ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 7.5%
  6. 2003ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 12.9%
  7. 2008ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 11.8%
  8. 2013ANIL SARKAR (CPM), margin 4.6%
  9. 2018REBATI MOHAN DAS (BJP), margin 6.3%
  10. 2023RAMU DAS (CPM), margin 3.9%