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

← 1993 16 Feb 1998 2003 →
60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,727,463
Turnout	80.84%
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 6 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)

Tripura

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

Contesting parties

270 candidates registered to contest the election.

Party		Symbol	Alliance	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		Left Front	55
	Communist Party of India (CPI)		Left Front	2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)		Left Front	2
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)		Left Front	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		NDA	60
	Indian National Congress (INC)		Congress Alliance	45
	Amra Bangali			24
	Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS)			10
	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)			6
	Janata Dal			3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			2
	Independents (IND)			60
Total				270

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]

#	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

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]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[7]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Simna	75.1%	Pranab Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,641	52.86%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	8,104	44.43%	1,537
2	Mohanpur	81.16%	Ratan Lal Nath		INC	11,864	54.54%	Samir Chakrabarti		CPI(M)	8,547	39.29%	3,317
3	Bamutia	83.39%	Prakash Chandra Das		INC	11,871	52.84%	Urmila Biswas		CPI(M)	9,691	43.14%	2,180
4	Barjala	82.06%	Dipak Kumar Roy		INC	16,229	50.81%	Chhaya Baul		CPI(M)	13,407	41.97%	2,822
5	Khayerpur	84.11%	Pabitra Kar		CPI(M)	13,226	49.1%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder		INC	12,745	47.31%	481
6	Agartala	78.65%	Sudip Roy Barman		INC	16,098	49.%	Krishna Rakshit (Datta)		CPI(M)	14,036	42.72%	2,062
7	Ramnagar	81.39%	Surajit Datta		INC	13,303	53.28%	Madhu Sengupta		CPI(M)	9,862	39.5%	3,441
8	Town Bordowali	79.22%	Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya		INC	11,357	54.7%	Brajagopal Roy		AIFB	7,665	36.92%	3,692
9	Banamalipur	79.54%	Madhu Sudhan Saha		INC	10,051	54.29%	Prasanta Kapali		CPI	6,819	36.84%	3,232
10	Majlishpur	84.69%	Manik Dey		CPI(M)	12,552	50.39%	Dipak Nag		INC	11,692	46.94%	860
11	Mandaibazar	76.59%	Manoranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	12,632	51.66%	Jagadish Debbarma		TUS	11,088	45.35%	1,544
12	Takarjala	76.03%	Baijayanti Kalai		CPI(M)	9,420	48.41%	Rahindra Debbarma		TUS	9,414	48.38%	6
13	Pratapgarh	82.67%	Anil Sarkar		CPI(M)	20,255	50.4%	Narayan Chandra Das		INC	17,262	42.95%	2,993
14	Badharghat	81.46%	Dilip Sarkar		INC	19,372	49.25%	Jadab Majumder		CPI(M)	17,823	45.32%	1,549
15	Kamalasagar	82.7%	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury		CPI(M)	10,907	49.82%	Matilal Sarkar		INC	10,296	47.02%	611
16	Bishalgarh	82.03%	Samir Ranjan Barman		INC	10,876	52.29%	Mati Lal Sarkar		CPI(M)	9,078	43.64%	1,798
17	Golaghati	80.39%	Niranjan Debbarma		CPI(M)	11,028	49.68%	Ashok Debbarma		INC	10,079	45.41%	949
18	Charilam	79.89%	Narayan Rupini		CPI(M)	10,815	49.6%	Ananta Debbarma		Independent	9,809	44.99%	1,006
19	Boxanagar	89.12%	Billal Miah		INC	10,645	50.12%	Sahid Chowdhury		CPI(M)	10,182	47.94%	463
20	Nalchar	86.53%	Sukumar Barman		CPI(M)	11,905	57.26%	Pulin Behari Bhowmik		INC	8,243	39.65%	3,662
21	Sonamura	86.91%	Subal Rudra		CPI(M)	10,894	50.23%	Subal Bhowmik		INC	10,205	47.05%	689
22	Dhanpur	86.38%	Manik Sarkar		CPI(M)	12,771	53.9%	Majibur Islam Majumder		INC	9,668	40.81%	3,103
23	Ramchandraghat	65.77%	Padma Kumar Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,151	73.29%	Subodh Debbarma		Independent	2,563	20.53%	6,588
24	Khowai	85.82%	Samir Deb Sarkar		CPI(M)	10,416	49.59%	Arun Kumar Kar		INC	9,785	46.59%	631
