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{{Infobox Indian elections
| year                = 1998
| type                =
| incumbent_pm        = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] (<span style="color:{{Party colour|National Democratic Alliance}}">[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]</span>)
| next_lok_sabha      = [[13th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| rajya_control      = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rajya_seats_contested = TBD
| rajya_net_change    = TBD
| rajya_map          =
| rajya_map_caption  =
| lok_control        =
| lok_seats_contested = 543
| lok_net_change      =
| lok_map            =
| lok_map_caption    =
| states_contested    = 9
| state_net_change    = TBD
| state_map          =
| state_map_caption  =
| website          =
}}
{{Politics of India}}
{{Politics of India}}
The '''1998 Indian elections''' were a series of national and sub-national elections which took place in India throughout 1998. The national elections saw the return of the [[Indian National Congress]] to power while state results were varied.
==Parliamentary Election result==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1998.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=95111131|seats1=141|sc1=
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=94266188|seats2=182|sc2=
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=18991867|seats3=32|sc3=
|party4=[[Samajwadi Party]]|votes4=18167640|seats4=20|sc4=
|party5=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|votes5=17186779|seats5=5|sc5=
|party6=[[Janata Dal]]|votes6=11930209|seats6=6|sc6=
|party7=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes7=10229971|seats7=17|sc7=
|party8=[[Telugu Desam Party]]|votes8=10199463|seats8=12|sc8=
|party9=[[All India Trinamool Congress|West Bengal Trinamool Congress]]|votes9=8920583|seats9=7|sc9=
|party10=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes10=6731550|seats10=18|sc10=
|party11=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes11=6528566|seats11=6|sc11=
|party12=[[Samata Party]]|votes12=6491639|seats12=12|sc12=
|party13=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes13=6429569|seats13=9|sc13=
|party14=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes14=5308388|seats14=6|sc14=
|party15=[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]|votes15=5169183|seats15=3|sc15=
|party16=[[Biju Janata Dal]]|votes16=3669825|seats16=9|sc16=
|party17=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes17=3001769|seats17=8|sc17=
|party18=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes18=2548725|seats18=3|sc18=
|party19=[[All India Rashtriya Janata Party]]|votes19=2071643|seats19=1|sc19=
|party20=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes20=2032585|seats20=5|sc20=
|party21=[[Indian National Lok Dal|Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)]]|votes21=1956087|seats21=4|sc21=
|party22=[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes22=1602504|seats22=3|sc22=
|party23=[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]|votes23=1548976|seats23=4|sc23=
|party24=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes24=1351019|seats24=4|sc24=
|party25=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|votes25=1324548|seats25=0|sc25=
|party26=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes26=1213965|seats26=2|sc26=
|party27=[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]|votes27=1181083|seats27=1|sc27=
|party28=[[Asom Gana Parishad]]|votes28=1064977|seats28=0|sc28=
|party29=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]|votes29=912698|seats29=0|sc29=
|party30=[[Haryana Vikas Party]]|votes30=875803|seats30=1|sc30=
|party31=[[Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]|votes31=800765|seats31=2|sc31=
|party32=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes32=784669|seats32=3|sc32=
|party33=Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party|votes33=711080|seats33=0|sc33=
|party34=[[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)|Apna Dal]]|votes34=562946|seats34=0|sc34=
|party35=[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]|votes35=485785|seats35=1|sc35=
|party36=[[All India Indira Congress (Secular)]]|votes36=457510|seats36=1|sc36=
|party37=[[Puthiya Tamilagam]]|votes37=446583|seats37=0|sc37=
|party38=[[Janata Party]]|votes38=444305|seats38=1|sc38=
|party39=[[NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)]]|votes39=384211|seats39=0|sc39=
|party40=[[Karnataka Vikas Party]]|votes40=371346|seats40=0|sc40=
|party41=[[United Minorities Front, Assam]]|votes41=357759|seats41=1|sc41=
|party42=[[Kerala Congress (M)]]|votes42=356168|seats42=1|sc42=
|party43=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes43=327649|seats43=0|sc43=
|party44=[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes44=278324|seats44=0|sc44=
|party45=[[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]]|votes45=272974|seats45=0|sc45=
|party46=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes46=269609|seats46=1|sc46=
|party47=[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee]]|votes47=263901|seats47=0|sc47=
|party48=[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)]]|votes48=248529|seats48=0|sc48=
|party49=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)|votes49=240897|seats49=0|sc49=
|party50=Bihar Jana Congress|votes50=222371|seats50=0|sc50=
|party51=[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]|votes51=213924|seats51=0|sc51=
