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Jitendra Chaudhury

Jitendra Chaudhury
Choudary, then Minister for Rural Development & Industry, Tripuralighting the lamp to inaugurate the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, organized by PIB at Ushabazar, Mohanpur block
Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office
6 March 2024 – Incumbent
Preceded byAnimesh Debbarma
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
Assumed office
19 September 2021 (2021-09-19)
Preceded byGoutam Das
Member of the Lok Sabha
for Tripura East
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byBajuban Reang
Succeeded byRebati Tripura
Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
Assumed office
2 March 2023
Preceded bySankar Roy
ConstituencySabroom
In office
1993–2014
Preceded byAngju Mog
Succeeded byPravat Chowdhury
ConstituencyManu (ST)
Minister for Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports,Govt of Tripura
In office
1993–2014
Personal details
Born (1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 66)[1]
Tripura, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseManisha Debbarma
Relatives1

Jitendra Chaudhury (born 27 June 1958) is an Indian communist politician who is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and serving as the incumbent MLA from Sabroom. Previously, he had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) before conceding defeat against Rebati Tripura of BJP in 2019.[2][3]

Jitendra Choudhury is the current Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee.[4][5][6] At the 22nd Communist Party Congress in 2018, he was elected as a member of the central committee. He is the national Chairperson of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).[7]

Political career

The State Rural Development Minister, Tripura, Shri Jitendra Choudhury lighting the lamp to launch the Unique ID Project (Aadhaar) in the State, at Rupaichhari RD Block, Tripura. The Chairman
Jitendra Chowdhury lighting the lamp to launch the Unique ID Project (Aadhaar) in the State, at Rupaichhari RD Block, Tripura.

In 1993, Choudhury was elected from Manu ST constituency as CPI(M) candidate for Tripura Legislative Assembly election and he won the election. He was the Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports from 1993 to 1998 in Dasarath Deb Ministry. He was also Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports in Manik Sarkar Ministry from 1998 to 2014. In 2014 Indian general election he won from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) and became Member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tripura.[8][9] However in the 2019 Indian general election, he lost to Rebati Tripura. In the 2023 Tripura election, he won from the constituency of Sabroom.

Election candidature history
Election Year Party Constituency Opponent Result Margin
Loksabha 2014 CPI(M) Tripura East INC Sachitra Debbarma Won 4,84,358
2019 CPI(M) BJP Rebati Tripura Lost 2,81,163
Tripura Legislative Assembly 1983 CPI(M) Manu INC Angju Mog Lost 1,942
1988 CPI(M) INC Angju Mog Lost 169
1993 CPI(M) INC Angju Mog Won 2,674
1998 CPI(M) INC Joykishore Tripura Won 3,732
2003 CPI(M) INPT Chandan Tripura Won 4,105
2008 CPI(M) INC Thaikhai Mog Won 6,160
2013 CPI(M) INC Chandi Charan Tripura Won 6,896
2023 CPI(M) Sabroom BJP Sankar Roy Won 396

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jitendra Choudhury: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ^ "16th Lok Sabha Election Results 2014, States Wise and Party Wise". www.elections.in. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Tripura East MP (Lok Sabha) Election Results 2019 Live: Candidate List, Constituency Map, Winner & Runner Up - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com.
  4. ^ "Tripura State Conference of CPI(M) Concludes". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Jitendra Choudhury elected CPI(M)'s Tripura state secretary". ThePrint. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (24 January 2023). "Tripura CPI(M) State Committee meeting endorses alliance with Congress, smaller left parties". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ MD, Sruti (22 September 2023). "Adivasi Manch Pledges to Fight BJP Govt's 'Anti-Tribal' Policies at National Conference". NewsClick. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Election results 2014: CPI-M wins both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura". The Economic Times. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 21 April 2020.