Tripura Legislative Assembly
The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present Assembly is the 12th Legislative Assembly, where Rebati Mohan Das is the current speaker of the House.
History
On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union territory, and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief commissioner. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.Previous Assemblies
The assemblies constituted so far are listed below:| Assembly | Period |
| 1st Assembly | 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1967 |
| 2nd Assembly | 1 March 1967 to 1 November 1971 |
| 3rd Assembly | 20 March 1972 to 5 November 1977 |
| 4th Assembly | 5 January 1978 to 7 January 1983 |
| 5th Assembly | 10 January 1983 to 5 February 1988 |
| 6th Assembly | 5 February 1988 to 28 February 1993 |
| 7th Assembly | 10 April 1993 to 10 March 1998 |
| 8th Assembly | 10 March 1998 to 28 February 2003 |
| 9th Assembly | 4 March 2003 to 3 March 2008 |
| 10th Assembly | 10 March 2008 to 1 March 2013 |
| 11th Assembly | 2 March 2013 to 3 March 2018 |
| 12th Assembly | 4 March 2018 to |
12th Assembly
The members of the Twelfth Assembly are:| Sr.No.: | MLA: | Constituency: | Party: |
| 1 | Brishaketu Deb Barma | Simna | IPFT |
| 2 | Ratan Lal Nath | Mohanpur | BJP |
| 3 | Krishnadhan Das | Bamutia | BJP |
| 4 | Dr. Dilip Kumar Das | Barjala | BJP |
| 5 | Ratan Chakraborty | Khayerpur | BJP |
| 6 | Sudip Roy Barman | Agartala | BJP |
| 7 | Surajit Datta | Ramnagar | BJP |
| 8 | Asish Kumar Saha | Town Bordowali | BJP |
| 9 | Biplab Kumar Deb | Banamalipur | BJP |
| 10 | Sushanta Choudhury | Majlishpur | BJP |
| 11 | Dhirendra Debbarma | Mandai Bazar | IPFT |
| 12 | Narendra Chandra | Takarjala | IPFT |
| 13 | Rebati Mohan Das | Pratapgarh | BJP |
| 14 | Mimi Majumder | Badharghat | BJP |
| 15 | Narayan Chandra Choudhury | Kamalasagar | CPI |
| 16 | Bhanu Lal Saha | Bishalgarh | CPI |
| 17 | Birendra Kishore Debbarma | Golaghati | BJP |
| 18 | Ramprasad Pal | Surjamaninagar | BJP |
| 19 | Jishnu Deb Burman | Charilam | BJP |
| 20 | Sahid Choudhury | Boxanagar | CPI |
| 21 | Subhash Chandra Das | Nalchar | BJP |
| 22 | Shyamal Chakraborty | Sonamura | CPI |
| 23 | Manik Sarkar | Dhanpur | CPI |
| 24 | Prashanta Debbarma | Ramchandraghat | IPFT |
| 25 | Nirmal Biswas | Khowai | CPI |
| 26 | Mevar Kumar Jamatia | Asharambari | IPFT |
| 27 | Pinaki Das Choudhuri | Kalyanpur–Pramodnagar | BJP |
| 28 | Kalyani Roy | Teliamura | BJP |
| 29 | Dr. Atul Debbarma | Krishnapur | BJP |
| 30 | Rampada Jamatia | Bagma | BJP |
| 31 | Pranjit Singha Roy | Radhakishorpur | BJP |
| 32 | Biplab Kumar Ghosh | Matabari | BJP |
| 33 | Ratan Bhowmik | Kakraban–Shalgara | CPI |
| 34 | Sudhan Das | Rajnagar | CPI |
| 35 | Arun Chandra Bhowmik | Belonia | BJP |
| 36 | Pramod Reang | Shantirbazar | BJP |
| 37 | Badal Choudhury | Hrishyamukh | CPI |
| 38 | Jashabir Tripura | Jolaibari | CPI |
| 39 | Pravat Chowdhury | Manu | CPI |
| 40 | Shankar Roy | Sabroom | BJP |
| 41 | Sindhu Chandra Jamatia | Ampinagar | IPFT |
| 42 | Ranjit Das | Amarpur | BJP |
| 43 | Burbu Mohan Tripura | Karbook | BJP |
| 44 | Dhananjay Tripura | Raima Valley | IPFT |
| 45 | Manoj Kanti Deb | Kamalpur | BJP |
| 46 | Ashish Das | Surma | BJP |
| 47 | Parimal Debbarma | Ambassa | BJP |
| 48 | Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl | Karamchara | BJP |
| 49 | Sambhu Lal Chakma | Chawmanu | BJP |
| 50 | Bhagaban Das | Pabiachara | BJP |
| 51 | Sudhangshu Das | Fatikroy | BJP |
| 52 | Tapan Chakraborty | Chandipur | CPI |
| 53 | Mabaswar Ali | Kailashahar | CPI |
| 54 | Islam Uddin | Kadamtala–Kurti | CPI |
| 55 | Bijita Nath | Bagbassa | CPI |
| 56 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Dharmanagar | BJP |
| 57 | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Jubarajnagar | CPI |
| 58 | Binay Bhushan Das | Panisagar | BJP |
| 59 | Santana Chakma | Pencharthal | BJP |
| 60 | Prem Kumar Reang | Kanchanpur | IPFT |
At a glance
Assembly at a glance| No. of Assembly & its Period | Date of its First Sitting | Governor | Speaker | Deputy Speaker | Leader of the House | Leader of the Opposition | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 1st Assembly 01.07.1963 to 12 January 1967 | 7 October 1963 | i. Santi Priya Mukherjee, IAS ii. Shri. M.C. Mukherjee, IAS | Upendra Kumar Roy | Md. Ersad Ali Choudhury | Sachindra Lal Singh | i. Aghore Deb Barma ii. Nripendra Chakraborty | Department of Parliamentary Affairs was not created |
| 2nd Assembly 01.03.1967 to 1 November 1971 | 14 March 1967 | i. U.N. Sharma, IAS ii. D.K. Bhattacharya iii. A.L. Dias, ICS iv. Baleswar Prasad, IAS | Manindra Lal Bhowmik | Manoranjan Nath | Sachindra Lal Singh | Bidya Chandra Deb Barma | Department of Parliamentary Affairs newly created in February 1971. This Dept was allocated to Prafulla Kumar Das, 01.02.1971 to 1 November 1971 |