|party52=[[Gondwana Ganatantra Party]]|votes52=196662|seats52=0|sc52=
|party53=[[Manipur State Congress Party]]|votes53=190358|seats53=1|sc53=
|party54=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]]|votes54=184241|seats54=1|sc54=
|party55=Jharkhand Party (Naren)|votes55=181018|seats55=0|sc55=
|party57=[[Arunachal Congress]]|votes57=172496|seats57=2|sc57=
|party58=[[Natural Law Party|Ajeya Bharat Party]]|votes58=157854|seats58=0|sc58=
|party59=United Reservation Movement Council of Assam|votes59=151543|seats59=0|sc59=
|party60=[[National Loktantrik Party]]|votes60=147706|seats60=0|sc60=
|party61=[[United Goans Democratic Party]]|votes61=132558|seats61=0|sc61=
|party62=Mahabharat People's Party|votes62=115785|seats62=0|sc62=
|party63=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]|votes63=102440|seats63=1|sc63=
|party64=[[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]]|votes64=92083|seats64=0|sc64=
|party65=[[Akhil Bharatiya Sena]]|votes65=90035|seats65=0|sc65=
|party66=[[Indian National League]]|votes66=86697|seats66=0|sc66=
|party67=[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]|votes67=85046|seats67=0|sc67=
|party68=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes68=82047|seats68=0|sc68=
|party69=Savarn Samaj Party|votes69=76980|seats69=0|sc69=
|party70=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes70=70191|seats70=0|sc70=
|party71=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes71=63836|seats71=0|sc71=
|party72=[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]]|votes72=62144|seats72=0|sc72=
|party73=[[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party]]|votes73=43770|seats73=0|sc73=
|party74=[[Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)]]|votes74=43402|seats74=0|sc74=
|party75=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes75=36677|seats75=0|sc75=
|party76=[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]]|votes76=30654|seats76=0|sc76=
|party77=Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal|votes77=26027|seats77=0|sc77=
|party78=National Panthers Party|votes78=24638|seats78=0|sc78=
|party79=[[Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava)]]|votes79=24417|seats79=0|sc79=
|party80=Shoshit Samaj Dal|votes80=24303|seats80=0|sc80=
|party81=Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti|votes81=23029|seats81=0|sc81=
|party82=[[Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha]]|votes82=20928|seats82=0|sc82=
|party83=[[Jammu and Kashmir Awami League]]|votes83=20843|seats83=0|sc83=
|party84=[[Amra Bangali]]|votes84=20372|seats84=0|sc84=
|party85=[[Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha]]|votes85=19202|seats85=0|sc85=
|party86=[[Garo National Council]]|votes86=16280|seats86=0|sc86=
|party87=[[Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]|votes87=14284|seats87=0|sc87=
|party88=[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes88=14160|seats88=0|sc88=
|party89=[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]|votes89=12952|seats89=0|sc89=
|party90=Bharatiya Vikash Party|votes90=11881|seats90=0|sc90=
|party91=[[United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front]]|votes91=11287|seats91=0|sc91=
|party92=[[Rajasthan Vikas Party]]|votes92=11267|seats92=0|sc92=
|party93=Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha|votes93=10064|seats93=0|sc93=
|party94=[[United Communist Party of India]]|votes94=10018|seats94=0|sc94=
|party95=[[Bharti Lok Lehar Party]]|votes95=9959|seats95=0|sc95=
|party96=[[Samajwadi Jan Parishad]]|votes96=9848|seats96=0|sc96=
|party97=[[Hindustan Janata Party]]|votes97=9476|seats97=0|sc97=
|party98=Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad|votes98=9367|seats98=0|sc98=
|party99=[[Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress]]|votes99=8623|seats99=0|sc99=
|party100=[[Jharkhand People's Party]]|votes100=7111|seats100=0|sc100=
|party101=Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh)|votes101=6671|seats101=0|sc101=
|party102=Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey)|votes102=6455|seats102=0|sc102=
|party103=Bharatiya Rajiv Congress|votes103=6122|seats103=0|sc103=
|party104=[[Kisan Vikas Party]]|votes104=5905|seats104=0|sc104=
|party105=Jai Telengana Party|votes105=5847|seats105=0|sc105=
|party106=Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena|votes106=5718|seats106=0|sc106=
|party107=All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress|votes107=5588|seats107=0|sc107=
|party108=Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party|votes108=5495|seats108=0|sc108=
|party109=Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party|votes109=4852|seats109=0|sc109=
|party110=Shoshit Samaj Party|votes110=4722|seats110=0|sc110=
|party111=Rashtriya Aikta Manch|votes111=4596|seats111=0|sc111=
|party112=Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI)|votes112=4525|seats112=0|sc112=
|party113=The Humanist Party of India|votes113=4439|seats113=0|sc113=
|party114=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)]]|votes114=4420|seats114=0|sc114=
|party115=Rashtriya Ali Sena|votes115=4371|seats115=0|sc115=
|party116=Sanatan Samaj Party|votes116=4238|seats116=0|sc116=
|party117=Orissa Congress|votes117=4048|seats117=0|sc117=
|party118=Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)|votes118=3763|seats118=0|sc118=
|party119=Rastreeya Praja Parishat|votes119=3688|seats119=0|sc119=
|party120=[[Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh]]|votes120=3030|seats120=0|sc120=
|party121=Golden India Party|votes121=3002|seats121=0|sc121=
