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General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the 12th Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997.[2]
The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew their support.[3] This led to fresh elections in 1999.[4]
Results[edit]
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By state[edit]
| State | Party | Acronym | Alliance | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 22 |
| Telugu Desam Party | TDP | NDA | 12 | |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 4 | |
| Others | 4 | |||
| Total | 42 | |||
| Assam | Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 10 |
| Others | 3 | |||
| Total | 13 | |||
| Bihar | Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 19 |
| Samata Party | NDA | 10 | ||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 17 | |||
| Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 4 | |
| Others | 4 | |||
| Total | 54 | |||
| Gujarat | Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 19 |
| Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 7 | |
| Total | 26 | |||
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | JKNC | 3 | |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | 2 | ||
| Indian National Congress | INC | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | |||
| Karnataka | Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 13 |
| Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 9 | |
| Others | 6 | |||
| Total | 28 | |||
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 30 |
| Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 10 | |
| Total | 40 | |||
| Maharashtra | Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 31 |
| Republican Party of India | RPI | INC+ | 6 | |
| Shiv Sena | SS | NDA | 6 | |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 4 | |
| Total | 48 | |||
| Orissa | Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 4 |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 7 | |
| Biju Janata Dal | BJD | NDA | 9 | |
| Others | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | |||
| Rajasthan | Indian National Congress | INC | INC+ | 19 |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 5 | |
| Others | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | |||
| Tamil Nadu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK | NDA | 18 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK | 5 | ||
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 3 | |
| Tamil Manila Congress | 3 | |||
| Others | 10 | |||
| Total | 39 | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 58 |
| Samajwadi Party | SP | 19 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP | 4 | ||
| Others | ||||
| Total | 85 | |||
| West Bengal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPM | LF | 24 |
| Trinamool Congress | TMC | 7 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | RSP | LF | 4 | |
| Communist party of India | CPI | LF | 3 | |
| All India Forward Block | AIFB | 2 | ||
| Bhartiya Janata Party | BJP | NDA | 1 | |
| Others | 1 | |||
| Total | 42 | |||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research". 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ↑ "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ↑ "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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