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
Overall result Polling Date(s) StateGovernment before Chief Minister beforeGovernment after Elected Chief Minister Maps 16 February 1998Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist)Dasarath Deb Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik SarkarMeghalaya S. C. Marak S. C. Marak 23 February 1998Nagaland S. C. Jamir S. C. Jamir Gujarat Dilip Parikh Keshubhai Patel 28 February 1998Himachal PradeshVirbhadra SinghPrem Kumar Dhumal 25 November 1998 Delhi Sushma Swaraj Sheila Dikshit Mizoram Lal Thanhawla Zoramthanga Rajasthan Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Ashok Gehlot 27 November 1998 Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh Digvijaya Singh
Legislative Assembly elections Delhi
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Source: SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon 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
+ ← 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 25 1 United Democratic Party (UDP) 226,02626.996.48 20 1 People's Democratic Movement (PDM)58,2256.953Hill State People's Democratic Party56,6826.773Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)41,9245.011.33 33 Garo National Council (GNC)17,6502.111Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)4,7540.570Communist Party of India (CPI)1,3870.170.03 0Rashtriya Janata Dal1,2530.150Samajwadi Party7420.090Janata Dal380.00Independents (IND) 135,356 17.28 1.12 5 5 Total 837,383 100.00 60 ±0Source: Election Commission of India 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
Nagaland
Rajasthan
Tripura
Source: + 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 Jammu and Kashmir Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Jammu West33.56%Ashok Kumar Khajuria13,16454.61%Ved Kumar6,96728.9%6,197
Rajya Sabha
References
External links
Election Commission of India