|party122=Adarsh Lok Dal|votes122=2909|seats122=0|sc122=
|party123=Manava Party|votes123=2903|seats123=0|sc123=
|party124=[[Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha]]|votes124=2723|seats124=0|sc124=
|party125=Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India|votes125=2503|seats125=0|sc125=
|party126=[[All India Minorities Front]]|votes126=2480|seats126=0|sc126=
|party127=Bahujan Kranti Dal|votes127=2466|seats127=0|sc127=
|party128=Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena|votes128=2392|seats128=0|sc128=
|party129=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes129=2167|seats129=0|sc129=
|party130=Gareebjan Samaj Party|votes130=2009|seats130=0|sc130=
|party131=Andhra Nadu Party|votes131=1915|seats131=0|sc131=
|party132=[[All India Muslim Forum]]|votes132=1866|seats132=0|sc132=
|party133=Bahujan Vikas Party|votes133=1833|seats133=0|sc133=
|party134=Pragati Sheel Party|votes134=1828|seats134=0|sc134=
|party135=Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha|votes135=1708|seats135=0|sc135=
|party136=Tamilaga Janata|votes136=1697|seats136=0|sc136=
|party137=Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party|votes137=1609|seats137=0|sc137=
|party138=Prism|votes138=1595|seats138=0|sc138=
|party139=United Citizens Party|votes139=1591|seats139=0|sc139=
|party140=Bharatiya Jan Sabha|votes140=1425|seats140=0|sc140=
|party141=Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das|votes141=1394|seats141=0|sc141=
|party142=Socialist Party (Lohia)|votes142=1321|seats142=0|sc142=
|party143=Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal|votes143=1277|seats143=0|sc143=
|party144=Agrajan Party|votes144=1269|seats144=0|sc144=
|party145=Ekta Krandi Dal U.P.|votes145=1246|seats145=0|sc145=
|party146=All India Gareeb Congress|votes146=1222|seats146=0|sc146=
|party147=Republican Presidium Party of India|votes147=1215|seats147=0|sc147=
|party148=Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party|votes148=1199|seats148=0|sc148=
|party149=Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party|votes149=1162|seats149=0|sc149=
|party150=Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha|votes150=1111|seats150=0|sc150=
|party151=Nagaland Peoples Party|votes151=1066|seats151=0|sc151=
|party152=Bharatiya Momin Front|votes152=1045|seats152=0|sc152=
|party153=Manav Samaj Party|votes153=1036|seats153=0|sc153=
|party154=Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party|votes154=946|seats154=0|sc154=
|party155=Hindustan Inqualab Party|votes155=883|seats155=0|sc155=
|party156=Jan Samanta Party|votes156=828|seats156=0|sc156=
|party157=Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal|votes157=754|seats157=0|sc157=
|party158=Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress|votes158=751|seats158=0|sc158=
|party159=Ambedkarbadi Party|votes159=736|seats159=0|sc159=
|party160=Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party|votes160=710|seats160=0|sc160=
|party161=Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi|votes161=703|seats161=0|sc161=
|party162=National Republican Party|votes162=694|seats162=0|sc162=
|party163=Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party|votes163=614|seats163=0|sc163=
|party164=Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party|votes164=609|seats164=0|sc164=
|party165=Hind Morcha|votes165=590|seats165=0|sc165=
|party166=Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party|votes166=576|seats166=0|sc166=
|party167=Uttar Pradesh Republican Party|votes167=552|seats167=0|sc167=
|party168=Kranti Dal|votes168=501|seats168=0|sc168=
|party169=Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party|votes169=494|seats169=0|sc169=
|party170=Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party|votes170=412|seats170=0|sc170=
|party171=Bharatiya Asht Jan Party|votes171=363|seats171=0|sc171=
|party172=Telangana Praja Party|votes172=344|seats172=0|sc172=
|party173=Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi|votes173=343|seats173=0|sc173=
|party174=Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party|votes174=306|seats174=0|sc174=
|party175=Rashtriya Janta Congress|votes175=297|seats175=0|sc175=
|party176=Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas)|votes176=150|seats176=0|sc176=
|party177=Indian Republican Front|votes177=118|seats177=0|sc177=
|party178=Independents|votes178=8719952|seats178=6|sc178=
|row179=Nominated [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats179=2
|total_sc=0
|invalid=7065039
|electorate=605880192
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/ ECI]
}}
==Overall result==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" | 16 February 1998
|[[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Dasarath Deb]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
|[[1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 February 1998
|[[1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dilip Parikh]] 
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|  [[Keshubhai Patel]]
|  [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|28 February 1998
|[[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 25 November 1998 
| [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|  [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| [[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|  [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]] 
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 November 1998
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|}


