1998 elections in India – Wikipedia

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Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

Delhi[edit]

India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Indian National Congress 1,952,071 47.75 52 +38
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,390,689 34.02 15 –34
Janata Dal 73,385 1.80 1 –3
Others 316,346 7.74 0 0
Independents 355,773 8.70 2 –1
Total 4,088,264 100.00 70 0
Valid votes 4,088,264 99.11
Invalid/blank votes 36,722 0.89
Total votes 4,124,986 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 8,420,141 48.99
Source: ECI[1]

Gujarat[edit]

Source:[2]

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 7,300,826 44.81 117 -4
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,677,386 34.85 53 +8
AIRJP 1,902,171 11.68 4
Janata Dal 429,283 2.63 4
Independents (IND) 854,142 5.24 3
SP 64,913 0.40 1
CPM 19,665 0.12% 0
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 12,742 0.08 0 0
CPI 10,292 0.06 0 0
SAP 7,512 0.05 0
RPI 4642 0.03 0
SHS 2800 0.02 0
RJD 1884 0.01 0
Total 16,292,114 100.00 182 ±0
Valid votes 16,292,114 95.60
Invalid votes 761,449 4.40
Votes cast / turnout 17,063,160 59.30
Registered voters 28,774,443

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

Source:[4]

Meghalaya[edit]

← Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 293,346 35.03 0.41 Increase 25 1 Increase
United Democratic Party (UDP)[a] 226,026 26.99 6.48 Decrease 20 1 Decrease
People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) 58,225 6.95 3
Hill State People’s Democratic Party 56,682 6.77 3
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 41,924 5.01 1.33 Increase 3 3 Increase
Garo National Council (GNC) 17,650 2.11 1
Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) 4,754 0.57 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,387 0.17 0.03 Increase 0 Steady
Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,253 0.15 0
Samajwadi Party 742 0.09 0
Janata Dal 38 0.0 0
Independents (IND) 135,356 17.28 1.12 Decrease 5 5 Decrease
Total 837,383 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[5]

a The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the Hill People’s Union (HPU), some members of the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC). Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties’ results from the 1993 election.

Mizoram[edit]

India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Mizo National Front 84,444 24.99 21 Increase7
Mizoram People’s Conference 69,078 20.44 12 New
Indian National Congress 100,608 29.77 6 Decrease10
Bharatiya Janata Party 8,448 2.50 0 0
Janata Dal 947 0.28 0 New
Samata Party 940 0.28 0 New
Lok Shakti 774 0.23 0 New
Rashtriya Janata Dal 588 0.17 0 New
Maraland Democratic Front 7,721 2.28 0 New
Mizo National Front (Nationalist) 31,190 9.23 0 New
Independents 33,200 9.82 1 Decrease9
Total 337,938 100.00 40 0
Valid votes 337,938 99.44
Invalid/blank votes 1,913 0.56
Total votes 339,851 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 445,366 76.31
Source: ECI[6]

Nagaland[edit]

India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Indian National Congress 103,206 50.73 53 +18
Independents 100,226 49.27 7 0
Total 203,432 100.00 60 0
Valid votes 203,432 98.86
Invalid/blank votes 2,356 1.14
Total votes 205,788 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 260,646 78.95
Source: ECI[7]

Rajasthan[edit]

Tripura[edit]

Source:[8]

Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 60 0 80,272 5.87% 0
Communist Party of India 2 1 18,802 1.38% 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 38 621,804 45.49% 44
Indian National Congress 45 13 464,171 33.96% 10
Janata Dal 3 0 3,294 0.24% 1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 4 98,271 7.19% 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 22,526 1.65% 2
Independents 60 2 44,940 3.29% 1
Total 270 60 1,366,966

Rajya Sabha[edit]

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