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{{Short description|State assembly election in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1993
| next_election = 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2003
| seats_for_election = 60 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 16 Feb 1998
| registered = {{formatnum:1727463}}
| turnout = 80.84%
| image1 = [[File:Manik Sarkar.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Dhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhanpur]]
| last_election1 = 44
| seats1 = 38
| seat_change1 ={{decrease}} 6
| popular_vote1 = 621,804
| percentage1 = 45.49%
| image2 = [[File:Hand_INC.svg|160x150px]]
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 = 10
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3
| popular_vote2 = 464,171
| percentage2 = 33.96%
| map_image = Tripura map.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tripura]] District Map
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Dasarath Deb]]
| before_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| after_election = [[Manik Sarkar]]
| after_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| majority_seats = 31
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]

The 1998 [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] election took place in a single phase on 16 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 2 March 1998. The results were ready within the day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.tripura.gov.in/|title=State Election Commission, Tripura}}</ref>

The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]], led by [[Manik Sarkar]], won 38 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]]

==Highlights==
Election to the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] were held on February 16, 1998. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.

===Participating Political Parties===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=List of Participating Political Parties}}</ref>
<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>#</th><th>Abbreviation</th><th> Party</th></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">National Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>BJP </td><td>Bhartiya Janta Party</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>CPI </td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>CPM </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>INC </td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>JD</td><td>Janata Dal </td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">State Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>6 </td><td>FBL</td><td>All India Forward BlocK</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>RJD </td><td>Rashtriya Janata Dal</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>RSP </td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>TUJS </td><td>Tripura Upajati Juba Samity</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>AMB </td><td>Amra Bangalee</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>CPI(ML)(L) </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenninist) (Liberation)</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Independents</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>IND</td><td>Independent</td>
</tr></table>

===No. of Constituencies===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Constituencies-Tripura}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 33
| 7
| 20
| 60
|}

===Electors===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Total No.of Electors}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Electors
| 893,538
| 833,925
| 1,727,463
|-
| No.of Electors who Voted
| 732,368
| 664,197
| 1,396,565
|-
| Polling Percentage
| 81.96%
| 79.65%
| 80.84%
|}

===Performance of Candidates by gender===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 249
| 21
| 270
|-
| Elected
| 58
| 02
| 60
|}

==Results==
{{Politics of India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats Won
! No. of Votes
! % of Votes
! 1993 Seats
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 60
| 0
| 80,272
| 5.87%
| 0
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 2
| 1
| 18,802
| 1.38%
| 0
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 55
| 38
| 621,804
| 45.49%
| 44
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 45
| 13
| 464,171
| 33.96%
| 10
|-
| [[Janata Dal]]
| 3
| 0
| 3,294
| 0.24%
| 1
|-
| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]
| 10
| 4
| 98,271
| 7.19%
| 1
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 22,526
| 1.65%
| 2
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 60
| 2
| 44,940
| 3.29%
| 1
|-
! Total
! 270
! 60
! 1,366,966
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1998/|title=1998 Tripura Election result}}</ref>

==Constituency-wise Winners==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Simna || ST || Pranab Debbarma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mohanpur || None || Ratan Lal Nath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bamutia || SC || Prakash Ch. Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Barjala || None || Dipak Kr. Roy || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khayerpur || None || Pabitra Kar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Agartala || None || Sudip Roy Barman || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ramnagar || None || Surajit Datta || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Town Bordowali || None || Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Banamalipur || None || Madhu Sudhan Saha || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Majlishpur || None || Manik Dey || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mandaibazar || ST || Monoranjan Debbarma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Takarjala || ST || Baijayanti Kalai || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Pratapgarh || SC || Anil Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Badharghat || None || Dilip Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kamalasagar || None || Narayan Chandra Chowdhury || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bishalgarh || None || Samir Ranjan Barman || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Golaghati || ST || Niranjan Debbarma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Charilam || ST || Narayan Rupini || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Boxanagar || None || Billal Mia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Nalchar || SC || Sukumar Barman || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sonamura || None || Subal Rudra || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Dhanpur || None || Manik Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ramchandraghat || ST || Padma Kumar Deb Barma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Khowai || None || Samir Deb Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Asharambari || ST || Sandhya Rani Deb Barma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Pramodenagar || ST || Aghore Deb Barma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kalyanpur || None || Kajal Chandra Das || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Krishnapur || ST || Khagendra Jamatia || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Teliamura || None || Jitendra Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bagma || ST || Rati Mohan Jamatia || {{Full party name with color|Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti}}
|-
| Salgarh || SC || Gopal Chandra Das || {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Radhakishorepur || None || Joy Gobinda Deb Roy || {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Matarbari || None || Kashiram Reang || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kakraban || None || Keshab Majumder || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Rajnagar || SC || Sudhan Das || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Belonia || None || Basudev Majumder || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Santirbazar || ST || [[Durbajoy Reang]] || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Hrishyamukh || None || Badal Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jolaibari || ST || Gitamohan Tripura || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Manu || ST || Jitendra Chaudhury || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sabroom || None || Gour Kanti Goswami || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ampinagar || ST || Nagendra Jamatia || {{Full party name with color|Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti}}
|-
| Birganj || None || Jawahar Shaha || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Raima Valley || ST || Rabindra Debbarma || {{Full party name with color|Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti}}
|-
| Kamalpur || None || Bimal Singha || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Surma || SC || Sudhir Das || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Salema || ST || Prasanta Debbarma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kulai || ST || Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Chhawmanu || ST || Shyamacharan Tripura || {{Full party name with color|Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti}}
|-
| Pabiachhara || SC || Bidhu Bhusan Malakar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Fatikroy || None || Ananta Pal || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chandipur || None || Baidyanath Majumder || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kailasahar || None || Birajit Sinha || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kurti || None || Fayzur Rahaman || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kadamtala || None || Umesh Chandra Nath || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Dharmanagar || None || Amitabha Datta || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jubarajnagar || None || Ramendra Chandra Debnath || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Pencharthal || ST || Anil Chakma || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Panisagar || None || Subodh Das || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kanchanpur || ST || Binduram Reang || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|}

==Government Formation==
The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]], led by [[Manik Sarkar]], won 38 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/tripura-election|title=Tripura 1998}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Tripura elections}}

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