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

Contesting parties 270 candidates registered to contest the election.

PartySymbolAllianceSeats contested Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Left Front 55 Communist Party of India (CPI) Left Front 2 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Left Front2 All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Left Front1 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)NDA60Indian National Congress (INC) Congress Alliance45Amra Bangali 24Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) 10Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 6Janata Dal 3Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 2Independents (IND)60Total270

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:

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

Results

Results by party

Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1993 Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 38 621,804 45.49% 44 Indian National Congress 45 13 464,171 33.96% 10 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 4 98,271 7.19% 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 22,526 1.65% 2 Communist Party of India 2 1 18,802 1.38% 0 Bharatiya Janata Party 60 0 80,272 5.87% 0 Janata Dal 3 0 3,294 0.24% 1 Independents 60 2 44,940 3.29% 1 Total 270 60 1,366,966 Source: ECI

Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Simna75.1%Pranab Debbarma9,64152.86%Rabindra Debbarma8,10444.43%1,5372Mohanpur81.16%Ratan Lal Nath11,86454.54%Samir Chakrabarti8,54739.29%3,3173Bamutia83.39%Prakash Chandra Das11,87152.84%Urmila Biswas9,69143.14%2,1804Barjala82.06%Dipak Kumar Roy16,22950.81%Chhaya Baul13,40741.97%2,8225Khayerpur84.11%Pabitra Kar13,22649.1%Sudhir Ranjan Majumder12,74547.31%4816Agartala78.65%Sudip Roy Barman16,09849.%Krishna Rakshit (Datta)14,03642.72%2,0627Ramnagar81.39%Surajit Datta13,30353.28%Madhu Sengupta9,86239.5%3,4418Town Bordowali79.22%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya11,35754.7%Brajagopal Roy7,66536.92%3,6929Banamalipur79.54%Madhu Sudhan Saha10,05154.29%Prasanta Kapali6,81936.84%3,23210Majlishpur84.69%Manik Dey12,55250.39%Dipak Nag11,69246.94%86011Mandaibazar76.59%Manoranjan Debbarma12,63251.66%Jagadish Debbarma11,08845.35%1,54412Takarjala76.03%Baijayanti Kalai9,42048.41%Rahindra Debbarma9,41448.38%613Pratapgarh82.67%Anil Sarkar20,25550.4%Narayan Chandra Das17,26242.95%2,99314Badharghat81.46%Dilip Sarkar19,37249.25%Jadab Majumder17,82345.32%1,54915Kamalasagar82.7%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury10,90749.82%Matilal Sarkar10,29647.02%61116Bishalgarh82.03%Samir Ranjan Barman10,87652.29%Mati Lal Sarkar9,07843.64%1,79817Golaghati80.39%Niranjan Debbarma11,02849.68%Ashok Debbarma10,07945.41%94918Charilam79.89%Narayan Rupini10,81549.6%Ananta Debbarma9,80944.99%1,00619Boxanagar89.12%Billal Miah10,64550.12%Sahid Chowdhury10,18247.94%46320Nalchar86.53%Sukumar Barman11,90557.26%Pulin Behari Bhowmik8,24339.65%3,66221Sonamura86.91%Subal Rudra10,89450.23%Subal Bhowmik10,20547.05%68922Dhanpur86.38%Manik Sarkar12,77153.9%Majibur Islam Majumder9,66840.81%3,10323Ramchandraghat65.77%Padma