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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 20 · 2023 by-elections
Boxanagar
Winner — 2023 by-elections
Tafajjal Hossain
BJP 89.0%CPM 10.2%2 others 0.8%
Votes
34,146
89.0% share
Winning margin
30,237
78.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Boxanagar is a safe seat — Tafajjal Hossain won by 78.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tafajjal Hossain | 34,146 | 89.0% | |
| 2 | Mizan Hossain | 3,909 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Md: Selim | IND | 181 | 0.5% |
| 4 | Ratan Hosen | IND | 144 | 0.4% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (36th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean78.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 1.4% · max 34.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
36th of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
0.83
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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57th of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
0.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 89.0%CPM 10.2%OTH 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,25,739
Density
577 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,993 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population25.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.8%Other 3.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation90.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.1%
Clean cooking fuel65.2%
Health insurance28.1%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.