1998 elections in India
Year1998
Incumbent pmAtal Bihari Vajpayee (NDA)
Next lok sabha12th
Rajya controlBharatiya Janata Party
Rajya seats contestedTBD
Rajya net changeTBD
Lok seats contested543
States contested9
State net changeTBD

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.

Overall result

Polling Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
16 February 1998TripuraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Dasarath DebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar
MeghalayaS. C. MarakS. C. Marak
23 February 1998NagalandS. C. JamirS. C. Jamir
GujaratDilip ParikhKeshubhai Patel
28 February 1998Himachal PradeshVirbhadra SinghPrem Kumar Dhumal
25 November 1998DelhiSushma SwarajSheila Dikshit
MizoramLal ThanhawlaZoramthanga
RajasthanBhairon Singh ShekhawatAshok Gehlot
27 November 1998Madhya PradeshDigvijaya SinghDigvijaya Singh

Legislative Assembly elections

Delhi

Main article: 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Gujarat

Main article: 1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Himachal Pradesh

Main article: 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Madhya Pradesh

Main article: 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Source:[1]

SNPartySeats
Contested		Seats
won		Seats
Changed		%
Votes
1Indian National Congress316172-240.59
2Bharatiya Janata Party320119+239.28
3Bahujan Samaj Party2211106.15
4Janata Dal1444+ 31.87
5Samajwadi Party2284+ 41.58
6Gondvana Gantantra Party81100.82
7Ajeya Bharat Party781+ 10.55
8Janata Party141+ 10.20
9Republican Party of India201+ 10.13
10Independent3208- 16.49
Total320

Meghalaya

Main article: 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
← Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppWon+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)293,34635.030.41251
width="1" bgcolor=|United Democratic Party (UDP)226,02626.996.48201
People's Democratic Movement (PDM)58,2256.953
Hill State People's Democratic Party56,6826.773
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)41,9245.011.3333
Garo National Council (GNC)17,6502.111
Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)4,7540.570
Communist Party of India (CPI)1,3870.170.030
Rashtriya Janata Dal1,2530.150
Samajwadi Party7420.090
Janata Dal380.00
Independents (IND)135,35617.281.1255
Total837,383100.0060±0
Source: Election Commission of India[2]

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

Main article: 1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

Nagaland

Main article: 1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Rajasthan

Main article: 1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

Tripura

Main article: 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Source:[3]

Performance of the political parties in this election
PartySeats contestedSeats wonNo. of votes% of votes1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party60080,2725.87%0
Communist Party of India2118,8021.38%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)5538621,80445.49%44
Indian National Congress4513464,17133.96%10
Janata Dal303,2940.24%1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti10498,2717.19%1
Revolutionary Socialist Party2222,5261.65%2
Independents60244,9403.29%1
Total270601,366,966

Legislative By-elections

Jammu and Kashmir

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[4]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
  1. k
Names%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1Jammu West33.56%Ashok Kumar Khajuria13,16454.61%Ved Kumar6,96728.9%6,197

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

References

  1. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Meghalaya 1998". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "1998 Tripura Election result"
  4. ^ "AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998". Retrieved 1 January 2025.