Kailashahar Constituency & Candidates contesting the 2023 Assembly Elections

Kailashahar is an assembly constituency in Tripura. In 2018, CPIM Candidate Moboshar Ali won the seat by defeating BJP's Nitish De

Kailashahar Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura which comes under the Unakoti district of the state. Kailashahar is the fourth largest urban area in Tripura, located near the northwest Bangladesh border. It is a Municipal council under Gaurnagar block and the administrative center of the Unakoti district. The city is surrounded by Unakoti hills and flows through Tripura’s longest river, Manu. Kailashahar was the ancient capital of the Tripuri Kingdom. The distance of the Town from the capital Agartala is about 136.8 km. The Town shares a 320.46 km long international border with Bangladesh.

Communist Party Of India (Marxist) candidate Moboshar Ali is the sitting MLA of the Constituency. He won the seat for the party in the 2018 Assembly elections with 18,093 votes by defeating BJP candidate Nitish De with a margin of 4,834 votes. Tripura Congress President Birajit Sinha has won the seat for the party several times- in the 2013, 2008, 2003,1998, and 1988 Assembly elections.

Candidates contesting 2023 Assembly Elections:

Jahangir Ali (NCPI)
Moboshar Ali (BJP)
Md. Abdul Matin (TMC)
Birajit Sinha (Cong)

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