1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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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.

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16 Feb 1998

2003 →

60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Manik Sarkar	-
Party	CPI(M)	INC
Leader's seat	Dhanpur	-
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)

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