Tripura assembly election, Mar 1998
60 assembly constituencies in Tripura, 79.13% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
270
21 women, 2 elected
Turnout
79.13%
13.7 lakh of 17.3 lakh
Leading party
CPM
38 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tripura
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 38 | -6 | 55 | 6,21,804 | 45.49% | +0.71 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 13 | +3 | 45 | 4,64,171 | 33.96% | +1.22 |
| TUJSTUJS | 4 | +4 | 10 | 98,271 | 7.19% | — |
| INDIndependent | 2 | +1 | 60 | 44,930 | 3.29% | -2.87 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22,526 | 1.65% | +0.06 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18,802 | 1.38% | +0.03 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 60 | 80,272 | 5.87% | +3.85 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | -1 | 1 | 7,665 | 0.56% | -0.23 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4,324 | 0.32% | -1.15 |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,294 | 0.24% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 503 | 0.04% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 404 | 0.03% | — |
- CPM38 (63%)
- INC13 (22%)
- TUJS4 (7%)
- IND2 (3%)
- RSP2 (3%)
- CPI1 (2%)
- CPM38
- INC13
- TUJS4
- IND2
- RSP2
- CPI1
- CPM38
- INC13
- TUJS4
- IND2
- RSP2
- CPI1
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Tripura
Closest contest
TAKARJALA
won by 6 (0.03%)
Biggest victory
KHOWAI
won by 9,249 (54.53%)
Highest turnout
CHARILAM
87.61%
Lowest turnout
DHANPUR
63.61%
Seat change
Against Tripura's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1993), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained38 (63%)
- Changed hands22 (37%)
38 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 22 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Tripura, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- TUJS
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGARTALA | INCSUDIP ROY BARMAN | CPMKRISHNA RAKSHIT (DATTA) | 2,0626.28% | 76.8% |
| AMARPUR | TUJSNAGENDRA JAMATIA | CPMUPAHARAN JAMATIA | 1,3806.50% | 75.7% |
| AMBASSA | CPMPRASANTA DEBBARMA | TUJSSACHINDRA DEBBARMA | 2,39212.58% | 78.7% |
| AMPINAGAR | CPMGOUR KANTI GOSWAMI | INCMANORANJAN DEBNATH | 5,38620.61% | 84.4% |
| ASHARAMBARI | CPMAGHORE DEB BARMA | INCBAHUROY (BAHU CHANDRA) DEB BARMA | 4,90222.30% | 76.8% |
| BADHARGHAT | INCDILIP SARKAR | CPMJADAB MAJUMDER | 1,5493.94% | 80.1% |
| BAGBASSA | CPMUMESH CHANDRA NATH | INCJYOTIRMOY NATH | 7603.79% | 76.9% |
| BAGMA | TUJSRATI MOHAN JAMATIA | CPMGUNAPADA JAMATIA | 6072.77% | 80.7% |
| BAMUTIA | INCPRAKASH CH. DAS | CPMURMILA BISWAS | 2,1809.70% | 81.9% |
| BANAMALIPUR | INCMADHU SUDHAN SAHA | CPIPRASANTA KAPALI | 3,23217.46% | 78.0% |
| BARJALA | INCDIPAK KR. ROY | CPMCHHAYA BAUL | 2,8228.83% | 80.6% |
| BELONIA | CPMSUDHAN DAS | INCLAXMAN MALAKAR | 6,51823.27% | 86.3% |
| BISHALGARH | INCSAMIR RANJAN BARMAN | CPMMATI LAL SARKAR | 1,7988.64% | 80.3% |
| BOXANAGAR | CPMSUKUMAR BARMAN | INCPULIN BEHARI BHOWMIK | 3,66217.61% | 85.0% |
| CHANDIPUR | CPMBAIDYANATH MAJUMDER | INCDEBASISH SEN | 3,92317.25% | 82.3% |
| CHARILAM | INCBILLAL MIA | CPMSAHID CHOUDHURY | 4632.18% | 87.6% |
