1998 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,300,826	44.88	-4	117
	Indian National Congress	5,677,386	34.90	+8	53
	AIRJP	1,902,171	11.69		4
	Janata Dal	429,283	2.64		4
	Independent	854,142	5.25		3
	SP	64,913	0.40		1
	Bahujan Samaj Party	12,742	0.08	0	0
	CPI	10,292	0.06	0	0
	SAP	7,512	0.05		–
	Republican Party of India	4,642	0.03		–
	Shiv Sena	2,800	0.02		–
	RJD	1,884	0.01		–
Total		16,268,593	100.00	–	182

Valid votes		16,268,593	95.53
Invalid/blank votes		761,449	4.47
Total votes		17,030,042	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,774,443	59.18
Source: ECI


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,110,055	43.51	31
	Bharatiya Janata Party	995,482	39.02	31
	Himachal Vikas Congress	245,584	9.63	–
	Independents and Others	200,248	7.85	1
Total		2,551,369	100.00	63

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SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
1	Indian National Congress	316	172	-2	40.59
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	320	119	+2	39.28
3	Bahujan Samaj Party	221	11	0	6.15
4	Janata Dal	144	4	+ 3	1.87
5	Samajwadi Party	228	4	+ 4	1.58
6	Gondvana Gantantra Party	81	1	0	0.82
7	Ajeya Bharat Party	78	1	+ 1	0.55
8	Janata Party	14	1	+ 1	0.20
9	Republican Party of India	20	1	+ 1	0.13
10	Independent	320	8	- 1	6.49
	Total		320

← Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	293,346	35.03	0.41	25	1
	United Democratic Party (UDP)	226,026	26.99	6.48	20	1
	People's Democratic Movement (PDM)	58,225	6.95		3
	Hill State People's Democratic Party	56,682	6.77		3
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	41,924	5.01	1.33	3	3
	Garo National Council (GNC)	17,650	2.11		1
	Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)	4,754	0.57		0
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	1,387	0.17	0.03	0
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	1,253	0.15		0
	Samajwadi Party	742	0.09		0
	Janata Dal	38	0.0		0
	Independents (IND)	135,356	17.28	1.12	5	5

Total		837,383	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India

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



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizo National Front	84,444	24.99	21	7
	Mizoram People's Conference	69,078	20.44	12	New
	Indian National Congress	100,608	29.77	6	10
	Bharatiya Janata Party	8,448	2.50	0	0
	Janata Dal	947	0.28	0	New
	Samata Party	940	0.28	0	New
	Lok Shakti	774	0.23	0	New
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	588	0.17	0	New
	Maraland Democratic Front	7,721	2.28	0	New
	Mizo National Front (Nationalist)	31,190	9.23	0	New
	Independents	33,200	9.82	1	9
Total		337,938	100.00	40	0

Valid votes		337,938	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		1,913	0.56
Total votes		339,851	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		445,366	76.31
Source: ECI


Party		Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	153	77
	Bharatiya Janata Party	33	62
	Janata Dal	3	3
	Bahujan Samaj Party	2	2
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0
	Independents	7	14
Total		200	+1

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Performance of the political parties in this election
Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	No. of Votes	% of Votes	1993 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	60	0	80,272	5.87%	0
Communist Party of India	2	1	18,802	1.38%	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	55	38	621,804	45.49%	44
Indian National Congress	45	13	464,171	33.96%	10
Janata Dal	3	0	3,294	0.24%	1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	10	4	98,271	7.19%	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	2	22,526	1.65%	2
Independents	60	2	44,940	3.29%	1
Total	270	60	1,366,966