1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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60 seats in the Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,727,463
Turnout	80.84%
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 6 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)

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

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No. of Constituencies

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Electors

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Performance of Candidates by gender

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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]

Constituency-wise Winners

Government Formation

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura^[7]