1998 elections in India


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.

Legislative Assembly elections

Madhya Pradesh

Source:
SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
%
Votes
1Indian National Congress316172-240.59
2Bharatiya Janata Party320119+239.28
3Bahujan Samaj Party2211106.15
4Janata Dal1444+ 31.87
5Samajwadi Party2284+ 41.58
6Gondvana Gantantra Party81100.82
7Ajeya Bharat Party781+ 10.55
8Janata Party141+ 10.20
9Republican Party of India201+ 10.13
10Independent3208- 16.49
Total320

Meghalaya

The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the Hill People's Union, some members of the Hill State People's Democratic Party and the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC). Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.

Tripura

Source:
PartySeats contestedSeats wonNo. of votes% of votes1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party60080,2725.87%0
Communist Party of India2118,8021.38%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)5538621,80445.49%44
Indian National Congress4513464,17133.96%10
Janata Dal303,2940.24%1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti10498,2717.19%1
Revolutionary Socialist Party2222,5261.65%2
Independents60244,9403.29%1
Total270601,366,966