| CHHAWMANU | TUJSSHYAMACHARAN TRIPURA | CPMPURNAMOHAN TRIPURA | 7694.38% | 67.6% |
| DHANPUR | CPMPADMA KUMAR DEB BARMA | INDSUBODH DEB BARMA | 6,58852.76% | 63.6% |
| DHARMANAGAR | CPMAMITABHA DATTA | INCSIMA PAUL CHOWDHURY | 1,1044.76% | 74.6% |
| FATIKROY | CPMANANTA PAL | INCSUJIT PAUL | 6653.28% | 78.3% |
| GOLAGHATI | CPMNIRANJAN DEBBARMA | INCASHOK DEBBARMA | 9494.28% | 78.6% |
| HRISHYAMUKH | CPIDURBAJOY REANG | TUJSGAURI SANKAR REANG | 930.37% | 81.0% |
| JOLAIBARI | CPMBADAL CHOUDHURY | INCDILIP CHOUDHURY | 8,49335.13% | 86.8% |
| JUBARAJNAGAR | CPMRAMENDRA CHANDRA DEBNATH | INCBIVA RANI NATH | 2871.38% | 80.8% |
| KADAMTALA - KURTI | CPMFAYZUR RAHAMAN | INCABDUL MATIN CHOUDHURY | 1790.83% | 80.0% |
| KAILASAHAR | INCBIRAJIT SINHA | CPMTAPAN CHAKRABARTI | 1,0274.08% | 81.4% |
| KAKRABAN-SALGARAH | INCKASHIRAM REANG | CPMMADHAB CHANDRA SAHA | 8453.52% | 83.8% |
| KALYANPUR-PRAMODENAGAR | INDKAJAL CHANDRA DAS | CPMMAKHAN LAL CHAKRABORTY | 2,11410.95% | 79.4% |
| KAMALASAGAR | CPMNARAYAN CHANDRA CHOWDHURY | INCMATI LAL SAHA | 6112.79% | 81.1% |
| KAMALPUR | CPMBIMAL SINGHA | INCGOURANGA CHANDRA GHOSH | 1,5338.51% | 83.5% |
| KANCHANPUR | CPMBINDURAM REANG | BJPNANJIRA REANG | 4,16320.83% | 67.7% |
| KARAMCHHARA | INDBIJOY KUMAR HRANGKHAWL | CPMGITYA KUMAR REANG | 2,12210.26% | 72.2% |
| KARBOOK | INCJAWAHAR SHAHA | CPMRANJIT DEBNATH | 4591.69% | 82.0% |
| KHAYERPUR | CPMPABITRA KAR | INCSUDHIR RANJAN MAJUMDER | 4811.79% | 82.4% |
| KHOWAI | CPMSANDHYA RANI DEB BARMA | INDKRIPA SADHAN JAMATIA | 9,24954.53% | 72.0% |
| KRISHNAPUR | CPMJITENDRA SARKAR | INCGOPAL CHANDRA ROY | 3321.48% | 77.8% |
| MAJLISHPUR | CPMMANIK DEY | INCDIPAK NAG | 8603.45% | 83.2% |
| MANDAIBAZAR | CPMMONORANJAN DEBBARMA | TUJSJAGADISH DEBBARMA | 1,5446.31% | 74.2% |
| MANU | CPMGITAMOHAN TRIPURA | INCBRAJENDRE MOG CHOUDHURY | 6,06033.76% | 82.7% |
| MATARBARI | RSPJOY GOBINDA DEB ROY | INCDHIRENDRA KUMAR SEN | 1870.86% | 79.0% |
| MOHANPUR | INCRATAN LAL NATH | CPMSAMIR CHAKRABARTI | 3,31715.25% | 79.5% |
| NALCHAR | CPMSUBAL RUDRA | INCSUBAL BHOWMIK | 6893.18% | 85.3% |
| PABIACHHARA | CPMBIDHU BHUSAN MALAKAR | INCSUBAL CHANDRA BISWAS | 3,66415.99% | 74.5% |
| PANISAGAR | CPMANIL CHAKMA | INCNIRUPAMA CHAKMA | 2,3139.90% | 72.7% |
| PENCHARTHAL | CPMSUBODH DAS | INCKALIDAS DUTTA | 1,8649.64% | 75.0% |
| PRATAPGARH | CPMANIL SARKAR | INCNARAYAN CH. DAS | 2,9937.45% | 81.1% |
| RADHAKISHOREPUR | RSPGOPAL CHANDRA DAS | INCCHANDRA MOHAN BISWAS | 2,1329.23% | 82.6% |
| RAIMA VALLEY | TUJSRABINDRA DEBBARMA | CPMANANDA MOHAN ROAJA | 2,3569.68% | 73.8% |
| RAJNAGAR | CPMKESHAB MAJUMDER | INCGOURANGA DHAR | 3,64116.87% | 81.5% |
| RAMCHANDRAGHAT | CPMSAMIR DEB SARKAR | INCARUN KUMAR KAR | 6313.00% | 84.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tripura alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Tripura assembly election, Mar 1998?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 38 of 60 seats in Tripura, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Tripura assembly election, Mar 1998?
Turnout was 79.13% — 13.7 lakh of 17.3 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Tripura have?
Tripura has 60 assembly seats.