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'''Jitendra Majumder''' (born 1954)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jitendra Majumder (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP):Constituency- Kakraban-Shalgarh (SC) (Gomati) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/Tripura2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6911 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Tripura]]. He is a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from [[Kakraban–Salgarh Assembly constituency|Kakraban Salgarh Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in [[Gomati district]]. He won the [[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jitendra Majumder in Tripura Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/tripura/jitendra-majumder-kakraban-shalgara-candidate-s23a033c004/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-06 |title=Jitendra Majumder |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/politics/jitendra-majumder/articleshow/97948344.cms |access-date=2025-05-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Majumder is from [[Kakraban Assembly constituency|Kakraban]]. His late father Radha Krishna Majumder was a farmer. He completed his B.A. in 1978 at [[Ramthakur College]], [[Agartala]], which is affiliated with [[Calcutta University]]. He is into rubber cultivation and also runs his own business.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Majumder was elected as an MLA from Kakraban Salgarh Assembly constituency representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. He polled 23,625 votes and defeated his nearest rival, [[Ratan Kumar Bhowmik|Ratan Kr. Bhowmik]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], by a margin of 5,051 votes.<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> In the [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election]], he lost to Bhowmik of the Communist Party, by a margin of 3,767 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-13 |title=Kakraban - Shalgara Constituency & Candidates contesting the 2023 Assembly Elections |url=https://northeastlivetv.com/ne-election-2023/tripura-ne-election-2023/constituencies-tripura-ne-election-2023/kakraban-shalgara-constituency-candidates-contesting-the-2023-assembly-elections/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Northeast Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of Legislative Assembly {{!}} Official website of Tripura State Portal, India |url=https://tripura.gov.in/members-legislative-assembly |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=tripura.gov.in}}</ref> He polled 21,068 votes against Bhowmik, who got 24,835 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kakraban-salgarah Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kakraban-salgarah-tripura-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>

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