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Elections 98

State: Tripura
Constituency: Tripura East (ST)
Total Votes Polled: 651186
Winner: CPM Baju Ban Riyan 320766
Runner Up: INC Drao Kumar Reang 248080
Margin: 72686 (23%)


Elections 96

State: Tripura
Constituency: Tripura East(ST)
Total Votes Polled: 612132
Winner: CPM Baju Ban Riyan 327929
Runner Up: INC Kashiram Reang 173560
Margin: 154369 (25.58%)


Baju Ban Riyan (CPI-M) was elected from here, making it a clean sweep for the Marxists. He defeated Kashiram Reang of the Congress by 54,000 votes. The BJP, which came third, secured 8.32 % or 50,197 votes. Chief Minister Dasaratha Deb was the first MP from here, in 1952, but he lost the next round to the Congress and won back the seat in 1962. It was actually a seesaw for him, for he lost the 1967 election, won in 1971 and lost the 1977 poll.

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