1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
Registered	3,628,864
Turnout	71.23%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh Party BJP INC Seats before 8 52 Seats won 31 31 Seat change 23 21 Popular vote 995,482 1,110,055 Percentage 39.02% 43.51% Swing 2.88% 5.31%
CM before election Virbhadra Singh INC Elected CM Prem Kumar Dhumal BJP

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. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. ^[4]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Prem Kumar Dhumal	68

   Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Virbhadra Singh	68

Others

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Himachal Vikas Congress			Anil Sharma	62

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	1,110,055	43.50	31	21
	Bharatiya Janata Party	995,482	39.01	31	23
	Himachal Vikas Congress	245,584	9.62	5	New
	Others	93,693	3.67	0	0
	Independents	106,764	4.18	1	6
Total		2,551,578	100.00	68	0
Valid votes		2,551,578	98.72
Invalid/blank votes		33,206	1.28
Total votes		2,584,784	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,628,864	71.23
Source: ECI [5]

Elected members

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

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1998 elections in India

References

1. "BJP announces Prem Kumar Dhumal as Himachal CM candidate". 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2022. He is an Indian politician who has twice been Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from March 1998 to March 2003 and again ...
2. "Members : Lok Sabha - Dhumal, Prof. Prem Kumar" . Retrieved 7 February 2022.
3. "Hon'ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
4. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 February 2022.