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1998 Indian general election in Delhi
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Indian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 1998 India parliamentary no 1996 Indian general election in Delhi 1996 Indian general election in National Capital Territory of Delhi, 1999 1999 1998 02 16 7 seats Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 06 0 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 6 1 2,139,254 50.73% 1.51 pp Sitaram Kesri Lok Sabha photo.jpg 110 100 120 06 0 Sitaram Kesri Indian National Congress 1 1 1,798,165 42.64% 5.31 pp File:1998delhi.png 200px Delhi Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Inder Kumar Gujral Janata Dal A. B. Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 51.3%IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1998 https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/12 2023-11-11 IndiaVotes
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.3 March 1998 Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Results: BJP supreme in Delhi, almost https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/03delhi.htm 2023-11-12 m.rediff.com
Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Bharatiya Janata Party50px 50pxA. B. Vajpayee 7
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress
No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress50px 50px Sitaram Kesari 7
Results
Results by Party/Alliance
Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP 21,39,254 50.73 1.11 7 6 1 Indian National CongressINC 17,98,165 42.64 5.35 7 1 1 Janata DalJD 1,03,602 2.46 1.78 5 0 Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP 98,847 2.34 6 0 Samajwadi PartySP 12,858 0.30 5 0 Other Others 43,039 1.02 43 0 Independent (politician) 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 % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1New DelhiJagmohanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP139,90554.36R. K. DhawanIndian National CongressINC107,25841.6832,64712.682South DelhiSushma SwarajBharatiya Janata PartyBJP331,75658.76Ajay MakanIndian National CongressINC215,04338.09116,71320.673Outer DelhiKrishan Lal SharmaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP715,17050.32Deep Chand SharmaIndian National CongressINC616,82043.4098,3506.924East DelhiLal Bihari TiwariBharatiya Janata PartyBJP563,08348.83Sheila DikshitIndian National CongressINC517,72144.8945,3623.945Chandni ChowkVijay GoelBharatiya Janata PartyBJP79,54635.31Jai Parkash AgarwalIndian National CongressINC75,19733.384,3491.936Delhi SadarMadan Lal KhuranaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP168,73356.91M. M. AggarwalIndian National CongressINC120,23940.5548,49416.367Karol Bagh (SC)Meira KumarIndian National CongressINC145,88748.79Surender Pal RatawalBharatiya Janata PartyBJP141,06147.174,8261.62
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from NCT Delhi
#NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Madan Lal KhuranaDelhi SadarCabinet MinisterParliamentary Affairs19 March199830 January1999Bharatiya Janata Party 6Tourism19 March199830 January19992Sushma SwarajSouth DelhiInformation and Broadcasting19 March199811 October1998Communications20 April199810 October19983JagmohanNew DelhiCommunications5 December19988 June1999Urban Development8 June199913 October1999
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