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
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...
from the
Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) before conceding defeat against
Rebati Tripura
Rebati Tripura is an Indian politician from Tripura and has been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) as a National Democratic Alliance candidate. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
Professional life
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of
BJP in
2019
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Jitendra Choudhury is the current Secretary of
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee. 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).
Political career
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
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...
he won from
Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) and became
Member of the
16th Lok Sabha from Tripura.
However in the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...
, he lost to
Rebati Tripura
Rebati Tripura is an Indian politician from Tripura and has been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) as a National Democratic Alliance candidate. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
Professional life
R ...
. In the
2023 Tripura election, he won from the constituency of
Sabroom.
See also
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Aghore Debbarma
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Radhacharan Debbarma
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Rebati Tripura
Rebati Tripura is an Indian politician from Tripura and has been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) as a National Democratic Alliance candidate. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
Professional life
R ...
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Reang
References
External links
CPI(M) Tripura State CommitteeCPI(M) Central Committee
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Living people
India MPs 2014–2019
Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura
1958 births
Lok Sabha members from Tripura
Tripura MLAs 2023–2028