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Delhi Assembly Election, 1998

70 seats · 40 changed party since 1993

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Party standings

Delhi Assembly Election, 1998 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 52 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 15 seatsIndependent — 2 seatsJanata Dal — 1 seat3670of 70 seats
  • INC52
  • BJP15
  • IND2
  • JD1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress5274%19,52,07147.8%70
BJPBharatiya Janata Party1521%13,90,68934.0%67
INDIndependent23%3,55,7738.7%353
JDJanata Dal11%73,3851.8%48
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%1,26,1973.1%58

+ 51 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Delhi Assembly Election, 1998 · winner by seat

70 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 36

1998 · selected
Majority 36
INC52BJP15IND2JD1
1993 · previous
Majority 36

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1993 → 1998

1993 1998· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
34.5
47.8
42.8
34.0
5.9
8.7
12.6
1.8
1.9
3.1
INCBJPINDJDBSP

Seat change

1998 seats minus 1993 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
14 → 52
+38
BJP
49 → 15
−34
IND
3 → 2
−1
JD
4 → 1
−3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1993 → 1998

share lostshare gained
INC
34.5% → 47.8%
+13.3%
IND
5.9% → 8.7%
+2.8%
BSP
1.9% → 3.1%
+1.2%
INLD
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SAP
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
JMM
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
DVP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
RJD
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
BJP
42.8% → 34.0%
−8.8%
JD
12.6% → 1.8%
−10.9%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 1993 → 1998. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − BJP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward BJP.

toward BJPtoward INC
Bawana
+65.9%
Mahipalpur
+58.3%
Pahar Ganj
+42.0%
Balli Maran
+41.0%
Shahdara
+40.2%
Seema Puri
+39.5%
Ghonda
+38.7%
Najaf Garh
+38.1%
Babarpur
+37.0%
Patpar Ganj
+34.6%
Sadar Bazar
+34.0%
Geeta Colony
+33.2%