REPUBLIC OF INDIA LOK SABHA ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999 ==================================================================== Polling took place between 5 September and 3 October 1999 TRIPURA ==================================================================== STATE SUMMARY ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 174,154 14.5 - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 154,434 12.8 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 677,487 56.2 2 Indian National Congress (INC) 167,173 13.9 - Others 31,346 02.6 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,204,594 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Constituencies and MPs elected -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tripura East: Baju Ban Riyan (CPM) Tripura West: Samar Chowdhury (CPM) VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ===================================================================== TRIPURA WEST ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samar Chowdhury CPM 372,553 57.46 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar AITC 174,154 26.86 Pijush Kanti Biswas INC 83,384 12.86 9 others 18,252 02.82 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 648,343 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIPURA EAST (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baju Ban Riyan CPM 304,934 54.82 Jishnu Dev Varma BJP 154,434 27.76 Kashiram Reang INC 83,789 15.06 3 others 13,094 02.35 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 556,251 --------------------------------------------------------------------