1998 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Delhi

India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 1,952,07147.7552+38
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,390,68934.0215–34
Janata Dal 73,3851.801–3
Others316,3467.7400
Independents355,7738.702–1
Total4,088,264100.00700
Valid votes4,088,26499.11
Invalid/blank votes36,7220.89
Total votes4,124,986100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,420,14148.99
Source: ECI [1]

Gujarat

PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 7,300,82644.88-4117
Indian National Congress 5,677,38634.90+853
AIRJP 1,902,17111.694
Janata Dal 429,2832.644
Independent 854,1425.253
SP 64,9130.401
Bahujan Samaj Party 12,7420.0800
CPI 10,2920.0600
SAP7,5120.05
Republican Party of India 4,6420.03
Shiv Sena 2,8000.02
RJD 1,8840.01
Total16,268,593100.00182
Valid votes16,268,59395.53
Invalid/blank votes761,4494.47
Total votes17,030,042100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,774,44359.18
Source: ECI [2]

Himachal Pradesh

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress 1,110,05543.5131
Bharatiya Janata Party 995,48239.0231
Himachal Vikas Congress 245,5849.63
Independents and Others200,2487.851
Total2,551,369100.0063
Source: [3]

Madhya Pradesh

Source: [4]

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
 %
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 316172-240.59
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 320119+239.28
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 2211106.15
4 Janata Dal 1444+ 31.87
5 Samajwadi Party 2284+ 41.58
6 Gondvana Gantantra Party 81100.82
7Ajeya Bharat Party781+ 10.55
8 Janata Party 141+ 10.20
9 Republican Party of India 201+ 10.13
10 Independent 3208- 16.49
Total320

Meghalaya

Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)293,34635.030.41 Increase2.svg251 Increase2.svg
United Democratic Party (UDP) [a] 226,02626.996.48 Decrease2.svg201 Decrease2.svg
People's Democratic Movement (PDM)58,2256.953
Hill State People's Democratic Party 56,6826.773
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)41,9245.011.33 Increase2.svg33 Increase2.svg
Garo National Council (GNC)17,6502.111
Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)4,7540.570
Communist Party of India (CPI)1,3870.170.03 Increase2.svg0Steady2.svg
Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,2530.150
Samajwadi Party 7420.090
Janata Dal 380.00
Independents (IND)135,35617.281.12 Decrease2.svg55 Decrease2.svg
Total837,383100.0060±0
Source: Election Commission of India [5]

a 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.

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Mizoram

India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizo National Front 84,44424.9921Increase2.svg7
Mizoram People's Conference 69,07820.4412New
Indian National Congress 100,60829.776Decrease2.svg10
Bharatiya Janata Party 8,4482.5000
Janata Dal 9470.280New
Samata Party 9400.280New
Lok Shakti 7740.230New
Rashtriya Janata Dal 5880.170New
Maraland Democratic Front 7,7212.280New
Mizo National Front (Nationalist) 31,1909.230New
Independents 33,2009.821Decrease2.svg9
Total337,938100.00400
Valid votes337,93899.44
Invalid/blank votes1,9130.56
Total votes339,851100.00
Registered voters/turnout445,36676.31
Source: ECI [6]

Nagaland

India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 103,20650.7353+18
Independents100,22649.2770
Total203,432100.00600
Valid votes203,43298.86
Invalid/blank votes2,3561.14
Total votes205,788100.00
Registered voters/turnout260,64678.95
Source: ECI [7]

Rajasthan

PartySeats+/–
Indian National Congress 153Increase2.svg 77
Bharatiya Janata Party 33Decrease2.svg 62
Janata Dal 3Decrease2.svg 3
Bahujan Samaj Party 2Increase2.svg 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal 1New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10
Independents7Decrease2.svg 14
Total200+1

Tripura

Source: [8]

Performance of the political parties in this election
PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 60080,2725.87%0
Communist Party of India 2118,8021.38%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5538621,80445.49%44
Indian National Congress 4513464,17133.96%10
Janata Dal 303,2940.24%1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10498,2717.19%1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2222,5261.65%2
Independents 60244,9403.29%1
Total270601,366,966

Rajya Sabha

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