1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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.[1]

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

16 Feb 1998

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,727,463
Turnout80.84%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar -
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur -
Last election 44 10
Seats won 38 13
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 3
Popular vote 621,804 464,171
Percentage 45.49% 33.96%

Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

Dasarath Deb
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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

Source:[2]

#AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1BJPBhartiya Janta Party
2CPICommunist Party of India
3CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4INCIndian National Congress
5JDJanata Dal
State Parties
6FBLAll India Forward BlocK
7RJDRashtriya Janata Dal
8RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party
9TUJSTripura Upajati Juba Samity
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
10AMBAmra Bangalee
11CPI(ML)(L)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenninist) (Liberation)
Independents
12INDIndependent

No. of Constituencies

Source:[3]

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

Electors

Source:[4]

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:[5]

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

Results

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
Source: ECI[6]

Constituency-wise Winners

Constituency Reserved for
(ST/None)
Member Party
SimnaSTPranab Debbarma Communist Party of India
MohanpurNoneRatan Lal Nath Indian National Congress
BamutiaSCPrakash Ch. Das Indian National Congress
BarjalaNoneDipak Kr. Roy Indian National Congress
KhayerpurNonePabitra Kar Communist Party of India
AgartalaNoneSudip Roy Barman Indian National Congress
RamnagarNoneSurajit Datta Indian National Congress
Town BordowaliNoneAshok Kumar Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
BanamalipurNoneMadhu Sudhan Saha Indian National Congress
MajlishpurNoneManik Dey Communist Party of India
MandaibazarSTMonoranjan Debbarma Communist Party of India
TakarjalaSTBaijayanti Kalai Communist Party of India
PratapgarhSCAnil Sarkar Communist Party of India
BadharghatNoneDilip Sarkar Indian National Congress
KamalasagarNoneNarayan Chandra Chowdhury Communist Party of India
BishalgarhNoneSamir Ranjan Barman Indian National Congress
GolaghatiSTNiranjan Debbarma Communist Party of India
CharilamSTNarayan Rupini Communist Party of India
BoxanagarNoneBillal Mia Indian National Congress
NalcharSCSukumar Barman Communist Party of India
SonamuraNoneSubal Rudra Communist Party of India
DhanpurNoneManik Sarkar Communist Party of India
RamchandraghatSTPadma Kumar Deb Barma Communist Party of India
KhowaiNoneSamir Deb Sarkar Communist Party of India
AsharambariSTSandhya Rani Deb Barma Communist Party of India
PramodenagarSTAghore Deb Barma Communist Party of India
KalyanpurNoneKajal Chandra Das Independent
KrishnapurSTKhagendra Jamatia Communist Party of India
TeliamuraNoneJitendra Sarkar Communist Party of India
BagmaSTRati Mohan Jamatia Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
SalgarhSCGopal Chandra Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
RadhakishorepurNoneJoy Gobinda Deb Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
MatarbariNoneKashiram Reang Indian National Congress
KakrabanNoneKeshab Majumder Communist Party of India
RajnagarSCSudhan Das Communist Party of India
BeloniaNoneBasudev Majumder Communist Party of India
SantirbazarSTDurbajoy Reang Communist Party of India
HrishyamukhNoneBadal Choudhury Communist Party of India
JolaibariSTGitamohan Tripura Communist Party of India
ManuSTJitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India
SabroomNoneGour Kanti Goswami Communist Party of India
AmpinagarSTNagendra Jamatia Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
BirganjNoneJawahar Shaha Indian National Congress
Raima ValleySTRabindra Debbarma Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
KamalpurNoneBimal Singha Communist Party of India
SurmaSCSudhir Das Communist Party of India
SalemaSTPrasanta Debbarma Communist Party of India
KulaiSTBijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl Independent
ChhawmanuSTShyamacharan Tripura Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
PabiachharaSCBidhu Bhusan Malakar Communist Party of India
FatikroyNoneAnanta Pal Communist Party of India
ChandipurNoneBaidyanath Majumder Communist Party of India
KailasaharNoneBirajit Sinha Indian National Congress
KurtiNoneFayzur Rahaman Communist Party of India
KadamtalaNoneUmesh Chandra Nath Communist Party of India
DharmanagarNoneAmitabha Datta Communist Party of India
JubarajnagarNoneRamendra Chandra Debnath Communist Party of India
PencharthalSTAnil Chakma Communist Party of India
PanisagarNoneSubodh Das Communist Party of India
KanchanpurSTBinduram Reang Communist Party of India

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura[7]

References

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