1998 elections in India explained

Legislative Assembly elections

Delhi

See main article: 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.

Gujarat

See main article: 1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.

Himachal Pradesh

See main article: 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Madhya Pradesh

See main article: 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Source:^[1]

SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	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

See main article: 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)	226,026	26.99	6.48	20	1
	People's Democratic Movement (PDM)	58,225	6.95		3
	Hill State People's Democratic Party	56,682	6.77		3
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	41,924	5.01	1.33	3	3
	Garo National Council (GNC)	17,650	2.11		1
	Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)	4,754	0.57		0
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	1,387	0.17	0.03	0
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	1,253	0.15		0
	Samajwadi Party	742	0.09		0
	Janata Dal	38	0.0		0
	Independents (IND)	135,356	17.28	1.12	5	5
Total		837,383	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India^[2]

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

See main article: 1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election.

Nagaland

See main article: 1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election.

Rajasthan

See main article: 1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.

Tripura

See main article: 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. Source:^[3]

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

Rajya Sabha

See main article: 1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections.

External links

• Election Commission of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. 25 May 2018.
2. Web site: Meghalaya 1998. Election Commission of India. 15 May 2020.
3. Web site: 1998 Tripura Election result.