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{{Infobox Indian elections
| year = 1998
| type =
| incumbent_pm = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] ([[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]])
| next_lok_sabha = [[13th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| rajya_control = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rajya_seats_contested = TBD
| rajya_net_change = TBD
| rajya_map =
| rajya_map_caption =
| lok_control =
| lok_seats_contested = 543
| lok_net_change =
| lok_map =
| lok_map_caption =
| states_contested = 9
| state_net_change = TBD
| state_map =
| state_map_caption =
| website =
}}
{{Politics of India}}

The '''1998 Indian elections''' were a series of national and sub-national elections which took place in India throughout 1998. The national elections saw the return of the [[Indian National Congress]] to power while state results were varied.

==Parliamentary Election result==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1998.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=95111131|seats1=141|sc1=
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=94266188|seats2=182|sc2=
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=18991867|seats3=32|sc3=
|party4=[[Samajwadi Party]]|votes4=18167640|seats4=20|sc4=
|party5=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|votes5=17186779|seats5=5|sc5=
|party6=[[Janata Dal]]|votes6=11930209|seats6=6|sc6=
|party7=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes7=10229971|seats7=17|sc7=
|party8=[[Telugu Desam Party]]|votes8=10199463|seats8=12|sc8=
|party9=[[All India Trinamool Congress|West Bengal Trinamool Congress]]|votes9=8920583|seats9=7|sc9=
|party10=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes10=6731550|seats10=18|sc10=
|party11=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes11=6528566|seats11=6|sc11=
|party12=[[Samata Party]]|votes12=6491639|seats12=12|sc12=
|party13=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes13=6429569|seats13=9|sc13=
|party14=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes14=5308388|seats14=6|sc14=
|party15=[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]|votes15=5169183|seats15=3|sc15=
|party16=[[Biju Janata Dal]]|votes16=3669825|seats16=9|sc16=
|party17=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes17=3001769|seats17=8|sc17=
|party18=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes18=2548725|seats18=3|sc18=
|party19=[[All India Rashtriya Janata Party]]|votes19=2071643|seats19=1|sc19=
|party20=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes20=2032585|seats20=5|sc20=
|party21=[[Indian National Lok Dal|Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)]]|votes21=1956087|seats21=4|sc21=
|party22=[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes22=1602504|seats22=3|sc22=
|party23=[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]|votes23=1548976|seats23=4|sc23=
|party24=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes24=1351019|seats24=4|sc24=
|party25=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|votes25=1324548|seats25=0|sc25=
|party26=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes26=1213965|seats26=2|sc26=
|party27=[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]|votes27=1181083|seats27=1|sc27=
|party28=[[Asom Gana Parishad]]|votes28=1064977|seats28=0|sc28=
|party29=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]|votes29=912698|seats29=0|sc29=
|party30=[[Haryana Vikas Party]]|votes30=875803|seats30=1|sc30=
|party31=[[Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]|votes31=800765|seats31=2|sc31=
|party32=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes32=784669|seats32=3|sc32=
|party33=Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party|votes33=711080|seats33=0|sc33=
|party34=[[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)|Apna Dal]]|votes34=562946|seats34=0|sc34=
|party35=[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]|votes35=485785|seats35=1|sc35=
|party36=[[All India Indira Congress (Secular)]]|votes36=457510|seats36=1|sc36=
|party37=[[Puthiya Tamilagam]]|votes37=446583|seats37=0|sc37=
|party38=[[Janata Party]]|votes38=444305|seats38=1|sc38=
|party39=[[NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)]]|votes39=384211|seats39=0|sc39=
|party40=[[Karnataka Vikas Party]]|votes40=371346|seats40=0|sc40=
|party41=[[United Minorities Front, Assam]]|votes41=357759|seats41=1|sc41=
|party42=[[Kerala Congress (M)]]|votes42=356168|seats42=1|sc42=
|party43=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes43=327649|seats43=0|sc43=
|party44=[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes44=278324|seats44=0|sc44=
|party45=[[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]]|votes45=272974|seats45=0|sc45=
|party46=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes46=269609|seats46=1|sc46=
|party47=[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee]]|votes47=263901|seats47=0|sc47=
|party48=[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)]]|votes48=248529|seats48=0|sc48=
|party49=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)|votes49=240897|seats49=0|sc49=
|party50=Bihar Jana Congress|votes50=222371|seats50=0|sc50=
