Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee

Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentAshish Kumar Saha
ChairmanBirajit Sinha
HeadquartersCongress Bhawan, P.O. Chowmuhani, Agartala-799001, Tripura
Youth wingTripura Youth Congress
Women's wingTripura Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
ECI StatusA State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly
3 / 60
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
0 / 30
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The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (or TPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Tripura. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The president of the Tripura Congress is Birajit Sinha. The head office of the organization is Congress Bhawan, situated in Agartala.

List of presidents

S.no President Portrait Term Duration
1. Surajit Datta 5 February 2010 21 April 2012 2 years, 76 days
2. Sudip Roy Barman 21 April 2012 28 June 2013 1 year, 68 days
3. Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl 28 June 2013 9 January 2015 1 year, 195 days
4. Birajit Sinha 9 January 2015 22 March 2019 4 years, 72 days
5. Kirit Pradyot Debberman 22 March 2019 24 September 2019 186 days
6. Pijush Kanti Biswas 24 September 2019 24 September 2021 2 years, 0 days
(4). Birajit Sinha 24 September 2021 17 June 2023 1 year, 266 days
7. Ashish Kumar Saha 17 June 2023 Present 2 years, 279 days

Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats
Outcome
1967 Sachindra Lal Singh
27 / 30
New Government
1972 Sukhamoy Sen Gupta
41 / 60
14 Government
1977
0 / 60
41 Opposition
1983 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar
12 / 60
12 Opposition
1988
25 / 60
13 Government
1993 Samir Ranjan Barman
10 / 60
15 Opposition
1998 Gopal Chandra Roy
13 / 60
3 Opposition
2003 Birajit Sinha
13 / 60
Opposition
2008 Samir Ranjan Barman
10 / 60
3 Opposition
2013 Sudip Roy Barman
10 / 60
Opposition
2018 Birajit Sinha
0 / 60
10 Opposition
2023
3 / 60
1 Opposition
Tripura Congress Legislative Assembly seat count

Performance in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha Elections
Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won Change in seats % of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
1951 1st 2
0 / 2
New 25.58% New 40,263 Government
1957 2nd 2
1 / 2
1 46.02% 20.44 2,53,241 Government
1962 3rd 2
0 / 2
2 42.81% 3.21 1,36,586 Government
1967 4th 2
2 / 2
2 58.25% 15.44 2,55,583 Government
1971 5th 2
0 / 2
2 36.30% 21.95 1,49,776 Government
1977 6th 2
1 / 2
1 39.74% 3.44 2,33,718 Opposition
1980 7th 2
0 / 2
1 22.61% 17.13 1,87,809 Government
1984 8th 2
0 / 2
45.61% 23.00 4,18,779 Government
1989 9th 2
2 / 2
2 55.50% 9.89 7,03,094 Opposition
1991 10th 2
2 / 2
82.83% 27.33 8,42,179 Government
1996 11th 2
0 / 2
2 34.13% 48.70 4,39,206 Opposition
1998 12th 2
0 / 2
42.12% 7.99 5,77,174 Opposition
1999 13th 2
0 / 2
13.88% 28.24 1,67,173 Opposition
2004 14th 2
0 / 2
14.28% 0.40 1,89,134 Government
2009 15th 2
0 / 2
30.75% 16.47 5,40,753 Government
2014 16th 2
0 / 2
15.20% 15.55 3,07,592 Opposition
2019 17th 2
0 / 2
25.34% 10.14 5,45,679 Opposition
2024 18th 1
0 / 2
11.51% 13.83 2,69,763 Opposition

Structure and composition

S.No. Name Designation Incharge
01 Ashish Kumar Saha President Tripura Pradesh Congress
02 Manik Deb Working President Tripura Pradesh Congress
03 Sushanta Chakrabarty Working President Tripura Pradesh Congress
04 Pradeep Bardhan Working President Tripura Pradesh Congress

List of current members in Tripura Legislative Assembly

Constituency Party MLA
No. Name
West Tripura district
6 Agartala Indian National Congress Sudip Roy Barman
9 Banamalipur Indian National Congress Gopal Chandra Roy
Unakoti district
53 Kailashahar Indian National Congress Birajit Sinha

See also

References