Kumar Debbarma9,15173.29%Subodh Debbarma2,56320.53%6,58824Khowai85.82%Samir Deb Sarkar10,41649.59%Arun Kumar Kar9,78546.59%63125Asharambari74.19%Sandhya Rani Debbarma11,90770.2%Kripa Sadhan Jamatia2,65815.67%9,24926Pramodenagar78.24%Aghore Debbarma12,14855.25%Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma7,24632.96%4,90227Kalyanpur81.35%Kajal Chandra Das9,94651.51%Makhan Lal Chakraborty7,83240.56%2,11428Krishnapur72.27%Khagendra Jamatia9,82154.39%Khagendra Kumar Reang6,56836.37%3,25329Teliamura79.09%Jitendra Sarkar10,78948.09%Gopal Chandra Roy10,45746.61%33230Bagma82.97%Rati Mohan Jamaitia10,94049.88%Gunapada Jamatia10,33347.11%60731Salgarh84.28%Gopal Chandra Das12,23853.%Chandra Mohan Biswas10,10643.77%2,13232Radhakishorpur80.19%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy10,28847.55%Dhirendra Kumar Sen10,10146.68%18733Matarbari84.84%Kashiram Reang12,01650.12%Madhab Chandra Saha11,17146.6%84534Kakraban82.94%Kashab Chandra Majumder12,09656.04%Gouranga Dhar8,45539.17%3,64135Rajnagar87.79%Sudhan Das16,83160.1%Laxman Malakar10,31336.83%6,51836Belonia87.63%Basudev Majumder12,40952.21%Amal Mallik10,55244.4%1,85737Santirbazar83.44%Durbajoy Reang11,98347.85%Gauri Sankar Reang11,89047.48%9338Hrishyamukh87.92%Badal Chowdhury15,99966.18%Dilip Chowdhury7,50631.05%8,49339Jolaibari84.43%Gitamohan Tripura11,55464.36%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury5,49430.61%6,06040Manu85.36%Jitendra Chaudhury16,23655.8%Joykishore Tripura12,50442.97%3,73241Sabroom85.6%Gour Kanti Goswami15,50759.34%Manoranjan Debnath10,12138.73%5,38642Ampinagar78.02%Nagendra Jamatia11,05452.09%Upaharan Jamatia9,67445.58%1,38043Birganj83.42%Jawahar Shaha13,54349.94%Ranjit Debnath13,08448.25%45944Raima Valley75.73%Rabindra Debbarma12,98753.39%Ananda Mohan Roaja10,63143.7%2,35645Kamalpur84.85%Bimal Sinha9,25551.36%Gouranga Chandra Ghosh7,72242.85%1,53346Surma81.56%Sudhir Das10,34451.23%Surjalal Das8,66742.92%1,67747Salema80.99%Prasanta Debbarma9,99652.57%Sachindra Debbarma7,60439.99%2,39248Kulai74.72%Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl10,37750.18%Gitya Kumar Reang8,25539.92%2,12249Chawamanu70.56%Shyama Charan Tripura8,62249.09%Purna Mohan Tripura7,85344.71%76950Pabiachhara76.17%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar11,92052.01%Subal Chandra Biswas8,25636.03%3,66451Fatikroy79.76%Ananta Pal9,34246.08%Sujit Paul8,67742.8%66552Chandipur83.91%Baidyanath Majumdar12,55355.2%Debasish Sen8,63037.95%3,92353Kailashahar82.63%Birajit Sinha12,36049.12%Tapan Chakraborty11,33345.04%1,02754Kurti81.59%Faizur Rahaman9,49844.19%Abdul Matin Chowdhury9,31943.35%17955Kadamtala78.91%Umesh Chandra Nath7,20735.98%Jyotirmoy Nath6,44732.18%76056Dharmanagar76.08%Amitabha Datta9,43440.64%Sima Pal Chowdhury8,33035.88%1,10457Jubarajnagar82.42%Ramendra Chandra Debnath9,49645.65%Biva Rani Nath9,20944.27%28758Pencharthal74.43%Anil Chakma11,25748.18%Nirupama Chakma8,94438.28%2,31359Panisagar76.58%Subodh Chandra Das8,85245.77%Kalidas Dutta6,98836.13%1,86460Kanchanpur69.8%Binduram Reang8,94844.78%Nanjira Reang4,78523.95%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

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