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{{Short description|Indian politician (1953–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Biswa Bandhu Sen
| caption =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|05|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dharmanagar]], Tripura, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|12|26|1953|05|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], Karnataka, India
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|CM]]
| 1namedata = Manik Saha
| office = 11th [[List of speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Dharmanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmanagar]]
| term_start = 24 March 2023
| term_end = 26 December 2025
| predecessor = [[Ratan Chakraborty]]
| successor = [[Ram Pada Jamatia]]
| office1 = [[List of deputy speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker]] of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Dharmanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmanagar]]
| term_start1 = 21 Jun 2018
| term_end1 = 2 March 2023
| predecessor1 = [[Pabitra Kar]]
| successor1 = [[Ram Prasad Paul]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Dharmanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmanagar]]
| term_start2 = 2008
| term_end2 = 26 December 2025
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (from 2017)
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 2017)
| 2namedata = [[Ram Prasad Paul]]
| children =
| 2blankname = Deputy Speaker
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'''Biswa Bandhu Sen''' (23 May 1953 – 26 December 2025) was an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the 11th speaker<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tripuraassembly.nic.in/deputyspeaker.html|title = Welcome to the Official Website Before Legislative Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-02 |title=Tripura speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigns citing 'personal' reasons |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tripura-speaker-rebati-mohan-das-resigns-citing-personal-reasons-101630589275549.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]. He was a four time MLA from 56-[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency]] of [[North Tripura district]].

== Early life and education ==
Sen was from [[Dharmanagar]], North Tripura District, Tripura. He was the son of late Kali Mohan Sen. Sen completed his B.A. in 1975 at [[Maharaja Bir Bikram College]], which is affiliated with [[Calcutta University]]. His wife was a retired government teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biswa Bandhu Sen(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DHARMANAGAR(NORTH TRIPURA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Tripura2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6903 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sen became an MLA for the first time winning the [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] representing the Indian National Congress defeating Amitabha Datta of Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 2,410 votes. He retained the seat again on Congress ticket in the [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] beating Datta again by a margin of 1,844 votes. Later, he shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 and won the Dharmanagar seat in the [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]] defeating Abhijit De, also of CPI (M) by a margin of 7,287 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-06 |title=Biswa Bandhu Sen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/politics/biswa-bandhu-sen/articleshow/97950452.cms |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He won a fourth consecutive term in the [[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2023 Assembly elections]] beating Chayan Bhattacharya of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,098 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biswa Bandhu Sen in Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/tripura/biswa-bandhu-sen-dharmanagar-candidate-s23a056c005/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Tripura Election Result 2023: BJP wins 32 seats, Tipra Motha bags 13 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/tripura-election-result-2023-live-vote-counting-updates-bjp-ipft-congress-alliances-tipra-motha-cpim-2341430-2023-03-02 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Tripura Assembly election results 2023: Check full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/tripura-election-results-2023-constituency-winners-list-8473554/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
Sen died from complications of a brain haemorrhage on 26 December 2025, at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripurainfo.com/EnglishNews.aspx?intnid=4477|title=Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswabandhu Sen Passes Away After Prolonged Illness|website=tripurainfo DOT com}}</ref>

== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
|-
|[[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2023]]||[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency|Dharmanagar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||49.35%||Chayan Bhattacharya||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||46.45%||<ref>{{cite news |date=2 March 2023 |title=Tripura Assembly election results 2023: Check full list of winners |language=en |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/tripura-election-results-2023-constituency-winners-list-8473554/ |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220141112/https://indianexpress.com/elections/tripura-election-results-2023-constituency-winners-list-8473554/ |archive-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2018]]||[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency|Dharmanagar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||57.21%||Abhijit De||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||37.69%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura|title=Form 20 {{!}} Final Result Sheet {{!}} General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2018 |url=http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2018.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228163855/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2018.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date = 20 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013]]||[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency|Dharmanagar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||{{Won}}||50.99%||Amitabha Datta||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||45.77%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura|title=Form 20 {{!}} Final Result Sheet {{!}} General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2013 |url=http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2013.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228165655/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2013.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date = 20 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008]]||[[Dharmanagar Assembly constituency|Dharmanagar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||{{Won}}||51.65%||Amitabha Datta||{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}||43.86%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:People from North Tripura district]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura]]
[[Category:Tripura MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Deputy speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly]]

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