1998 Indian general election in Haryana

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1998 Indian general election in Haryana
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  1996 16 Feb 1998 1999  

10 seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
INLD
INC
BJP
Party INLD INC BJP
Last electionNew24
Seats won431
Seat changeNewIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg3
Percentage25.90%26.02%18.89%
SwingNewIncrease2.svg8.91%Increase2.svg10.32%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
HVP
BSP
Party HVP BSP
Last election30
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Percentage11.60%7.68
SwingDecrease2.svg8.89%Decrease2.svg5.72%

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Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
JD

Prime Minister after election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

The 1998 Indian general election in Haryana was held for 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state. [1]

Contents

Parties and alliances

   Indian National Congress

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg INC Logo.png Bhajan Lal Bishnoi 10

   Indian National Lok Dal

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Indian National Lok Dal Blank.svg INLD1.svg Om Prakash Chautala 7

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Ramesh Joshi6
2. Haryana Vikas Party Blank.svg Blank.svg Bansi Lal 4

Result by party

Results of Indian general election, 1998 in Haryana
Parties and coalitionsSeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Lok Dal 74Increase2.svg419,56,08725.90New
Indian National Congress 103Increase2.svg119,65,39726.02Increase2.svg8.91%
Bharatiya Janata Party 61Decrease2.svg 314,27,08618.89Increase2.svg 10.32%
Haryana Vikas Party 41Decrease2.svg28,75,80311.60Decrease2.svg 8.89%
Bahujan Samaj Party 31Increase2.svg15,80,1527.68Decrease2.svg 5.72%

List of elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%
1 Ambala (SC) Aman Kumar NagraBSP273,79236.97Suraj Bhan BJP 270,92836.582,8640.39
2 Kurukshetra Kailasho Devi INLD 333,38743.57Kuldip Sharma INC 191,86725.07141,52018.50
3 Karnal Bhajan Lal INC 327,75041.14I. D. Swami BJP 275,68934.6052,0616.54
4 Sonepat Kishan Singh INLD 290,29941.94Abhey Ram Dahiya HVP 152,97522.10137,32419.84
5 Rohtak Bhupinder Singh INC 254,95138.66Devi Lal (son of Lekh Ram) INLD 254,56838.613830.05
6 Faridabad Ramchander Bainda BJP 304,02233.81Khurshid Ahmad INC 288,67932.1015,3431.71
7 Mahendragarh Inderjit Singh INC 329,12641.50Col. Ram Singh BJP 260,99032.9168,1368.59
8 Bhiwani Surender Singh (son of Bansi Lal) HVP 361,25748.17Ajay Singh INLD 351,54646.879,7111.30
9 Hissar Surender Singh Barwala INLD 260,27135.89Om Parkash Jindal HVP 179,78024.7980,49111.10
10 Sirsa (SC) Dr. Sushil Kumar Indora INLD 309,45142.33Selja INC 215,52129.4893,93012.85

References

  1. "General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 3 May 2023.