Pencharthal
Constituency No. 59 for the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Tripura
District	North Tripura
LS constituency	Tripura East
Established	1977
Total electors	45,670[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
13th Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Santana Chakma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2018

Pencharthal Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India.^[2]

It is part of North Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santana Chakma	17,781	45.50%	3.88
	CPI(M)	Sadhan Kumar Chakma	9,808	25.10%	20.46
	TMP	Hollywood Chakma	9,644	24.68%	New
	AITC	Purnita Chakma	767	1.96%	New
	Independent	Karnadhan Chakma	551	1.41%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	527	1.35%	0.22
Margin of victory			7,973	20.40%	16.58
Turnout			39,078	85.61%	3.75
Registered electors			45,670		13.53
	BJP hold		Swing	3.88

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santana Chakma	17,743	49.38%	47.20
	CPI(M)	Anil Chakma	16,370	45.56%	4.90
	INC	Nandini Chakma	644	1.79%	45.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	407	1.13%	New
	AMB	Karnadhan Chakma	223	0.62%	New
	Tipraland State Party	Kripamohan Reang	209	0.58%	New
	INPT	Daniel Sangma	187	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,373	3.82%	0.73
Turnout			35,930	89.05%	2.01
Registered electors			40,227		11.66
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	1.07

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Arun Kumar Chakma	16,601	50.46%	0.09
	INC	Purnita Chakma	15,584	47.36%	4.90
	BJP	Krishna Chakma	717	2.18%	0.52
Margin of victory			1,017	3.09%	4.99
Turnout			32,902	91.41%	1.55
Registered electors			36,025
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Pencharthal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Arun Kumar Chakma	17,210	50.54%	2.04
	INC	Sushil Kumar Chakma	14,460	42.47%	1.78
	Independent	Binoy Reang	804	2.36%	New
	BJP	Manishankar Chakma	566	1.66%	New
	AMB	Karnadhan Chakma	402	1.18%	8.22
	AIFB	Jainaham Reang	328	0.96%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Basirun Reang	279	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			2,750	8.08%	0.26
Turnout			34,049	89.79%	18.30
Registered electors			37,926
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.04