title: 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
text: # 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
  
  