1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
# 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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

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

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 |
| 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 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||||||

## Constituency-wise Winners

| Constituency | Reserved for (ST/None) | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

