Dhanpur is a popular assembly constituency in Tripura as former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar won the constituency in 2018. The Dhanpur Assembly constituency comes under the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency.
This constituency, currently having 50,200 voters comprising 11,000 tribals spread over 10 ADC villages and 14,000 Muslims.
Dhanpur is all set to witness a tough triangular contest between the three candidates. Union Minister and BJP leader Pratima Bhowmik, CPI (M)'s Kaushik Chanda and Amiya Noatia of Tipra Motha.
Dhanpur is Left's stronghold, former chief minister Manik Sarkar won the seat in 2018 by a little over 5,000 votes.
BJP candidate Pratima Bhoumik is also the Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. She will try to wrest the Left's stronghold by defeating CPI (M)'s Kaushik Chanda.
Tipra Motha's candidate Amiya Noatia is the dark horse in the battle for Dhanpur assembly constituency.