Prasanta Debbarma (born 13 January 1976) is an Indian politician from

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

. He is former

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(MLA) representing Ramchandraghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the

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and east region of Tripura. He is affiliated with the

Indigenous People's Front of Tripura The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura, India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party ...

(IPFT).

Early life and political career

Debbarma was born on 13 January 1976 to Nilmohan Deb Barma and Manjuri Deb Barma. An HS holder, he contested the 2018 Legislative Assembly election against

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candidate Padma Kumar Debbarma and secured 56.22% of the votes polled and won by 19,439 votes.

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1976 births Living people Tripura politicians Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura politicians Tripura MLAs 2018–2023 {{Tripura-politician-stub