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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.

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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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 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)

Tripura

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

Election

Result

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References

Performance of the political parties in this election
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
Janatha Dal 3 0 3,294 0.24% 1