==Legislative Assembly elections==
==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Delhi===
===Delhi===
{{Main|1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1952071|seats1=52|sc1=+38
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=1390689|seats2=15|sc2=–34
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|votes3=73385|seats3=1|sc3=–3
|party20=Others|votes20=316346|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=355773|seats21=2|sc21=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=36722
|electorate=8420141
|source=ECI<ref name=results1998>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3873-delhi-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
}}
===Gujarat===
{{Main|1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election results
|party1=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes1=7300826|sw1=-4|seats1=117
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=5677386|seats2=53|sw2=+8
|party3=[[Rashtriya Janata Party|AIRJP]]|votes3=1902171|seats3=4
|party4= [[Janata Dal]]|votes4=429283|seats4=4
|party5=[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|votes5=854142|seats5=3
|party6=[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]|votes6=64913|seats6=1
|pary7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]|votes7=19665|seats7=0
|party8=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|votes8= 12742|seats8=0|sw8=0
|party9=[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]|votes9=10292|seats9=0|sw9=0
|party10=SAP|votes10=7512
|party11=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes11=4642
|party12=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes12=2800
|party13=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]|votes13=1884
|invalid=761449
|electorate= 28774443
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Assembly elections on 1998|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3837-gujarat-1998/}}</ref>
}}


===Himachal Pradesh===
===Himachal Pradesh===
{| class=wikitable
{{Main|1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1110055|seats1=31|sc1=
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=31|votes2=995482
|party3=[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]|seasts3=5|votes3=245584
|party4=Independents and Others
|seats4=1
|votes4=200248
|source= <ref>[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/india/states/hima1.txt Adam Carr's Election Archive]</ref>}}
 
