1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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  1993 16 Feb 1998 2003  

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,727,463
Turnout80.84%
 First partySecond party
 
Manik Sarkar.jpg
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Leader Manik Sarkar -
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur -
Last election4410
Seats won3813
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote621,804464,171
Percentage45.49%33.96%

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Tripura District Map

Chief Minister before election

Dasarath Deb
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

Manik Sarkar
CPI(M)

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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. [1]

Contents

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 ConstituenciesGENSCSTTotal
No. of Constituencies3372060

Electors

Source: [4]

MenWomenTotal
No.of Electors893,538833,9251,727,463
No.of Electors who Voted732,368664,1971,396,565
Polling Percentage81.96%79.65%80.84%

Performance of Candidates by gender

Source: [5]

MenWomenTotal
No.of Contestants24921270
Elected580260

Results

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PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 60080,2725.87%0
Communist Party of India 2118,8021.38%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5538621,80445.49%44
Indian National Congress 4513464,17133.96%10
Janata Dal 303,2940.24%1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10498,2717.19%1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2222,5261.65%2
Independents 60244,9403.29%1
Total270601,366,966
Source: ECI [6]

Results by constituency

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [7]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Simna 75.1% Pranab Debbarma CPI(M) 9,64152.86%Rabindra Debbarma TUS 8,10444.43%1,537
2 Mohanpur 81.16% Ratan Lal Nath INC 11,86454.54%Samir Chakrabarti CPI(M) 8,54739.29%3,317
3 Bamutia 83.39% Prakash Chandra Das INC 11,87152.84%Urmila Biswas CPI(M) 9,69143.14%2,180
4 Barjala 82.06%Dipak Kumar Roy INC 16,22950.81%Chhaya Baul CPI(M) 13,40741.97%2,822
5 Khayerpur 84.11% Pabitra Kar CPI(M) 13,22649.1%Sudhir Ranjan Majumder INC 12,74547.31%481
6 Agartala 78.65% Sudip Roy Barman INC 16,09849.%Krishna Rakshit (Datta) CPI(M) 14,03642.72%2,062
7 Ramnagar 81.39%Surajit Datta INC 13,30353.28%Madhu Sengupta CPI(M) 9,86239.5%3,441
8 Town Bordowali 79.22%Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya INC 11,35754.7% Brajagopal Roy AIFB 7,66536.92%3,692
9 Banamalipur 79.54%Madhu Sudhan Saha INC 10,05154.29%Prasanta Kapali CPI 6,81936.84%3,232
10 Majlishpur 84.69% Manik Dey CPI(M) 12,55250.39%Dipak Nag INC 11,69246.94%860
11 Mandaibazar 76.59% Manoranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 12,63251.66%Jagadish Debbarma TUS 11,08845.35%1,544
12 Takarjala 76.03%Baijayanti Kalai CPI(M) 9,42048.41%Rahindra Debbarma TUS 9,41448.38%6
13 Pratapgarh 82.67% Anil Sarkar CPI(M) 20,25550.4%Narayan Chandra Das INC 17,26242.95%2,993
14 Badharghat 81.46% Dilip Sarkar INC 19,37249.25%Jadab Majumder CPI(M) 17,82345.32%1,549
15 Kamalasagar 82.7%Narayan Chandra Chowdhury CPI(M) 10,90749.82% Matilal Sarkar INC 10,29647.02%611
16 Bishalgarh 82.03% Samir Ranjan Barman INC 10,87652.29%Mati Lal Sarkar CPI(M) 9,07843.64%1,798
17 Golaghati 80.39% Niranjan Debbarma CPI(M) 11,02849.68% Ashok Debbarma INC 10,07945.41%949
18 Charilam 79.89%Narayan Rupini CPI(M) 10,81549.6%Ananta Debbarma Independent 9,80944.99%1,006
19 Boxanagar 89.12% Billal Miah INC 10,64550.12%Sahid Chowdhury CPI(M) 10,18247.94%463
20 Nalchar 86.53% Sukumar Barman CPI(M) 11,90557.26%Pulin Behari Bhowmik INC 8,24339.65%3,662
21 Sonamura 86.91%Subal Rudra CPI(M) 10,89450.23%Subal Bhowmik INC 10,20547.05%689
22 Dhanpur 86.38% Manik Sarkar CPI(M) 12,77153.9%Majibur Islam Majumder INC 9,66840.81%3,103
23 Ramchandraghat 65.77% Padma Kumar Debbarma CPI(M) 9,15173.29%Subodh Debbarma Independent 2,56320.53%6,588
