1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
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60 seats in the Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,727,463
Turnout80.84%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manik Sarkar -
Party CPI(M) INC
Leader's seat Dhanpur -
Last election 44 10
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 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]

Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST Total
No. of Constituencies 33 7 20 60

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
  2. ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
  3. ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
  4. ^ "Total No.of Electors".
  5. ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
  6. ^ "1998 Tripura Election result".
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com.