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Delhi Assembly Election, 1998
70 seats · 40 changed party since 1993
Party standings
Delhi Assembly Election, 1998 · 4 parties won seats
- INC52
- BJP15
- IND2
- JD1
Ring and figures are seats won.
| Party | Seats | Votes | Vote share | Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 5274% | 19,52,071 | 47.8% | 70 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 1521% | 13,90,689 | 34.0% | 67 |
| INDIndependent | 23% | 3,55,773 | 8.7% | 353 |
| JDJanata Dal | 11% | 73,385 | 1.8% | 48 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 00% | 1,26,197 | 3.1% | 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%
Closest races · 1998
Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results
- 47Rohtas NagarINC1670.32%
- 43Vishwas NagarINC4560.72%
- 13Hari NagarBJP6171.05%
- 29NasirpurINC1,4301.83%
- 48BabarpurBJP9631.83%
- 4Kasturba NagarBJP8991.88%
- 51Yamuna ViharBJP1,2842.36%
- 28Najaf GarhINC1,8272.43%
- 67Rajinder NagarBJP1,3832.46%
- 14Tilak NagarINC1,5162.74%
- 39MandawaliINC1,8433.33%
- 1Sarojini NagarBJP1,5283.57%
All constituencies · 1998
70 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1993
- Adarsh NagarINC31.9%
- BabarpurBJP1.8%
- BadarpurIND16.0%
- BadliBJP5.0%
- Baljit NagarINC22.8%
- Balli MaranINC43.8%
- BawanaINC37.8%
- Bhalswa JahangirpurINC19.9%
- Chandni ChowkINC16.1%
- Delhi CantonmentINC5.8%
- Dr. Ambedkar NagarINC34.4%
- Gandhi NagarINC12.9%
- Geeta ColonyINC38.5%
- GhondaINC21.2%
- Gole MarketINC12.3%
- Hari NagarBJP1.1%
- HastsalINC25.5%
- Hauz KhasBJP5.1%
- Janak PuriBJP13.8%
- JangpuraINC21.6%
- KalkajiINC9.4%
- Kamla NagarINC12.0%
- Karawal NagarBJP3.8%
- Karol BaghINC4.4%
- Kasturba NagarBJP1.9%
- Krishna NagarBJP11.9%
- MadipurINC13.3%
- MahipalpurINC27.5%
- Malviya NagarINC14.2%
- MandawaliINC3.3%
- Mangol PuriINC39.5%
- Matia MahalJD45.0%
- MehrauliBJP3.9%
- Minto RoadINC27.5%
- Model TownINC19.0%
- Moti NagarBJP5.6%
- Najaf GarhINC2.4%
- Nand NagariINC19.5%
- Nangloi JatINC4.5%
- NarelaINC5.1%
- NasirpurINC1.8%
- OkhlaINC32.0%
- Pahar GanjINC34.7%
- PalamINC8.2%
- Patel NagarINC10.1%
- Patpar GanjINC28.4%
- R .K. PuramINC7.5%
- Rajinder NagarBJP2.5%
- Rajouri GardenINC35.2%
- RamnagarINC21.4%
- Rohtas NagarINC0.3%
- Sadar BazarINC31.7%
- Sahibabad DaulatpurINC12.4%
- SaketINC11.7%
- Sarojini NagarBJP3.6%
- Seelam PurIND29.7%
- Seema PuriINC34.8%
- ShahdaraINC17.2%
- Shakur BastiINC13.5%
- Shalimar BaghBJP17.6%
- Sultanpur MajraINC28.1%
- Tilak NagarINC2.7%
- TimarpurINC15.0%
- Tri NagarBJP4.5%
- TrilokpuriINC9.1%
- TughlakabadINC11.1%
- Vishnu GardenINC7.9%
- Vishwas NagarINC0.7%
- WazirpurINC24.7%
- Yamuna ViharBJP2.4%