Biswa Bandhu Sen
Biswa Bandhu Sen was an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the 11th speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. He was a four time MLA from 56-Dharmanagar Assembly constituency of North Tripura district.
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.
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 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 by a margin of 7,287 votes. He won a fourth consecutive term in the 2023 Assembly elections beating Chayan Bhattacharya of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,098 votes.
Death
Sen died from complications of a brain haemorrhage on 26 December 2025, at the age of 72.