1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2003
Seats For Election:	60 seats in the Assembly
Election Date:	16 Feb 1998
Turnout:	80.84%
Leader1:	Manik Sarkar
Party1:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Leaders Seat1:	Dhanpur
Last Election1:	44
Seats1:	38
Seat Change1:	6
Popular Vote1:	621,804
Percentage1:	45.49%
Leader2:	-
Party2:	Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat2:	-
Last Election2:	10
Seats2:	13
Seat Change2:	3
Popular Vote2:	464,171
Percentage2:	33.96%
Map Size:	200px
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Dasarath Deb
Before Party:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
After Election:	Manik Sarkar
After Party:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Majority Seats:	31

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]

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]

	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:^[3]

Electors

Source:^[4]

	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:^[5]

	Men	Women	Total
No.of Contestants	249	21	270
Elected	58	02	60

Results


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
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^[6]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[7]

! colspan="2"
Assembly Constituency	Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		data-sort-type=number	Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Margin	data-sort-type=number	Votes	%
1	Simna	75.1%	Pranab Debbarma		9,641	52.86%	Rabindra Debbarma		8,104	44.43%	1,537
2	Mohanpur	81.16%	Ratan Lal Nath		11,864	54.54%	Samir Chakrabarti		8,547	39.29%	3,317
3	Bamutia	83.39%	Prakash Chandra Das		11,871	52.84%	Urmila Biswas		9,691	43.14%	2,180
4	Barjala	82.06%	Dipak Kumar Roy		16,229	50.81%	Chhaya Baul		13,407	41.97%	2,822
5	Khayerpur	84.11%	Pabitra Kar		13,226	49.1%	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder		12,745	47.31%	481
6	Agartala	78.65%	Sudip Roy Barman		16,098	49.%	Krishna Rakshit (Datta)		14,036	42.72%	2,062
7	Ramnagar	81.39%	Surajit Datta		13,303	53.28%	Madhu Sengupta		9,862	39.5%	3,441
8	Town Bordowali	79.22%	Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya		11,357	54.7%	Brajagopal Roy		7,665	36.92%	3,692
9	Banamalipur	79.54%	Madhu Sudhan Saha		10,051	54.29%	Prasanta Kapali		6,819	36.84%	3,232
10	Majlishpur	84.69%	Manik Dey		12,552	50.39%	Dipak Nag		11,692	46.94%	860
11	Mandaibazar	76.59%	Manoranjan Debbarma		12,632	51.66%	Jagadish Debbarma		11,088	45.35%	1,544
12	Takarjala	76.03%	Baijayanti Kalai		9,420	48.41%	Rahindra Debbarma		9,414	48.38%	6
13	Pratapgarh	82.67%	Anil Sarkar		20,255	50.4%	Narayan Chandra Das		17,262	42.95%	2,993
14	Badharghat	81.46%	Dilip Sarkar		19,372	49.25%	Jadab Majumder		17,823	45.32%	1,549
15	Kamalasagar	82.7%	Narayan Chandra Chowdhury		10,907	49.82%	Matilal Sarkar		10,296	47.02%	611
16	Bishalgarh	82.03%	Samir Ranjan Barman		10,876	52.29%	Mati Lal Sarkar		9,078	43.64%	1,798
17	Golaghati	80.39%	Niranjan Debbarma		11,028	49.68%	Ashok Debbarma		10,079	45.41%	949
18	Charilam	79.89%	Narayan Rupini		10,815	49.6%	Ananta Debbarma		9,809	44.99%	1,006
19	Boxanagar	89.12%	Billal Miah		10,645	50.12%	Sahid Chowdhury		10,182	47.94%	463
20	Nalchar	86.53%	Sukumar Barman		11,905	57.26%	Pulin Behari Bhowmik		8,243	39.65%	3,662
21	Sonamura	86.91%	Subal Rudra		10,894	50.23%	Subal Bhowmik		10,205	47.05%	689
22	Dhanpur	86.38%	Manik Sarkar		12,771	53.9%	Majibur Islam Majumder		9,668	40.81%	3,103
23	Ramchandraghat	65.77%	Padma Kumar Debbarma		9,151	73.29%	Subodh Debbarma		2,563	20.53%	6,588
24	Khowai	85.82%	Samir Deb Sarkar		10,416	49.59%	Arun Kumar Kar		9,785	46.59%	631
25	Asharambari	74.19%	Sandhya Rani Debbarma		11,907	70.2%	Kripa Sadhan Jamatia		2,658	15.67%	9,249
