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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.
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
Partytype Abbreviation | Party | |
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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
Type of Constituencies | GEN | SC | ST | Total |
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No. of Constituencies | 33 | 7 | 20 | 60 |
Electors
Men | Women | Total | |
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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 Women Candidates
Men | Women | Total | |
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No.of Contestants | 249 | 21 | 270 |
Elected | 58 | 02 | 60 |
Results
Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | No. of Votes | % of Votes | 1993 Seats |
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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 |
Constituency-wise Winners
Constituency | Reserved for (ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
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Simna | ST | Pranab Debbarma | Communist Party of India | |
Mohanpur | None | Ratan Lal Nath | Indian National Congress | |
Bamutia | SC | Prakash Ch. Das | Indian National Congress | |
Barjala | None | Dipak Kr. Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Khayerpur | None | Pabitra Kar | Communist Party of India | |
Agartala | None | Sudip Roy Barman | Indian National Congress | |
Ramnagar | None | Surajit Datta | Indian National Congress | |
Town Bordowali | None | Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
Banamalipur | None | Madhu Sudhan Saha | Indian National Congress | |
Majlishpur | None | Manik Dey | Communist Party of India | |
Mandaibazar | ST | Monoranjan Debbarma | Communist Party of India | |
Takarjala | ST | Baijayanti Kalai | Communist Party of India | |
Pratapgarh | SC | Anil Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
Badharghat | None | Dilip Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
Kamalasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
Bishalgarh | None | Samir Ranjan Barman | Indian National Congress | |
Golaghati | ST | Niranjan Debbarma | Communist Party of India | |
Charilam | ST | Narayan Rupini | Communist Party of India | |
Boxanagar | None | Billal Mia | Indian National Congress | |
Nalchar | SC | Sukumar Barman | Communist Party of India | |
Sonamura | None | Subal Rudra | Communist Party of India | |
Dhanpur | None | Manik Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
Ramchandraghat | ST | Padma Kumar Deb Barma | Communist Party of India | |
Khowai | None | Samir Deb Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
Asharambari | ST | Sandhya Rani Deb Barma | Communist Party of India | |
Pramodenagar | ST | Aghore Deb Barma | Communist Party of India | |
Kalyanpur | None | Kajal Chandra Das | Independent | |
Krishnapur | ST | Khagendra Jamatia | Communist Party of India | |
Teliamura | None | Jitendra Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
Bagma | ST | Rati Mohan Jamatia | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |
Salgarh | SC | Gopal Chandra Das | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
Radhakishorepur | None | Joy Gobinda Deb Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
Matarbari | None | Kashiram Reang | Indian National Congress | |
Kakraban | None | Keshab Majumder | Communist Party of India | |
Rajnagar | SC | Sudhan Das | Communist Party of India | |
Belonia | None | Basudev Majumder | Communist Party of India | |
Santirbazar | ST | Durbajoy Reang | Communist Party of India | |
Hrishyamukh | None | Badal Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
Jolaibari | ST | Gitamohan Tripura | Communist Party of India | |
Manu | ST | Jitendra Chaudhury | Communist Party of India | |
Sabroom | None | Gour Kanti Goswami | Communist Party of India | |
Ampinagar | ST | Nagendra Jamatia | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |
Birganj | None | Jawahar Shaha | Indian National Congress | |
Raima Valley | ST | Rabindra Debbarma | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |
Kamalpur | None | Bimal Singha | Communist Party of India | |
Surma | SC | Sudhir Das | Communist Party of India | |
Salema | ST | Prasanta Debbarma | Communist Party of India | |
Kulai | ST | Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl | Independent | |
Chhawmanu | ST | Shyamacharan Tripura | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | |
Pabiachhara | SC | Bidhu Bhusan Malakar | Communist Party of India | |
Fatikroy | None | Ananta Pal | Communist Party of India | |
Chandipur | None | Baidyanath Majumder | Communist Party of India | |
Kailasahar | None | Birajit Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
Kurti | None | Fayzur Rahaman | Communist Party of India | |
Kadamtala | None | Umesh Chandra Nath | Communist Party of India | |
Dharmanagar | None | Amitabha Datta | Communist Party of India | |
Jubarajnagar | None | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Communist Party of India | |
Pencharthal | ST | Anil Chakma | Communist Party of India | |
Panisagar | None | Subodh Das | Communist Party of India | |
Kanchanpur | ST | Binduram Reang | Communist Party of India |
Government Formation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura
References
- "State Election Commission, Tripura".
- "List of Participating Political Parties".
- "Constituencies-Tripura".
- "Total No.of Electors".
- "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- "1998 Tripura Election result".
- "Tripura 1998".
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