Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1998 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party won an equal number of seats, but the BJP managed to form the government by allying with the Himachal Vikas Congress, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyPrem Kumar Dhumal68
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressVirbhadra Singh68
Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Himachal Vikas Congress Anil Sharma 62
Result
Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote Kinnaur ST Chet Ram Negi 16667Jagat Singh Negi 13347 Rampur SC Singhi Ram 23338Ninzoo Ram 8773 Rohru None Virbhadra Singh 33637Khushi Ram 7489 Jubbal-kotkhai None Ram Lal 23762Raj Pal 5728 Chopal None Yogendra Chandar 18972Kewal Rama Chauhan 6735 Kumarsain None Jai Bihari Lal Khachi 19492Ghanshyam Dass 9917 Theog None Vidya Stokes 21926Rakesh Varma 15844 Simla None Narinder Bragta 14758Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 12155 Kasumpti SC Roop Dass Kashyap 19700Shonkia Ram Kashyap 17786 Arki None Dharam Pal Thakur 14327Nagin Chandra Pal 13749 Doon None Lajja Ram 16002Vinod Kumari Chander 12854 Nalagarh None Hari Narayan Singh 23435Vijayendra Singh 18105 Kasauli SC Raghu Raj 14113Chaman Lall 8541 Solan None Krishna Mohini 12210Mohinder Nath Sofat 12184 Pachhad SC Gangu Ram Musafir 24208Kali Dass Kashyap 9832 Rainka SC Prem Singh 20590Roop Singh 9352 Shillai None Harsh Wardhan 21234Jagat Singh 11646 Paonta Doon None Rattan Singh 15569Sukh Ram 13149 Nahan None Kush Parmar 14798Shyama Sharma 11808 Kotkehloor None Ram Lal Thakur 20381Krishan Kumar 17321 Bilaspur None Jagat Prakash Nadda 21189Babu Ram Gautam 13140 Ghumarwin None Kashmir Singh 18066Karam Dev 16527 Geharwin SC Rikhi Ram 18268Beeru Ram 16682 Nadaun None Babu Ram Mandial 16917Narain Chand Prashar 16337 Hamirpur None Urmila Thakur 20577Anita Verma 16387 Bamsan None Prem Kumar Dhumal 20715Kuldeep Singh Pathania 11887 Mewa SC Ishwar Dass Dhiman 19949Prem Kaushal 14532 Nadaunta None Baldev Sharma 20706Manjit Singh 16021 Gagret SC Kuldeep Kumar 17984Satpaul 14480 Chintpurni None Parveen Sharma 12764Hari Dutt 12111 Santokgarh None Jai Krishan Sharma 13136Onkar Sharma 10825 Una None Virender Gautam 18201Subhash Sahore 12427 Kutlehar None Ram Dass Malangar 11660Mahendra Pal 11657 Nurpur None Rakesh Pathania 24516Ranjeet Singh Bakshi 22110 Gangath SC Des Raj 18771Bodh Raj 18623 Jawali None Rajan Sushant 24041Sujan Singh 17014 Guler None Chander Kumar 18674Harbans Singh Rana 13806 Jaswan None Viplove Thakur 14944Bikram Singh 9081 Pragpur SC Virender Kumar 17513Yog Raj 16241 Jawalamukhi None Ramesh Chand 11517Kewal Singh 10456 Thural None Ravinder Singh Ravi 17132Aishwarya Dev Chand 12262 Rajgir SC Atma Ram 13708Milkhi Ram Goma 10276 Baijnath None Sant Ram 15684Dulo Ram 14782 Palampur None Brij Behari Lal Butail 18450Shiv Kumar 17658 Sulah None Bipan Singh Parmar 14690Jagjiwan Paul 14565 Nagrota None G.s.bali 17538Ram Chand Bhatia 16314 Shahpur None Sarveen Choudhary 20919Major Vijai Singh Mankotia 18101 Dharamsala None Kishan Chand Kapoor 16522Ram Swaroop 13167 Kangra None Vidya Sagar Chaudhary 21695Daulat Chaudhary 14484 Bhattiyat None Kishori Lal 20387Kuldip Singh Pathania 12578 Banikhet None Asha Kumari 22509Renu Chadha 22088 Rajnagar SC Mohan Lal 16064Vidya Dhar 12739 Chamba None Harsh Mahajan 19562Kewal Krishan 14411 Bharmour ST Tulsi Ram 16068Thakar Singh 12244 Lahaul And Spiti ST Ram Lal Markanda 5113Raghubir Singh 4467 Kulu None Chander Sain Thakur 24467Raj Krishan Gaur 24429 Banjar None Karan Singh 25696Satya Prakash Thakur 22961 Ani SC Ishwar Dass 23780Tej Ram 21310 Karsog SC Mansa Ram 13009Joginder Pal 11077 Chachiot None Jai Ram Thakur 15337Moti Ram 9558 Nachan SC Tek Chand 14390Dile Ram 13631 Sundernagar None Roop Singh 13136Sher Singh 12367 Balh SC Parkash 20594Damodar Dass 13295 Gopalpur None Rangila Ram Rao 20574Teg Singh 12532 Dharampur None Mahender Singh 14562Natha Singh 13596 Joginder Nagar None Gulab Singh 13862Ganga Ram Jamwal 12171 Darang None Kaul Sing 23616Jawahar Lal 10598 Mandi None Sukh Ram 25656Kanhaiya Lal 6667
See also List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1998 elections in India
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