# 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 ||||||||||

### Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 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