===Madhya Pradesh===
{{Main|1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />Contested
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
! %<br />Votes
|- style="background: cyan;"
|    1
|    [[Indian National Congress]]
|    316
|    172
|  -2
|    40.59
|-
|    2
|    [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|    320
|    119
|    +2
|    39.28
|-
|    3
|    [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|    221
|    11
|    0
|    6.15
|-
|-
|Party
|     4
|Seats
|     [[Janata Dal]]
|Votes
|     144
|%
|     4
|    + 3
|    1.87
|-
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|     5
|31
|    [[Samajwadi Party]]
|1,110,055
|     228
|43.5%
|    4
|     + 4
|     1.58
|-
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     6
|31
|    [[Gondvana Gantantra Party]]
|995,482
|     81
|39.0%
|     1
|     0
|    0.82
|-
|-
|[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]
|     7
|5
|     Ajeya Bharat Party
|245,584
|   78
|9.6%
|     1
|    + 1
|    0.55
|-
|-
|Independents and Others
|     8
|    [[Janata Party]]
|    14
|    1
|    + 1
|    0.20
|-
|    9
|    [[Republican Party of India]]
|    20
|    1
|    + 1
|    0.13
 
|-
|    10
|    [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|    320
|    8
|    - 1
|      6.49
|-
|   
|    '''Total'''   
|   
|    '''320'''
|   
|
|}
 
===Meghalaya===
{{Main|1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ [[1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 16 February 1998 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 293,346 || 35.03 ||0.41 {{Increase}}
| 25 || 1 {{Increase}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor={{party color|United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)}}|
|align="left" |[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP){{ref label|alpha|a}}
| 226,026||26.99||6.48 {{decrease}}
|20 ||1 {{decrease}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="red" |
| align="left" |[[People's Democratic Movement (Meghalaya)|People's Democratic Movement]] (PDM)
|58,225
|6.95
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|3
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="blue" |
|align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]]
|56,682
|6.77
|
|3
|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" |
|align="left" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|41,924
|5.01
|1.33 {{increase}}
|3
|3 {{Increase}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="yellow"|
|align="left" |[[Garo National Council]] (GNC)
|17,650
|2.11
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|1
|1
|200,248
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|7.8%
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="indigo"|
|align="left" |Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)
|4,754
|0.57
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
|1,387
|0.17
|0.03 {{increase}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|1,253
|0.15
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|align="left" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
|742
|0.09
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Janata Dal]]
|38
|0.0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 135,356 || 17.28 ||1.12 {{Decrease}}
| 5 ||5 {{decrease}}
|-
|-
|'''Total''' (Turnout 71.2%)
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|68
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|2,551,369
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|100%
| 837,383 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
|-
|colspan=4|Source: [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/india/states/hima1.txt Adam Carr's Election Archive]
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |<small>Source: [[Election Commission of India]]</small><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/|title=Meghalaya 1998|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{note label|alpha|a}}<small> 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|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]]. Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.</small>
===Mizoram===
{{Main|1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes1=84444|seats1=21|sc1={{increase}}7
|party2=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes2=69078|seats2=12|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=100608|seats3=6|sc3={{decrease}}10
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=8448|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Janata Dal]]|votes5=947|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=940|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes7=774|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes8=588|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Maraland Democratic Front]]|votes9=7721|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Zoram Nationalist Party|Mizo National Front (Nationalist)]]|votes10=31190|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=33200|seats11=1|sc11={{decrease}}9
|total_sc=0
|valid=337938
|invalid=1913
|electorate=445366
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3663-mizoram-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 17 July 2021}}</ref>
}}


