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]
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60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,727,463 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 80.84% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura
Highlights edit
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 edit
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 edit
Source:[3]
| Type of Constituencies | GEN | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Constituencies | 33 | 7 | 20 | 60 |
Electors edit
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 edit
Source:[5]
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Contestants | 249 | 21 | 270 |
| Elected | 58 | 02 | 60 |
Results edit
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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 edit
| 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 edit
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura[8]
References edit
- ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.
- ^ "List of Participating Political Parties".
- ^ "Constituencies-Tripura".
- ^ "Total No.of Electors".
- ^ "Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates".
- ^ "1998 Tripura Election result".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tripura Election Results: 2018 to 1972 Legislative Assembly". resultuniversity.com.