1998 elections in India

none May 2025 1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (NDA) 12th Bharatiya Janata Party TBD TBD 543 9 TBD 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. Parliamentary Election result 350px Indian National Congress 95111131 141 Bharatiya Janata Party 94266188 182 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18991867 32 Samajwadi Party 18167640 20 Bahujan Samaj Party 17186779 5 Janata Dal 11930209 6 Rashtriya Janata Dal 10229971 17 Telugu Desam Party 10199463 12 West Bengal Trinamool Congress 8920583 7 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6731550 18 Shiv Sena 6528566 6 Samata Party 6491639 12 Communist Party of India 6429569 9 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5308388 6 Tamil Maanila Congress 5169183 3 Biju Janata Dal 3669825 9 Shiromani Akali Dal 3001769 8 Lok Shakti 2548725 3 All India Rashtriya Janata Party 2071643 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2032585 5 Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) 1956087 4 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1602504 3 Pattali Makkal Katchi 1548976 4 Republican Party of India 1351019 4 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1324548 0 All India Forward Bloc 1213965 2 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 1181083 1 Asom Gana Parishad 1064977 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 912698 0 Haryana Vikas Party 875803 1 Muslim League Kerala State Committee 800765 2 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 784669 3 Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party 711080 0 Apna Dal 562946 0 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 485785 1 All India Indira Congress (Secular) 457510 1 Puthiya Tamilagam 446583 0 Janata Party 444305 1 NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 384211 0 Karnataka Vikas Party 371346 0 United Minorities Front, Assam 357759 1 Kerala Congress (M) 356168 1 Kerala Congress 327649 0 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 278324 0 Forward Bloc (Socialist) 272974 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 269609 1 Marxist Co-ordination Committee 263901 0 Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 248529 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) 240897 0 Bihar Jana Congress 222371 0 United Democratic Party 213924 0 Gondwana Ganatantra Party 196662 0 Manipur State Congress Party 190358 1 Autonomous State Demand Committee 184241 1 Jharkhand Party (Naren) 181018 0 Arunachal Congress 172496 2 Ajeya Bharat Party 157854 0 United Reservation Movement Council of Assam 151543 0 National Loktantrik Party 147706 0 United Goans Democratic Party 132558 0 Mahabharat People's Party 115785 0 Sikkim Democratic Front 102440 1 Peoples Democratic Party 92083 0 Akhil Bharatiya Sena 90035 0 Indian National League 86697 0 Himachal Vikas Congress 85046 0 Mizo National Front 82047 0 Savarn Samaj Party 76980 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 70191 0 Jharkhand Party 63836 0 Hill State People's Democratic Party 62144 0 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 43770 0 Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) 43402 0 Indian Congress (Socialist) 36677 0 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 30654 0 Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal 26027 0 National Panthers Party 24638 0 Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) 24417 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal 24303 0 Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti 23029 0 Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha 20928 0 Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 20843 0 Amra Bangali 20372 0 Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha 19202 0 Garo National Council 16280 0 Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 14284 0 Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 14160 0 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 12952 0 Bharatiya Vikash Party 11881 0 United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front 11287 0 Rajasthan Vikas Party 11267 0 Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha 10064 0 United Communist Party of India 10018 0 Bharti Lok Lehar Party 9959 0 Samajwadi Jan Parishad 9848 0 Hindustan Janata Party 9476 0 Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad 9367 0 Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress 8623 0 Jharkhand People's Party 7111 0 Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh) 6671 0 Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey) 6455 0 Bharatiya Rajiv Congress 6122 0 Kisan Vikas Party 5905 0 Jai Telangana Party 5847 0 Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena 5718 0 All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress 5588 0 Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party 5495 0 Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party 4852 0 Shoshit Samaj Party 4722 0 Rashtriya Aikta Manch 4596 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI) 4525 0 The Humanist Party of India 4439 0 Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) 4420 0 Rashtriya Ali Sena 4371 0 Sanatan Samaj Party 4238 0 Orissa Congress 4048 0 Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 3763 0 Rastreeya Praja Parishat 3688 0 Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 3030 0 Golden India Party 3002 0 Adarsh Lok Dal 2909 0 Manava Party 2903 0 Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha 2723 0 Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India 2503 0 All India Minorities Front 2480 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal 2466 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena 2392 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 2167 0 Gareebjan Samaj Party 2009 0 Andhra Nadu Party 1915 0 All India Muslim Forum 1866 0 Bahujan Vikas Party 1833 0 Pragati Sheel Party 1828 0 Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha 1708 0 Tamilaga Janata 1697 0 Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party 1609 0 Prism 1595 0 United Citizens Party 1591 0 Bharatiya Jan Sabha 1425 0 Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das 1394 0 Socialist Party (Lohia) 1321 0 Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal 1277 0 Agrajan Party 1269 0 Ekta Krandi Dal U.P. 1246 0 All India Gareeb Congress 1222 0 Republican Presidium Party of India 1215 0 Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party 1199 0 Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party 1162 0 Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha 1111 0 Nagaland Peoples Party 1066 0 Bharatiya Momin Front 1045 0 Manav Samaj Party 1036 0 Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party 946 0 Hindustan Inqualab Party 883 0 Jan Samanta Party 828 0 Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal 754 0 Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress 751 0 Ambedkarbadi Party 736 0 Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party 710 0 Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi 703 0 National