24 Khowai 85.82% Samir Deb Sarkar CPI(M) 10,41649.59% Arun Kumar Kar INC 9,78546.59%631
25 Asharambari 74.19%Sandhya Rani Debbarma CPI(M) 11,90770.2%Kripa Sadhan Jamatia Independent 2,65815.67%9,249
26 Pramodenagar 78.24% Aghore Debbarma CPI(M) 12,14855.25%Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma INC 7,24632.96%4,902
27 Kalyanpur 81.35%Kajal Chandra Das Independent 9,94651.51%Makhan Lal Chakraborty CPI(M) 7,83240.56%2,114
28 Krishnapur 72.27% Khagendra Jamatia CPI(M) 9,82154.39%Khagendra Kumar Reang TUS 6,56836.37%3,253
29 Teliamura 79.09%Jitendra Sarkar CPI(M) 10,78948.09%Gopal Chandra Roy INC 10,45746.61%332
30 Bagma 82.97%Rati Mohan Jamaitia TUS 10,94049.88%Gunapada Jamatia CPI(M) 10,33347.11%607
31 Salgarh 84.28%Gopal Chandra Das RSP 12,23853.%Chandra Mohan Biswas INC 10,10643.77%2,132
32 Radhakishorpur 80.19%Joy Gobinda Deb Roy RSP 10,28847.55%Dhirendra Kumar Sen INC 10,10146.68%187
33 Matarbari 84.84%Kashiram Reang INC 12,01650.12%Madhab Chandra Saha CPI(M) 11,17146.6%845
34 Kakraban 82.94%Kashab Chandra Majumder CPI(M) 12,09656.04%Gouranga Dhar INC 8,45539.17%3,641
35 Rajnagar 87.79%Sudhan Das CPI(M) 16,83160.1%Laxman Malakar INC 10,31336.83%6,518
36 Belonia 87.63%Basudev Majumder CPI(M) 12,40952.21%Amal Mallik INC 10,55244.4%1,857
37 Santirbazar 83.44% Durbajoy Reang CPI 11,98347.85%Gauri Sankar Reang TUS 11,89047.48%93
38 Hrishyamukh 87.92% Badal Chowdhury CPI(M) 15,99966.18%Dilip Chowdhury INC 7,50631.05%8,493
39 Jolaibari 84.43% Gitamohan Tripura CPI(M) 11,55464.36%Brajendra Mog Chowdhury INC 5,49430.61%6,060
40 Manu 85.36% Jitendra Chaudhury CPI(M) 16,23655.8%Joykishore Tripura INC 12,50442.97%3,732
41 Sabroom 85.6%Gour Kanti Goswami CPI(M) 15,50759.34%Manoranjan Debnath INC 10,12138.73%5,386
42 Ampinagar 78.02% Nagendra Jamatia TUS 11,05452.09%Upaharan Jamatia CPI(M) 9,67445.58%1,380
43 Birganj 83.42%Jawahar Shaha INC 13,54349.94%Ranjit Debnath CPI(M) 13,08448.25%459
44 Raima Valley 75.73%Rabindra Debbarma TUS 12,98753.39%Ananda Mohan Roaja CPI(M) 10,63143.7%2,356
45 Kamalpur 84.85%Bimal Singha CPI(M) 9,25551.36%Gouranga Chandra Ghosh INC 7,72242.85%1,533
46 Surma 81.56%Sudhir Das CPI(M) 10,34451.23%Surjalal Das INC 8,66742.92%1,677
47 Salema 80.99%Prasanta Debbarma CPI(M) 9,99652.57%Sachindra Debbarma TUS 7,60439.99%2,392
48 Kulai 74.72%Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl Independent 10,37750.18%Gitya Kumar Reang CPI(M) 8,25539.92%2,122
49 Chawamanu 70.56% Shyama Charan Tripura TUS 8,62249.09% Purna Mohan Tripura CPI(M) 7,85344.71%769
50 Pabiachhara 76.17%Bidhu Bhusan Malakar CPI(M) 11,92052.01%Subal Chandra Biswas INC 8,25636.03%3,664
51 Fatikroy 79.76%Ananta Pal CPI(M) 9,34246.08%Sujit Paul INC 8,67742.8%665
52 Chandipur 83.91%Baidyanath Majumdar CPI(M) 12,55355.2%Debasish Sen INC 8,63037.95%3,923
53 Kailashahar 82.63% Birajit Sinha INC 12,36049.12%Tapan Chakraborty CPI(M) 11,33345.04%1,027
54 Kurti 81.59%Faizur Rahaman CPI(M) 9,49844.19%Abdul Matin Chowdhury INC 9,31943.35%179
55 Kadamtala 78.91%Umesh Chandra Nath CPI(M) 7,20735.98%Jyotirmoy Nath INC 6,44732.18%760
56 Dharmanagar 76.08%Amitabha Datta CPI(M) 9,43440.64%Sima Pal Chowdhury INC 8,33035.88%1,104
57 Jubarajnagar 82.42% Ramendra Chandra Debnath CPI(M) 9,49645.65%Biva Rani Nath INC 9,20944.27%287
58 Pencharthal 74.43%Anil Chakma CPI(M) 11,25748.18%Nirupama Chakma INC 8,94438.28%2,313
59 Panisagar 76.58%Subodh Chandra Das CPI(M) 8,85245.77%Kalidas Dutta INC 6,98836.13%1,864
60 Kanchanpur 69.8%Binduram Reang CPI(M) 8,94844.78%Nanjira Reang BJP 4,78523.95%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 [8]

References

  1. "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  2. "List of Participating Political Parties".
  3. "Constituencies-Tripura".
  4. "Total No.of Electors".
  5. "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  6. "1998 Tripura Election result".
  7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  8. "Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com.