Surajit Datta
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Surajit Datta (1953–2023) was an Indian politician from Tripura. He was a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Ramnagar Assembly constituency in West Tripura district. He won the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |title=Surajit Datta in Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/tripura/surajit-datta-ramnagar-candidate-s23a007c001/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Early life and education
Datta was from Bordowali, West Tripura district, Tripura. He was the son of late Shashadhar Datta. He passed Class 12 in 1974 at Pragati Vidyabhaban.{{Cite web |title=Surajit Datta(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- RAMNAGAR(WEST TRIPURA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/Tripura2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6953 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=myneta.info}}
Career
Datta won from Ramnagar Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. He polled votes and defeated his nearest rival, Purushuttam Roy Barman, and independent candidate, by a margin of 897 votes.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Tripura Election Result Live: रामनगर सीट पर BJP के सुराजीत दत्ता ने दोहरायी जीत, CPM के बागी के साथ रहा कांटे का मुकाबला |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/nation/ramnagar-tripura-election-result-winner-looser-2023-purushuttam-roy-barman-surajit-datta-pujan-biswas-bjp-tmc-cpim-congress-5401081.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}} He first became an MLA winning the 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress and became a minister in the Congress-TUJS government led by Sudhir Ranjan Majumder. Later, he won the next four elections, also on Congress ticket, in the 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 assembly elections, to make it five consecutive terms. He lost to Ratan Das of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in a rare lost in the 2013 Assembly election. But he regained the seat in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election after shifting allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won again on BJP ticket in the 2023 election.{{fact|date=January 2025}}
= Death =
Datta died on 27 December 2023 at a Kolkata hospital after a prolonged illness.{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2023-12-28 |title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after prolonged illness |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-dies-after-prolonged-illness/article67682440.ece |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness-101703732286867.html|title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta passes away after prolonged illness|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=2024-11-03}} The government declared state mourning on 28 December.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-28 |title=Seven-term Tripura MLA and BJP leader Surajit Datta passes away at 70 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/seven-term-tripura-mla-and-bjp-leader-surajit-datta-passes-away-at-70/articleshow/106347214.cms |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |title=Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after prolonged illness |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tripura/tripura-bjp-mla-surajit-datta-dies-after-prolonged-illness-2827381 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
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Category:State cabinet ministers of Tripura
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura
Category:Tripura MLAs 1988–1993
Category:Tripura MLAs 1993–1998
Category:Tripura MLAs 1998–2003
Category:Tripura MLAs 2003–2008
Category:Tripura MLAs 2008–2013
Category:Tripura MLAs 2018–2023