===Nagaland===
===Nagaland===
{{Main|1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=103206|seats1=53|sc1=+18
|party5=Independents|votes5=100226|seats5=7|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2356
|electorate=260646
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3640-nagaland-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
===Rajasthan===
{{Main|1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|seats1=153|sc1={{increase}} 77
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=33|sc2={{decrease}} 62
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}} 3
|party4=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|seats4=2|sc4={{increase}} 2
|party5=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|seats6=1|sc6=0
|party7=Independents|seats7=7|sc7={{decrease}} 14
|total_sc=+1
}}
===Tripura===
{{Main|1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1998/|title=1998 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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 (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 22,526
| 1.65%
| 2
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 60
| 2
| 44,940
| 3.29%
| 1
|-
! Total
! 270
! 60
! 1,366,966
!
!
|}
==Legislative By-elections==
===Jammu and Kashmir===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/403 |title=AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Jammu West Assembly constituency|Jammu West]]||33.56%||[[Ashok Kumar Khajuria]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||13,164||54.61%||Ved Kumar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,967||28.9%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|<span style="color:white;">'''6,197'''</span>
|-
|}
==Rajya Sabha==
{{Main|1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}


==References==
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1998 Indian elections
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Parliamentary Election result[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress95,111,13125.82141
Bharatiya Janata Party94,266,18825.59182
Communist Party of India (Marxist)18,991,8675.1632
Samajwadi Party18,167,6404.9320
Bahujan Samaj Party17,186,7794.675
Janata Dal11,930,2093.246
Rashtriya Janata Dal10,229,9712.7817
Telugu Desam Party10,199,4632.7712
West Bengal Trinamool Congress8,920,5832.427
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,731,5501.8318
Shiv Sena6,528,5661.776
Samata Party6,491,6391.7612
Communist Party of India6,429,5691.759
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,308,3881.446
Tamil Maanila Congress5,169,1831.403
Biju Janata Dal3,669,8251.009
Shiromani Akali Dal3,001,7690.818
Lok Shakti2,548,7250.693
All India Rashtriya Janata Party2,071,6430.561
Revolutionary Socialist Party2,032,5850.555
Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)1,956,0870.534
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,602,5040.443
Pattali Makkal Katchi1,548,9760.424
Republican Party of India1,351,0190.374
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha1,324,5480.360
All India Forward Bloc1,213,9650.332
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)1,181,0830.321
Asom Gana Parishad1,064,9770.290
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation912,6980.250
Haryana Vikas Party875,8030.241
Muslim League Kerala State Committee800,7650.222
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference784,6690.213
Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party711,0800.190
Apna Dal562,9460.150
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen485,7850.131
All India Indira Congress (Secular)457,5100.121
Puthiya Tamilagam446,5830.120
Janata Party444,3050.121
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)384,2110.100
Karnataka Vikas Party371,3460.100
United Minorities Front, Assam357,7590.101
Kerala Congress (M)356,1680.101
Kerala Congress327,6490.090
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam278,3240.080
Forward Bloc (Socialist)272,9740.070
Peasants and Workers Party of India269,6090.071
Marxist Co-ordination Committee263,9010.070
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)248,5290.070
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)240,8970.070
Bihar Jana Congress222,3710.060
United Democratic Party213,9240.060
Gondwana Ganatantra Party196,6620.050
Manipur State Congress Party190,3580.051
Autonomous State Demand Committee184,2410.051
Jharkhand Party (Naren)181,0180.050
Arunachal Congress172,4960.052
Ajeya Bharat Party157,8540.040
United Reservation Movement Council of Assam151,5430.040
National Loktantrik Party147,7060.040
United Goans Democratic Party132,5580.040
Mahabharat People's Party115,7850.030
Sikkim Democratic Front102,4400.031
Peoples Democratic Party92,0830.020
Akhil Bharatiya Sena90,0350.020
Indian National League86,6970.020
Himachal Vikas Congress85,0460.020
Mizo National Front82,0470.020
Savarn Samaj Party76,9800.020
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party70,1910.020
Jharkhand Party63,8360.020
Hill State People's Democratic Party62,1440.020
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party43,7700.010
Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)43,4020.010
Indian Congress (Socialist)36,6770.010
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal30,6540.010
Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal26,0270.010
National Panthers Party24,6380.010
Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava)24,4170.010
Shoshit Samaj Dal24,3030.010
Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti23,0290.010
Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha20,9280.010
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League20,8430.010
Amra Bangali20,3720.010
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha19,2020.010
Garo National Council16,2800.000
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh14,2840.000
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha14,1600.000
Plain Tribals Council of Assam12,9520.000
Bharatiya Vikash Party11,8810.000
United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front11,2870.000
Rajasthan Vikas Party11,2670.000
Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha10,0640.000
United Communist Party of India10,0180.000
Bharti Lok Lehar Party9,9590.000
Samajwadi Jan Parishad9,8480.000
Hindustan Janata Party9,4760.000
Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad9,3670.000
Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress8,6230.000
Jharkhand People's Party7,1110.000
Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh)6,6710.000
Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey)6,4550.000
Bharatiya Rajiv Congress6,1220.000
Kisan Vikas Party5,9050.000
Jai Telengana Party5,8470.000
Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena5,7180.000
All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress5,5880.000
Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party5,4950.000
Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party4,8520.000
Shoshit Samaj Party4,7220.000
Rashtriya Aikta Manch4,5960.000
Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI)4,5250.000
The Humanist Party of India4,4390.000
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)4,4200.000
Rashtriya Ali Sena4,3710.000
Sanatan Samaj Party4,2380.000
Orissa Congress4,0480.000
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)3,7630.000
Rastreeya Praja Parishat3,6880.000
Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh3,0300.000
Golden India Party3,0020.000
Adarsh Lok Dal2,9090.000
Manava Party2,9030.000
Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha2,7230.000
Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India2,5030.000
All India Minorities Front2,4800.000
Bahujan Kranti Dal2,4660.000
Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena2,3920.000
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)2,1670.000
Gareebjan Samaj Party2,0090.000
Andhra Nadu Party1,9150.000
All India Muslim Forum1,8660.000
Bahujan Vikas Party1,8330.000
Pragati Sheel Party1,8280.000
Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha1,7080.000
Tamilaga Janata1,6970.000
Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party1,6090.000
Prism1,5950.000
United Citizens Party1,5910.000
Bharatiya Jan Sabha1,4250.000
Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das1,3940.000
Socialist Party (Lohia)1,3210.000
Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal1,2770.000
Agrajan Party1,2690.000
Ekta Krandi Dal U.P.1,2460.000
All India Gareeb Congress1,2220.000
Republican Presidium Party of India1,2150.000
Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party1,1990.000
Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party1,1620.000
Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha1,1110.000
Nagaland Peoples Party1,0660.000
Bharatiya Momin Front1,0450.000
Manav Samaj Party1,0360.000
Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party9460.000
Hindustan Inqualab Party8830.000
Jan Samanta Party8280.000
Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal7540.000
Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress7510.000
Ambedkarbadi Party7360.000
Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party7100.000
Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi7030.000
National Republican Party6940.000
Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party6140.000
Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party6090.000
Hind Morcha5900.000
Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party5760.000
Uttar Pradesh Republican Party5520.000
Kranti Dal5010.000
Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party4940.000
Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party4120.000
Bharatiya Asht Jan Party3630.000
Telangana Praja Party3440.000
Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi3430.000
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party3060.000
Rashtriya Janta Congress2970.000
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas)1500.000
Indian Republican Front1180.000
Independents8,719,9522.376
Nominated Anglo-Indians2
Total368,376,700100.00545
Valid votes368,376,70098.12
Invalid/blank votes7,065,0391.88
Total votes375,441,739100.00
Registered voters/turnout605,880,19261.97
Source: ECI


Overall result[edit | edit source]

