1998 Indian general election

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1998 Indian general election

← 1996 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 1999 →

543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha
272 seats needed for a majority
Registered605,880,192
Turnout61.97% (Increase 4.03pp)
  First party Second party
 
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg
Sita Ram Kesari(cropped).jpg
Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sitaram Kesri
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA INC+
Last election 20.29%, 161 seats 28.80%, 140 seats
Seats won 182 141
Seat change Increase 21 Increase 1
Popular vote 94,266,188 95,111,131
Percentage 25.59% 25.82%
Swing Increase 5.30pp Decrease 2.98pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg
Leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet Mulayam Singh Yadav
Party CPI(M) SP
Last election 6.12%, 32 seats 3.28%, 17 seats
Seats won 32 20
Seat change Steady Increase 3
Popular vote 18,991,867 18,167,640
Percentage 5.16% 4.93%
Swing Decrease 0.96pp Increase 1.65pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
Janata Dal

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the twelfth Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997.[1]

The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew their support.[2] This led to fresh elections in 1999.[3]

Results

Anglo-Indians
2
Total368,376,700100.00545
Valid votes368,376,70098.12
Invalid/blank votes7,065,0391.88
Total votes375,441,739100.00
Registered voters/turnout605,880,19261.97
Source: ECI

State and Alliance wise

State
(# of seats)
Alliance/Party Seats Contested Seats won % of votes
Andhra Pradesh(42) Congress+ Indian National Congress 42 22 42.79
Third Front Telugu Desam Party 35 12 32
Communist Party Of India
(CPI)
3 2 2.6
Janata Dal 1 1 0.9
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 3 0 2.9
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 38 4 18.3
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 3 0 1.2
- - All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1 1 1.5
Arunachal Pradesh(2) - - Arunachal Congress 2 2 52.5
Congress+ Indian National Congress 2 0 23.9
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2 0 21.7
Assam(14) Congress+ Indian National Congress 13 10 39.0
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 14 1 24.5
- - Asom Gana Parishad 10 0 12.7
- - Autonomous State Demand Committee 1 1 2.2
- - United Minorities Front, Assam 3 1 10.46
- -
Independent
45 1 9.5
Bihar(54)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 32 20 24
Samata Party 21 10 15.77
Congress+ Rashtriya Janata Dal 38 17 26.6
Indian National Congress 11 5 6.3
Third Front Janata Dal 28 1 7.3
Communist Party of India (CPI) 15 0 3.4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 4 0 0.4
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 1 0 0
- -
All India Rashtriya Janata Party
3 1 0.9
Goa(2) Congress+ Indian National Congress 2 2 31.6
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2 0 30
Gujarat(26)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 26 19 48.3
Congress+ Indian National Congress 26 7 38
Haryana(10) - -
Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)
7 4 25.9
Congress+ Indian National Congress 10 3 26.0
NDA
Haryana Vikas Party 4 1 11.6
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6 1 18.9
- - Bahujan Samaj Party 3 1 7.7
Himachal Pradesh(4)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 4 3 51.4
Congress+ Indian National Congress 4 1 41.9
- - Himachal Vikas Congress 4 0 3.6
Jammu & Kashmir(6) - - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 6 3 36.4
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6 2 28.6
Congress+ Indian National Congress 6 1 19.2
Karnataka(28)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 18 13 26.9
Lok Shakti 10 3 11.5
Congress+ Indian National Congress 28 9 36.2
- - Janata Dal 28 3 21.7
Kerala(20) Congress+ Indian National Congress 17 8 38.7
Kerala Congress 1 1 2.4
Muslim League Kerala State Committee
2 2 5
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 9 6 21
Communist Party of India (CPI) 4 2 8.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 1 2.7
Kerala Congress 1 1 2.2
Janata Dal 2 0 3.9
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 20 0 8
Madhya Pradesh(40)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 40 30 45.7
Congress+ Indian National Congress 40 10 39.4
- - Bahujan Samaj Party 35 0 8.7
Maharashtra(48) Congress+ Indian National Congress 41 33 43.6
Republican Party of India 4 4 4.1
Samajwadi Party 2 0 1.5
NDA
Shiv Sena 22 6 19.7
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 25 4 22.5
Independent
1 0 1.1
- -
Peasants And Workers Party of India
2 1 0.9
Manipur(2) - -
Communist Party Of India
(CPI)
2 1 20.5
- - Manipur State Congress Party 2 1 25.4
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1 0 12.6
Lok Shakti 1 0 0.2
Orissa(21)
NDA
Biju Janata Dal 12 9 27.5
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 9 7 21.2
Congress+ Indian National Congress 21 5 41
Punjab
(13)
NDA
Shiromani Akali Dal 8 8 32.9
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 3 3 11.7
Janata Dal 1 1 4.2
Independent
1 1 3.8
Congress+ Indian National Congress 8 0 25.8
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 0 3.4
Bahujan Samaj Party 4 0 12.6
Rajasthan(25) Congress+ Indian National Congress 25 18 44.5
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 25 5 41.7
- - All India Indira Congress (Secular) 9 1 1.9
- -
Independent
50 1 3.8
Tamil Nadu(39)
NDA
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 22 18 25.9
Pattali Makkal Katchi 5 4 6
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 5 3 6.9
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 3 6.3
Janata Party 1 1 1.5
Independent
1 1 3.62
Congress+ Indian National Congress 35 0 4.8
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3 0 1.1
United Communist Party Of India
1 0 0
Third Front Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 16 4 18.5
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
19 3 19.2
Communist Party Of India
(CPI)
2 1 2.5
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 2 0 0.6
Uttar Pradesh(85)
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 82 57 36.5
Samata Party 2 2 0.8
Shiv Sena 1 0 0.1
Congress+ Indian National Congress 76 0 6
- - Bahujan Samaj Party 85 4 20.9
- - Samajwadi Party 81 20 28.7
- - Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 1 1 0.5
- -
Independent
491 1 2.8
West Bengal(42)
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 32 24 35.4
Communist Party Of India
(CPI)
3 3 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 4 4 4.5
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 3 2 3.3
NDA
All India Trinamool Congress
(AITC)
28 7 24.1
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 14 2 10.2
UPA
Indian National Congress (INC) 39 1 15.2

See also

References

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  2. ^ "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.