Kamalpur Constituency & Candidates contesting the 2023 Assembly Elections

Kamalpur is an assembly constituency in Tripura. In 2018, BJP candidate Manoj Kanti Deb won the seat by defeating CPIM candidate Bijoy Laxmi Singha

Kamalpur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura. It is part of Dhalai district. Kamalpur is a village in Rajnagar Block, South Tripura district. It is situated 90km away from district headquarter Udaipur. The total geographical area of village is 1222 hectares. There are about 659 houses in kamalpur village. Kamalpur population in 2023 is estimated to be 3,597. Belonia is nearest town to kamalpur for all major economic activities, which is approximately 40km away.
BJP candidate Manoj Kanti Deb is the sitting MLA of the constituency. He won the seat for the party in the 2018 Assembly elections with 20,165 votes by defeating Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Bijoy Laxmi Singha with a margin of 2959 votes.
The constituency was occupied by Congress from the first election, which was held in 1958 for the Tripura Territorial Council, until the assembly election in 1972. Then after 36 years in 2008, Manoj Kanti Deb of the BJP ousted then-incumbent MLA Bijoy Lakshmi Sinha. In 2013, CPI(M) once again took control of the district after Bijoy Lakshmi Sinha defeated Manoj Kanti Deb. However, in 2018, Deb again re-occupied the constituency defeating Bijoy Lakshmi Sinha.

Candidates contesting 2023 Assembly Elections:

• Manoj Kanti Deb (BJP)
• Sumen Dey (TMC)
• Rubi Ghosh (Congress)
• Meri Debbarma (Tipra Motha)
• Premtosh Deb (IND)

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