1998 Indian general election in Delhi

For State Assembly election, see 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 1998

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7 seats
Turnout	51.3% [1]
First party Second party   Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sitaram Kesri Party BJP INC Seats won 6 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,139,254 1,798,165 Percentage 50.73% 42.64% Swing 1.51 pp 5.31 pp
Delhi
Prime Minister before election Inder Kumar Gujral JD Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee BJP

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. ^[2]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			A. B. Vajpayee	7

   Indian National Congress

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	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
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	New Delhi	Jagmohan		BJP	139,905	54.36	R. K. Dhawan		INC	107,258	41.68	32,647	12.68
2	South Delhi	Sushma Swaraj		BJP	331,756	58.76	Ajay Makan		INC	215,043	38.09	116,713	20.67
3	Outer Delhi	Krishan Lal Sharma		BJP	715,170	50.32	Deep Chand Sharma		INC	616,820	43.40	98,350	6.92
4	East Delhi	Lal Bihari Tiwari		BJP	563,083	48.83	Sheila Dikshit		INC	517,721	44.89	45,362	3.94
5	Chandni Chowk	Vijay Goel		BJP	79,546	35.31	Jai Parkash Agarwal		INC	75,197	33.38	4,349	1.93
6	Delhi Sadar	Madan Lal Khurana		BJP	168,733	56.91	M. M. Aggarwal		INC	120,239	40.55	48,494	16.36
7	Karol Bagh (SC)	Meira Kumar		INC	145,887	48.79	Surender Pal Ratawal		BJP	141,061	47.17	4,826	1.62

References

1. "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1998". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. "Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Results: BJP supreme in Delhi, almost". m.rediff.com. 3 March 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2023.