Results/Lok Sabha/Tripura/1998
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State board · Lok Sabha
Tripura Lok Sabha 1998
Results board · 2 constituencies
HouseLok Sabha
StateTripura
Seats
2
Constituencies
Majority
2
Seats needed of 2
Electors
17.27L
On the roll
Votes polled
13.97L
80.9% of electors
Median turnout
80.8%
Median of 2 seats
CPI(M) margin
0
Exactly at majority · 2 − 2
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 2 of 2CPI(M) 2 · at majority
CPI(M)
2100.0%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
[02]Vote share
CPI(M)
48.8%2 seats · 100.0%
INC
42.1%0 seats
BJP
8.2%0 seats
AMB
0.5%0 seats
RJD
0.1%0 seats
Others
0.3%0 seats · 0.0%
Alliances
THIRD FRONT
48.8%2 seats
UPA
42.1%0 seats
NDA
8.2%0 seats
OTHERS
0.9%Seats not published
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
CPI(M) converted 48.8% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 51.2 pp.
2 ÷ 2 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 48.8 = +51.2 -
INC polled 42.1% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 2 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 42.1 = −42.1 -
Tripura West was decided by 18,876 votes, the closest of 2 seats; Tripura East had the widest margin, 72,686.
min / max of margin over 2 seats with a recorded margin -
Turnout ran from 79.2% in Tripura East to 82.4% in Tripura West; the median seat polled 80.8%.
min / median / max over 2 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
00.0% of seats
50–60
00.0% of seats
60–70
00.0% of seats
70–80
150.0% of seats
≥ 80%
150.0% of seats
- LowestTripura East79.2%
- HighestTripura West82.4%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tripura WestCLOSEST | Samar Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7,45,574 | 18,876 | 2.5 | 82.4 |
| 02 | Tripura EastSTWIDEST | Baju Ban Riyan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 6,51,186 | 72,686 | 11.2 | 79.2 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 72,686 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Tripura · 2 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database