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

  1. ^ "Official Website of State Election Commission, Government of Tripura, India". sec.tripura.gov.in.