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Birganj (ST)

Name: Birganj (ST)
Address: IN

Tripura Vidhan Sabha Election 1998

33,053

Electors

27,117

Votes polled

82.04%

Turnout

459

Margin

Winner

Jawahar Shaha

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Jawahar Shaha Won Male	INC	13,543	49.94%
2	Ranjit Debnath Male	CPM	13,084	48.25%
3	Ajoy Kanti Saha Male	BJP	418	1.54%
4	Bijoy Das Male	AMB	72	0.27%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2003	Ranjit Debnath Male CPM	54.59%	Jawhar Shaha Male INC	43.74%
1998	Jawahar Shaha Male INC	49.94%	Ranjit Debnath Male CPM	48.25%
1993	Ranjit Debnath Male CPM	48.64%	Jawhar Shaha Male INC	42.29%
1988	Jawhar Shaha Male INC	53.41%	Shyamal Saha Male CPM	45.29%
1983	Jawhar Saha Male IND	48.54%	Syjmal Kanti Saha Male CPM	35.25%
1977	Syamal Saha Male CPM	39.50%	Kanai Lal Sarkar Male INC	28.96%
1967	B . B . Riyan Male INC	55.49%	R . K . D . Barma Male CPM	39.22%