1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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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.

The 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

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#	Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bhartiya Janta Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	INC	Indian National Congress
5	JD	Janata Dal
State Parties
6	FBL	All India Forward BlocK
7	RJD	Rashtriya Janata Dal
8	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
9	TUJS	Tripura Upajati Juba Samity
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
10	AMB	Amra Bangalee
11	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenninist) (Liberation)
Independents
12	IND	Independent

No. of Constituencies

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Type of Constituencies	GEN	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	33	7	20	60

Electors

Source:

	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

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	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	249	21	270
Elected	58	02	60

Results

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	2	2	22,526	1.65%	2
Independents	60	2	44,940	3.29%	1
Total	270	60	1,366,966

Constituency-wise Winners

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

Government Formation

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