Polling Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
16 February 1998 Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) Dasarath Deb Communist Party of India (Marxist) Manik Sarkar
Meghalaya Indian National Congress S. C. Marak Indian National Congress S. C. Marak
23 February 1998 Nagaland Indian National Congress S. C. Jamir Indian National Congress S. C. Jamir
Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Dilip Parikh Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai Patel
28 February 1998 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Prem Kumar Dhumal
25 November 1998 Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party Sushma Swaraj Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit
Mizoram Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla Mizo National Front Zoramthanga
Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot
27 November 1998 Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress Digvijaya Singh

Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Delhi[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,952,07147.7552+38
Bharatiya Janata Party1,390,68934.0215–34
Janata Dal73,3851.801–3
Others316,3467.7400
Independents355,7738.702–1
Total4,088,264100.00700
Valid votes4,088,26499.11
Invalid/blank votes36,7220.89
Total votes4,124,986100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,420,14148.99
Source: ECI[1]

Gujarat[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party7,300,82644.88-4117
Indian National Congress5,677,38634.90+853
AIRJP1,902,17111.694
Janata Dal429,2832.644
Independent854,1425.253
SP64,9130.401
Bahujan Samaj Party12,7420.0800
CPI10,2920.0600
SAP7,5120.05–
Republican Party of India4,6420.03–
Shiv Sena2,8000.02–
RJD1,8840.01–
Total16,268,593100.00–182
Valid votes16,268,59395.53
Invalid/blank votes761,4494.47
Total votes17,030,042100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,774,44359.18
Source: ECI[2]

Himachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,110,05543.5131
Bharatiya Janata Party995,48239.0231
Himachal Vikas Congress245,5849.63–
Independents and Others200,2487.851
Total2,551,369100.0063
Source: [3]

Madhya Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Source:[4]

SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		Seats
Changed 		%
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 316 172 -2 40.59
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 320 119 +2 39.28
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 221 11 0 6.15
4 Janata Dal 144 4 + 3 1.87
5 Samajwadi Party 228 4 + 4 1.58
6 Gondvana Gantantra Party 81 1 0 0.82
7 Ajeya Bharat Party 78 1 + 1 0.55
8 Janata Party 14 1 + 1 0.20
9 Republican Party of India 20 1 + 1 0.13
10 Independent 320 8 - 1 6.49
Total 320

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
← 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 | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizo National Front84,44424.9921Increase7
Mizoram People's Conference69,07820.4412New
Indian National Congress100,60829.776Decrease10
Bharatiya Janata Party8,4482.5000
Janata Dal9470.280New
Samata Party9400.280New
Lok Shakti7740.230New
Rashtriya Janata Dal5880.170New
Maraland Democratic Front7,7212.280New
Mizo National Front (Nationalist)31,1909.230New
Independents33,2009.821Decrease9
Total337,938100.00400
Valid votes337,93899.44
Invalid/blank votes1,9130.56
Total votes339,851100.00
Registered voters/turnout445,36676.31
Source: ECI[6]

Nagaland[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress103,20650.7353+18
Independents100,22649.2770
Total203,432100.00600
Valid votes203,43298.86
Invalid/blank votes2,3561.14
Total votes205,788100.00
Registered voters/turnout260,64678.95
Source: ECI[7]

Rajasthan[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
PartySeats+/–
Indian National Congress153Increase 77
Bharatiya Janata Party33Decrease 62
Janata Dal3Decrease 3
Bahujan Samaj Party2Increase 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal1New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)10
Independents7Decrease 14
Total200+1

Tripura[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

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

Legislative By-elections[edit | edit source]

Jammu and Kashmir[edit | edit source]

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[9]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Jammu West 33.56% Ashok Kumar Khajuria BJP 13,164 54.61% Ved Kumar INC 6,967 28.9% 6,197

Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Gujarat Assembly elections on 1998".
  3. ↑ Adam Carr's Election Archive
  4. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Meghalaya 1998". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "1998 Tripura Election result".
  9. ↑ "AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998". Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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