The 1998 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 6 of the 7 seats in Delhi, with its opposition, the Indian National Congress registering a narrow victory in the SC-reserved seat of Karol Bagh.
Parties and alliances
No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Bharatiya Janata Party A. B. Vajpayee 7
No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress Sitaram Kesari 7
Results Results by Party/Alliance Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 21,39,254 50.73 1.11 7 6 1 INC 17,98,165 42.64 5.35 7 1 1 JD 1,03,602 2.46 1.78 5 0 BSP 98,847 2.34 6 0 SP 12,858 0.30 5 0 Others 43,039 1.02 43 0 IND 21,317 0.51 3.35 59 0 Total 42,17,082 100% - 132 7 -
List of elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1New DelhiJagmohanBJP139,90554.36R. K. DhawanINC107,25841.6832,64712.682South DelhiSushma SwarajBJP331,75658.76Ajay MakanINC215,04338.09116,71320.673Outer DelhiKrishan Lal SharmaBJP715,17050.32Deep Chand SharmaINC616,82043.4098,3506.924East DelhiLal Bihari TiwariBJP563,08348.83Sheila DikshitINC517,72144.8945,3623.945Chandni ChowkVijay GoelBJP79,54635.31Jai Parkash AgarwalINC75,19733.384,3491.936Delhi SadarMadan Lal KhuranaBJP168,73356.91M. M. AggarwalINC120,23940.5548,49416.367Karol Bagh (SC)Meira KumarINC145,88748.79Surender Pal RatawalBJP141,06147.174,8261.62
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from NCT Delhi #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Madan Lal KhuranaDelhi SadarCabinet MinisterParliamentary Affairs19 March199830 January1999Tourism19 March199830 January19992Sushma SwarajSouth DelhiInformation and Broadcasting19 March199811 October1998Communications20 April199810 October19983JagmohanNew DelhiCommunications5 December19988 June1999Urban Development8 June199913 October1999 References