Republican Party 694 0 Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party 614 0 Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party 609 0 Hind Morcha 590 0 Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party 576 0 Uttar Pradesh Republican Party 552 0 Kranti Dal 501 0 Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party 494 0 Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party 412 0 Bharatiya Asht Jan Party 363 0 Telangana Praja Party 344 0 Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi 343 0 Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party 306 0 Rashtriya Janta Congress 297 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas) 150 0 Indian Republican Front 118 0 Independents 8719952 6 Nominated Anglo-Indians 2 0 7065039 605880192 ECI Overall result Polling Date(s) StateGovernment before Chief Minister beforeGovernment after Elected Chief Minister Maps 16 February 1998Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Dasarath Deb Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar50pxMeghalaya Indian National CongressS. C. Marak Indian National CongressS. C. Marak50px 23 February 1998Nagaland Indian National CongressS. C. Jamir Indian National CongressS. C. Jamir50px Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Dilip Parikh Bharatiya Janata Party Keshubhai Patel 50px28 February 1998Himachal PradeshIndian National CongressVirbhadra SinghBharatiya Janata PartyPrem Kumar Dhumal 50px 25 November 1998 Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party Sushma Swaraj Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit 50px Mizoram Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla Mizo National Front Zoramthanga 50px Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot 50px 27 November 1998 Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress Digvijaya Singh 50px Legislative Assembly elections Delhi 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg Indian National Congress 1952071 52 +38 Bharatiya Janata Party 1390689 15 –34 Janata Dal 73385 1 –3 Others 316346 0 0 Independents 355773 2 –1 0 36722 8420141 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3873-delhi-1998/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi Election Commission of India 14 February 2022 Gujarat 1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election Bharatiya Janata Party 7300826 -4 117 Indian National Congress 5677386 53 +8 AIRJP 1902171 4 Janata Dal 429283 4 Independent 854142 3 SP 64913 1 CPM 19665 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 12742 0 0 CPI 10292 0 0 SAP 7512 Republican Party of India 4642 Shiv Sena 2800 RJD 1884 761449 28774443 ECIGujarat Assembly elections on 1998 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3837-gujarat-1998/ Himachal Pradesh 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Indian National Congress 1110055 31 Bharatiya Janata Party 31 995482 Himachal Vikas Congress 5 245584 Independents and Others 1 200248 Adam Carr's Election Archive Madhya Pradesh 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Source:STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf eci.nic.in Election Commission of India 25 May 2018 SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed %Votes 1 Indian National Congress 316 172 -2 40.59 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 320 119 +2 39.28 3 Bahujan Samaj Party 221 11 0 6.15 4 Janata Dal 144 4 + 3 1.87 5 Samajwadi Party 228 4 + 4 1.58 6 Gondvana Gantantra Party 81 1 0 0.82 7 Ajeya Bharat Party 78 1 + 1 0.55 8 Janata Party 14 1 + 1 0.20 9 Republican Party of India 20 1 + 1 0.13 10 Independent 320 8 - 1 6.49 Total 320 Meghalaya 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election + ← Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results → Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Indian National Congress (INC) 293,346 35.03 0.41 25 1 United Democratic Party (UDP)alpha a 226,02626.996.48 20 1 People's Democratic Movement (PDM)58,2256.953Hill State People's Democratic Party56,6826.773Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)41,9245.011.33 33 Garo National Council (GNC)17,6502.111Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)4,7540.570Communist Party of India (CPI)1,3870.170.03 0Rashtriya Janata Dal1,2530.150Samajwadi Party7420.090Janata Dal380.00Independents (IND) 135,356 17.28 1.12 5 5 Total 837,383 100.00 60 ±0Source: Election Commission of Indiahttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/ Meghalaya 1998 Election Commission of India 15 May 2020 alpha 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. Mizoram 1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg Mizo National Front 84444 21 7 Mizoram People's Conference 69078 12 New Indian National Congress 100608 6 10 Bharatiya Janata Party 8448 0 0 Janata Dal 947 0 New Samata Party 940 0 New Lok Shakti 774 0 New Rashtriya Janata Dal 588 0 New Maraland Democratic Front 7721 0 New Mizo National Front (Nationalist) 31190 0 New Independents 33200 1 9 0 337938 1913 445366 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3663-mizoram-1998/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram Election Commission of India 17 July 2021 Nagaland 1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg Indian National Congress 103206 53 +18 Independents 100226 7 0 0 2356 260646 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3640-nagaland-1998/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland Election Commission of India 29 August 2021 Rajasthan 1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Indian National Congress 153 77 Bharatiya Janata Party 33 62 Janata Dal 3 3 Bahujan Samaj Party 2 2 Rashtriya Janata Dal 1 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 Independents 7 14 +1 Tripura 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election Source:https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1998/ 1998 Tripura Election result + Performance of the political parties in this election Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1993 Seats Bharatiya Janata Party 60 0 80,272 5.87% 0 Communist Party of India 2 1 18,802 1.38% 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 38 621,804 45.49% 44 Indian National Congress 45 13 464,171 33.96% 10 Janata Dal 3 0 3,294 0.24% 1 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 4 98,271 7.19% 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 22,526 1.65% 2 Independents 60 2 44,940 3.29% 1 Total 270 60 1,366,966 Legislative By-elections Jammu and Kashmir Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyhttps://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/403 AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998 1 January 2025Assembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Jammu West33.56%Ashok Kumar KhajuriaBharatiya Janata Party13,16454.61%Ved KumarIndian National Congress6,96728.9%6,197 Rajya Sabha 1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections References 2 External links Election Commission of India Category:1998 elections in India India Category:1998 in India Category:Elections in India by year