Jitendra Chaudhury

Jitendra Chaudhury
Jitendra Chaudhury at a CPI(M) rally in Chailengta during the 2023 Tripura Assembly election campaign, 5 February 2023
14th Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 March 2024
Preceded byAnimesh Debbarma
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 April 2025
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 September 2021 (2021-09-19)
Preceded byGoutam Das
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 2023
Preceded bySankar Roy
ConstituencySabroom
In office
1993–2014
Preceded byAngju Mog
Succeeded byPravat Chowdhury
ConstituencyManu (ST)
Member of the Lok Sabha
for Tripura East
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byBajuban Reang
Succeeded byRebati Tripura
Minister for Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports, Govt of Tripura
In office
1993–2014
Personal details
Born (1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 68)
Tripura, India
PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseManisha Debbarma
Parent
Relatives1

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

Jitendra Chaudhury is the current Secretary of the CPI(M) 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 the Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).

Early life

Chaudhury was born on 27 June 1958 in South Tripura to a Tripuri family. His parents were Matahari Chaudhury and Hematara Chaudhury. His father was also a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly between 1978 and 1983. He completed his higher secondary education in 1980 at Umakanta Academy.

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

Member of Parliament

Chaudhury was Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha between 2014 and 2019 from Tripura East. On 27 February 2016, he proposed that announcements should be made in the Kokborok language at the Agartala airport and Railway stations in Tripura. Following this, announcements on flight-related information in Kokborok were made mandatory at Agartala airport, as the civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju informed Chaudhury through a letter.

State secretary of CPI(M), Tripura

On 19 September 2021, Chaudhury was named as the state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) – Tripura following the death of the incumbent secretary Goutam Das, for an interim period until the party's next state conference. In 2022, at the conference of the CPI(M), Tripura state committee he was unanimously elected as the state secretary.

Leader of Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly

Chaudhury was sworn as Leader of Opposition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly on 20 March 2024. Following the Tipra Motha Party joining the BJP-led coalition government and the subsequent resignation of his predecessor Animesh Debbarma of the Tipra Motha Party, the CPI(M) became the prime opposition in the assembly.

Electoral history

Chaudhury was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Manu for five consecutive terms and elected once as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Currently he is the MLA from Sabroom.

Summary

Tripura Legislative Assembly elections

Year Party Constituency Opponent Result Margin
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

Lok sabha elections

Year Party Constituency Opponent Result Margin
2014 CPI(M) Tripura East INC Sachitra Debbarma Won 4,84,358
2019 BJP Rebati Tripura Lost 2,81,163

Detailed results

Lok Sabha elections

Lok Sabha Election 2014
2014 Indian general election: Tripura East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 6,23,771 65.47 +2.00
INC Sachitra Debbarma 1,39,413 14.63 −12.78
AITC Bhriguram Reang 77,028 8.08 +7.57
BJP Parikshit Debbarma 60,613 6.36 +4.13
Margin of victory 4,84,358 50.84 +14.84
Turnout 9,51,080 83.41
CPI(M) hold Swing
Lok Sabha Election 2019
2019 Indian general election: Tripura East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rebati Tripura 482,126 46.12 +40.13
INC Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman 2,77,836 26.58 +12.78
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 2,00,963 19.22 −46.00
IPFT Narendra Chandra Debbarma 45,304 4.33
Margin of victory 2,04,290 20.84 +14.84
Turnout 10,46,123 82.90
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

Tripura Legislative Assembly elections

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Angju Mog 10,304 55.20% Increase20.64
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 8,362 44.80% Increase2.14
Margin of victory 1,942 10.40% Increase2.31
Turnout 18,666 83.50% Increase5.12
Registered electors 22,733 Increase18.65
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Angju Mog 11,832 50.12% Decrease5.08
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 11,663 49.40% Increase4.60
Margin of victory 169 0.72% Decrease9.69
Turnout 23,608 89.39% Increase6.11
Registered electors 26,760 Increase17.71
INC hold Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 14,886 54.93% Increase5.53
INC Angju Mog 12,212 45.07% Decrease5.05
Margin of victory 2,674 9.87% Increase9.15
Turnout 27,098 85.01% Decrease4.73
Registered electors 32,458 Increase21.29
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 16,236 55.80% Increase0.87
INC Joykishore Tripura 12,504 42.97% Decrease2.09
BJP Chandi Tripura 357 1.23% New
Margin of victory 3,732 12.83% Increase2.96
Turnout 29,097 85.36% Increase0.52
Registered electors 34,635 Increase6.71
CPI(M) hold Swing

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 17,358 55.31% Decrease0.49
INPT Chandan Tripura 13,253 42.23% New
BJP Chandi Tripura 773 2.46% Increase1.24
Margin of victory 4,105 13.08% Increase0.25
Turnout 31,384 85.00% Increase0.98
Registered electors 36,927 Increase6.62
CPI(M) hold Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 21,100 56.07% Increase0.77
INC Thaikhai Mog 14,940 39.70% New
Independent Kirat Bahan Tripura 800 2.13% New
BJP Mrathaiong Mog 789 2.10% Decrease0.37
Margin of victory 6,160 16.37% Increase3.29
Turnout 37,629 94.45% Increase9.09
Registered electors 39,999
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase0.77

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Manu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 21,320 58.07% Increase2.00
INC Chandi Charan Tripura 14,424 39.29% Decrease0.42
BJP Thaiu Mog 971 2.64% Increase0.55
Margin of victory 6,896 18.78% Increase2.41
Turnout 36,715 96.01% Increase1.71
Registered electors 38,329
CPI(M) hold Swing

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sabroom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jitendra Chaudhury 21,801 49.02% Increase3.63
BJP Sankar Roy 21,405 48.13% Decrease2.51
NOTA None of the Above 1,265 2.84% Increase1.86
Margin of victory 396 0.89% Decrease4.36
Turnout 44,471 92.65% Decrease2.05
Registered electors 48,064 Increase9.31
CPI(M) gain from BJP Swing Decrease1.62

Positions held

Year PositionPlace/organisationBelonging partyRemarkRef(s)
Assumed office Left office
1993 2014 MLA Tripura Legislative Assembly CPI(M)
2014 2019 Member of Parliament Lok sabha
2017 2023 Convenor Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM)
2018 present Central Committee Member Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019 2023 President Ganamukti Parishad
2021 present Secretary CPI(M) Tripura
2023 present MLA Tripura Legislative Assembly
2023 present Chairperson Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM)
2024 present Leader of Opposition Tripura Legislative Assembly
2025 present Polit Bureau Member Communist Party of India (Marxist)

See also

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