25	Asharambari	74.19%	Sandhya Rani Debbarma		CPI(M)	11,907	70.2%	Kripa Sadhan Jamatia		Independent	2,658	15.67%	9,249
26	Pramodenagar	78.24%	Aghore Debbarma		CPI(M)	12,148	55.25%	Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma		INC	7,246	32.96%	4,902
27	Kalyanpur	81.35%	Kajal Chandra Das		Independent	9,946	51.51%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	7,832	40.56%	2,114
28	Krishnapur	72.27%	Khagendra Jamatia		CPI(M)	9,821	54.39%	Khagendra Kumar Reang		TUS	6,568	36.37%	3,253
29	Teliamura	79.09%	Jitendra Sarkar		CPI(M)	10,789	48.09%	Gopal Chandra Roy		INC	10,457	46.61%	332
30	Bagma	82.97%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		TUS	10,940	49.88%	Gunapada Jamatia		CPI(M)	10,333	47.11%	607
31	Salgarh	84.28%	Gopal Chandra Das		RSP	12,238	53.%	Chandra Mohan Biswas		INC	10,106	43.77%	2,132
32	Radhakishorpur	80.19%	Joy Gobinda Deb Roy		RSP	10,288	47.55%	Dhirendra Kumar Sen		INC	10,101	46.68%	187
33	Matarbari	84.84%	Kashiram Reang		INC	12,016	50.12%	Madhab Chandra Saha		CPI(M)	11,171	46.6%	845
34	Kakraban	82.94%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		CPI(M)	12,096	56.04%	Gouranga Dhar		INC	8,455	39.17%	3,641
35	Rajnagar	87.79%	Sudhan Das		CPI(M)	16,831	60.1%	Laxman Malakar		INC	10,313	36.83%	6,518
36	Belonia	87.63%	Basudev Majumder		CPI(M)	12,409	52.21%	Amal Mallik		INC	10,552	44.4%	1,857
37	Santirbazar	83.44%	Durbajoy Reang		CPI	11,983	47.85%	Gauri Sankar Reang		TUS	11,890	47.48%	93
38	Hrishyamukh	87.92%	Badal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	15,999	66.18%	Dilip Chowdhury		INC	7,506	31.05%	8,493
39	Jolaibari	84.43%	Gitamohan Tripura		CPI(M)	11,554	64.36%	Brajendra Mog Chowdhury		INC	5,494	30.61%	6,060
40	Manu	85.36%	Jitendra Chaudhury		CPI(M)	16,236	55.8%	Joykishore Tripura		INC	12,504	42.97%	3,732
41	Sabroom	85.6%	Gour Kanti Goswami		CPI(M)	15,507	59.34%	Manoranjan Debnath		INC	10,121	38.73%	5,386
42	Ampinagar	78.02%	Nagendra Jamatia		TUS	11,054	52.09%	Upaharan Jamatia		CPI(M)	9,674	45.58%	1,380
43	Birganj	83.42%	Jawahar Shaha		INC	13,543	49.94%	Ranjit Debnath		CPI(M)	13,084	48.25%	459
44	Raima Valley	75.73%	Rabindra Debbarma		TUS	12,987	53.39%	Ananda Mohan Roaja		CPI(M)	10,631	43.7%	2,356
45	Kamalpur	84.85%	Bimal Singha		CPI(M)	9,255	51.36%	Gouranga Chandra Ghosh		INC	7,722	42.85%	1,533
46	Surma	81.56%	Sudhir Das		CPI(M)	10,344	51.23%	Surjalal Das		INC	8,667	42.92%	1,677
47	Salema	80.99%	Prasanta Debbarma		CPI(M)	9,996	52.57%	Sachindra Debbarma		TUS	7,604	39.99%	2,392
48	Kulai	74.72%	Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl		Independent	10,377	50.18%	Gitya Kumar Reang		CPI(M)	8,255	39.92%	2,122
49	Chawamanu	70.56%	Shyama Charan Tripura		TUS	8,622	49.09%	Purna Mohan Tripura		CPI(M)	7,853	44.71%	769
50	Pabiachhara	76.17%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		CPI(M)	11,920	52.01%	Subal Chandra Biswas		INC	8,256	36.03%	3,664
51	Fatikroy	79.76%	Ananta Pal		CPI(M)	9,342	46.08%	Sujit Paul		INC	8,677	42.8%	665
52	Chandipur	83.91%	Baidyanath Majumdar		CPI(M)	12,553	55.2%	Debasish Sen		INC	8,630	37.95%	3,923
53	Kailashahar	82.63%	Birajit Sinha		INC	12,360	49.12%	Tapan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	11,333	45.04%	1,027
54	Kurti	81.59%	Faizur Rahaman		CPI(M)	9,498	44.19%	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		INC	9,319	43.35%	179
55	Kadamtala	78.91%	Umesh Chandra Nath		CPI(M)	7,207	35.98%	Jyotirmoy Nath		INC	6,447	32.18%	760
56	Dharmanagar	76.08%	Amitabha Datta		CPI(M)	9,434	40.64%	Sima Pal Chowdhury		INC	8,330	35.88%	1,104
57	Jubarajnagar	82.42%	Ramendra Chandra Debnath		CPI(M)	9,496	45.65%	Biva Rani Nath		INC	9,209	44.27%	287
58	Pencharthal	74.43%	Anil Chakma		CPI(M)	11,257	48.18%	Nirupama Chakma		INC	8,944	38.28%	2,313
59	Panisagar	76.58%	Subodh Chandra Das		CPI(M)	8,852	45.77%	Kalidas Dutta		INC	6,988	36.13%	1,864
60	Kanchanpur	69.8%	Binduram Reang		CPI(M)	8,948	44.78%	Nanjira Reang		BJP	4,785	23.95%	4,163

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura^[8]