26	Pramodenagar	78.24%	Aghore Debbarma		12,148	55.25%	Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma		7,246	32.96%	4,902
27	Kalyanpur	81.35%	Kajal Chandra Das		9,946	51.51%	Makhan Lal Chakraborty		7,832	40.56%	2,114
28	Krishnapur	72.27%	Khagendra Jamatia		9,821	54.39%	Khagendra Kumar Reang		6,568	36.37%	3,253
29	Teliamura	79.09%	Jitendra Sarkar		10,789	48.09%	Gopal Chandra Roy		10,457	46.61%	332
30	Bagma	82.97%	Rati Mohan Jamaitia		10,940	49.88%	Gunapada Jamatia		10,333	47.11%	607
31	Salgarh	84.28%	Gopal Chandra Das		12,238	53.%	Chandra Mohan Biswas		10,106	43.77%	2,132
32	Radhakishorpur	80.19%	Joy Gobinda Deb Roy		10,288	47.55%	Dhirendra Kumar Sen		10,101	46.68%	187
33	Matarbari	84.84%	Kashiram Reang		12,016	50.12%	Madhab Chandra Saha		11,171	46.6%	845
34	Kakraban	82.94%	Kashab Chandra Majumder		12,096	56.04%	Gouranga Dhar		8,455	39.17%	3,641
35	Rajnagar	87.79%	Sudhan Das		16,831	60.1%	Laxman Malakar		10,313	36.83%	6,518
36	Belonia	87.63%	Basudev Majumder		12,409	52.21%	Amal Mallik		10,552	44.4%	1,857
37	Santirbazar	83.44%	Durbajoy Reang		11,983	47.85%	Gauri Sankar Reang		11,890	47.48%	93
38	Hrishyamukh	87.92%	Badal Chowdhury		15,999	66.18%	Dilip Chowdhury		7,506	31.05%	8,493
39	Jolaibari	84.43%	Gitamohan Tripura		11,554	64.36%	Brajendra Mog Chowdhury		5,494	30.61%	6,060
40	Manu	85.36%	Jitendra Chaudhury		16,236	55.8%	Joykishore Tripura		12,504	42.97%	3,732
41	Sabroom	85.6%	Gour Kanti Goswami		15,507	59.34%	Manoranjan Debnath		10,121	38.73%	5,386
42	Ampinagar	78.02%	Nagendra Jamatia		11,054	52.09%	Upaharan Jamatia		9,674	45.58%	1,380
43	Birganj	83.42%	Jawahar Shaha		13,543	49.94%	Ranjit Debnath		13,084	48.25%	459
44	Raima Valley	75.73%	Rabindra Debbarma		12,987	53.39%	Ananda Mohan Roaja		10,631	43.7%	2,356
45	Kamalpur	84.85%	Bimal Singha		9,255	51.36%	Gouranga Chandra Ghosh		7,722	42.85%	1,533
46	Surma	81.56%	Sudhir Das		10,344	51.23%	Surjalal Das		8,667	42.92%	1,677
47	Salema	80.99%	Prasanta Debbarma		9,996	52.57%	Sachindra Debbarma		7,604	39.99%	2,392
48	Kulai	74.72%	Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl		10,377	50.18%	Gitya Kumar Reang		8,255	39.92%	2,122
49	Chawamanu	70.56%	Shyama Charan Tripura		8,622	49.09%	Purna Mohan Tripura		7,853	44.71%	769
50	Pabiachhara	76.17%	Bidhu Bhusan Malakar		11,920	52.01%	Subal Chandra Biswas		8,256	36.03%	3,664
51	Fatikroy	79.76%	Ananta Pal		9,342	46.08%	Sujit Paul		8,677	42.8%	665
52	Chandipur	83.91%	Baidyanath Majumdar		12,553	55.2%	Debasish Sen		8,630	37.95%	3,923
53	Kailashahar	82.63%	Birajit Sinha		12,360	49.12%	Tapan Chakraborty		11,333	45.04%	1,027
54	Kurti	81.59%	Faizur Rahaman		9,498	44.19%	Abdul Matin Chowdhury		9,319	43.35%	179
55	Kadamtala	78.91%	Umesh Chandra Nath		7,207	35.98%	Jyotirmoy Nath		6,447	32.18%	760
56	Dharmanagar	76.08%	Amitabha Datta		9,434	40.64%	Sima Pal Chowdhury		8,330	35.88%	1,104
57	Jubarajnagar	82.42%	Ramendra Chandra Debnath		9,496	45.65%	Biva Rani Nath		9,209	44.27%	287
58	Pencharthal	74.43%	Anil Chakma		11,257	48.18%	Nirupama Chakma		8,944	38.28%	2,313
59	Panisagar	76.58%	Subodh Chandra Das		8,852	45.77%	Kalidas Dutta		6,988	36.13%	1,864
60	Kanchanpur	69.8%	Binduram Reang		8,948	44.78%	Nanjira Reang		4,785	23.95%	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]

Notes and References

Web site: Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India. sec.tripura.gov.in.
Web site: List of Participating Political Parties.
Web site: Constituencies-Tripura.
Web site: Total No.of Electors.
Web site: Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates.
Web site: 1998 Tripura Election result.
Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf. 6 October 2010. pdf . dead.
Web site: Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly. resultuniversity.com.