Biswa Bandhu Sen Explained

Biswa Bandhu Sen (born 23 May 1953) is an Indian politician from Tripura. He serves as speaker^{[1] [2]} of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. He is a four time MLA from 56-Dharmanagar Assembly constituency of North Tripura district.

Early life and education

Sen is from Dharmanagar, North Tripura District, Tripura. He is the son of late Kali Mohan Sen. He completed his B.A. in 1975 at Maharaja Bir Bikram College, which is affiliated with Calcutta University. His wife is a retired government teacher.^[3]

Career

Sen became an MLA for the first time winning the 2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress defeating Amitabha Datta of Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 2,410 votes. He retained the seat again on Congress ticket in the 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election beating Datta again by a margin of 1,844 votes. Later, he shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 and won the Dharmanagar seat in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election defeating Abhijit De, also of CPI (M) by a margin of 7,287 votes.^[4] He won a fourth consecutive term in the 2023 Assembly elections beating Chayan Bhattacharya of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,098 votes.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2023	Dharmanagar			49.35%	Chayan Bhattacharya		46.45%	[8]
2018	Dharmanagar			57.21%	Abhijit De		37.69%	[9]
2013	Dharmanagar			50.99%	Amitabha Datta		45.77%	[10]
2008	Dharmanagar			51.65%	Amitabha Datta		43.86%	[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the Official Website Before Legislative Assembly.
2. Web site: 2021-09-02 . Tripura speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigns citing 'personal' reasons . 2022-05-19 . Hindustan Times . en.
3. Web site: Biswa Bandhu Sen(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DHARMANAGAR(NORTH TRIPURA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: . 2024-11-04 . myneta.info.
4. News: 2023-03-06 . Biswa Bandhu Sen . 2024-11-04 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
5. Web site: Biswa Bandhu Sen in Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 . 2024-11-04 . News18 . en.
6. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Tripura Election Result 2023: BJP wins 32 seats, Tipra Motha bags 13 . 2024-11-04 . India Today . en.
7. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Tripura Assembly election results 2023: Check full list of winners . 2024-11-04 . The Indian Express . en.
8. News: 2 March 2023 . Tripura Assembly election results 2023: Check full list of winners . en . The Indian Express . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220141112/https://indianexpress.com/elections/tripura-election-results-2023-constituency-winners-list-8473554/ . 20 December 2023.
9. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Form 20 Final Result Sheet General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228163855/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2018.pdf. 28 February 2024 . 20 June 2020.
10. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Form 20 Final Result Sheet General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228165655/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2013.pdf. 28 February 2024 . 20 June 2020.
11. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf. 6 October 2010. pdf.