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India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

543 seats · 276 changed party since 1996 · turnout 61.3%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1998 · 40 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 182 seatsIndian National Congress — 141 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 32 seatsSamajwadi Party — 20 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 18 seatsRashtriya Janata Dal — 17 seatsTelugu Desam Party — 12 seats33 other parties — 121 seats272543of 543 seats
  • BJP182
  • INC141
  • CPM32
  • SP20
  • AIADMK18
  • RJD17
  • TDP12
  • Others121

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party18234%9,45,29,68725.6%389
INCIndian National Congress14126%9,53,98,10625.8%479
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)326%1,89,91,8675.1%71
SPSamajwadi Party204%1,81,67,6404.9%166
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam183%67,31,5501.8%23
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal173%1,02,29,9712.8%116
TDPTelugu Desam Party122%1,01,99,4632.8%35
SAPSamajwadi Andolan Party122%64,91,6391.8%57
CPICommunist Party of India92%64,29,5691.7%58
BJDBiju Janata Dal92%36,69,8251.0%12
SADShiromani Akali Dal81%32,83,9160.9%9
WBTCWBTC71%89,20,5832.4%29
JDJanata Dal61%1,20,69,3693.3%192
INDIndependent61%87,24,6022.4%1924
SHSShiv Sena61%65,28,5661.8%79
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam61%53,08,3881.4%18
BSPBahujan Samaj Party51%1,71,93,4034.7%252
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party51%20,32,5850.6%5
HLDRHLDR41%19,56,0870.5%7
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi41%15,48,9760.4%5

+ 157 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

1998 · selected
Majority 272
BJP182INC141CPM32SP20AIADMK18RJD17TDP12SAP12CPI9BJD9+30 more · 91 seats
1996 · previous
Majority 272

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1996 → 1998

1996 1998· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
20.3
25.6
28.8
25.8
6.1
5.1
3.3
4.9
3.1
2.8
8.1
3.3
6.3
2.4
BJPINCCPMSPTDPJDIND

Seat change

1998 seats minus 1996 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
161 → 182
+21
INC
139 → 141
+2
CPM
32 → 32
0
SP
17 → 20
+3
AIADMK
0 → 18
+18
RJD
0 → 17
+17
TDP
17 → 12
−5
SAP
8 → 12
+4
CPI
12 → 9
−3
BJD
0 → 9
+9

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1996 → 1998

share lostshare gained
BJP
20.3% → 25.6%
+5.3%
RJD
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
WBTC
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
SP
3.3% → 4.9%
+1.7%
AIADMK
0.6% → 1.8%
+1.2%
BJD
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
LS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
BSP
4.0% → 4.7%
+0.7%
AIRJP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
HLDR
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1996 → 1998. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward INCtoward BJP
Hoshiarpur
Punjab
+79.7%
Dum Dum
West Bengal
+75.6%
Baghpat
Uttar Pradesh
+75.6%
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
+70.1%
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
+66.9%
Outer Manipur
Manipur
+66.9%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
+62.8%
Rajkot
Gujarat
+62.2%
Arambagh
West Bengal
+58.2%
Mandi
Himachal Pradesh
+56.2%
Berhampur
Odisha
+56.2%
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
+54.9%

All constituencies · 1998

543 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1996