|party51=[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]|votes51=213924|seats51=0|sc51=
|party52=[[Gondwana Ganatantra Party]]|votes52=196662|seats52=0|sc52=
|party53=[[Manipur State Congress Party]]|votes53=190358|seats53=1|sc53=
|party54=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]]|votes54=184241|seats54=1|sc54=
|party55=Jharkhand Party (Naren)|votes55=181018|seats55=0|sc55=
|party57=[[Arunachal Congress]]|votes57=172496|seats57=2|sc57=
|party58=[[Natural Law Party|Ajeya Bharat Party]]|votes58=157854|seats58=0|sc58=
|party59=United Reservation Movement Council of Assam|votes59=151543|seats59=0|sc59=
|party60=[[National Loktantrik Party]]|votes60=147706|seats60=0|sc60=
|party61=[[United Goans Democratic Party]]|votes61=132558|seats61=0|sc61=
|party62=Mahabharat People's Party|votes62=115785|seats62=0|sc62=
|party63=[[Sikkim Democratic Front]]|votes63=102440|seats63=1|sc63=
|party64=[[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]]|votes64=92083|seats64=0|sc64=
|party65=[[Akhil Bharatiya Sena]]|votes65=90035|seats65=0|sc65=
|party66=[[Indian National League]]|votes66=86697|seats66=0|sc66=
|party67=[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]|votes67=85046|seats67=0|sc67=
|party68=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes68=82047|seats68=0|sc68=
|party69=Savarn Samaj Party|votes69=76980|seats69=0|sc69=
|party70=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes70=70191|seats70=0|sc70=
|party71=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes71=63836|seats71=0|sc71=
|party72=[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]]|votes72=62144|seats72=0|sc72=
|party73=[[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party]]|votes73=43770|seats73=0|sc73=
|party74=[[Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)]]|votes74=43402|seats74=0|sc74=
|party75=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes75=36677|seats75=0|sc75=
|party76=[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]]|votes76=30654|seats76=0|sc76=
|party77=Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal|votes77=26027|seats77=0|sc77=
|party78=National Panthers Party|votes78=24638|seats78=0|sc78=
|party79=[[Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava)]]|votes79=24417|seats79=0|sc79=
|party80=Shoshit Samaj Dal|votes80=24303|seats80=0|sc80=
|party81=Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti|votes81=23029|seats81=0|sc81=
|party82=[[Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha]]|votes82=20928|seats82=0|sc82=
|party83=[[Jammu and Kashmir Awami League]]|votes83=20843|seats83=0|sc83=
|party84=[[Amra Bangali]]|votes84=20372|seats84=0|sc84=
|party85=[[Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha]]|votes85=19202|seats85=0|sc85=
|party86=[[Garo National Council]]|votes86=16280|seats86=0|sc86=
|party87=[[Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]|votes87=14284|seats87=0|sc87=
|party88=[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes88=14160|seats88=0|sc88=
|party89=[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]|votes89=12952|seats89=0|sc89=
|party90=Bharatiya Vikash Party|votes90=11881|seats90=0|sc90=
|party91=[[United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front]]|votes91=11287|seats91=0|sc91=
|party92=[[Rajasthan Vikas Party]]|votes92=11267|seats92=0|sc92=
|party93=Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha|votes93=10064|seats93=0|sc93=
|party94=[[United Communist Party of India]]|votes94=10018|seats94=0|sc94=
|party95=[[Bharti Lok Lehar Party]]|votes95=9959|seats95=0|sc95=
|party96=[[Samajwadi Jan Parishad]]|votes96=9848|seats96=0|sc96=
|party97=[[Hindustan Janata Party]]|votes97=9476|seats97=0|sc97=
|party98=Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad|votes98=9367|seats98=0|sc98=
|party99=[[Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress]]|votes99=8623|seats99=0|sc99=
|party100=[[Jharkhand People's Party]]|votes100=7111|seats100=0|sc100=
|party101=Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh)|votes101=6671|seats101=0|sc101=
|party102=Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey)|votes102=6455|seats102=0|sc102=
|party103=Bharatiya Rajiv Congress|votes103=6122|seats103=0|sc103=
|party104=[[Kisan Vikas Party]]|votes104=5905|seats104=0|sc104=
|party105=Jai Telengana Party|votes105=5847|seats105=0|sc105=
|party106=Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena|votes106=5718|seats106=0|sc106=
|party107=All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress|votes107=5588|seats107=0|sc107=
|party108=Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party|votes108=5495|seats108=0|sc108=
|party109=Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party|votes109=4852|seats109=0|sc109=
|party110=Shoshit Samaj Party|votes110=4722|seats110=0|sc110=
|party111=Rashtriya Aikta Manch|votes111=4596|seats111=0|sc111=
|party112=Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI)|votes112=4525|seats112=0|sc112=
|party113=The Humanist Party of India|votes113=4439|seats113=0|sc113=
|party114=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)]]|votes114=4420|seats114=0|sc114=
|party115=Rashtriya Ali Sena|votes115=4371|seats115=0|sc115=
|party116=Sanatan Samaj Party|votes116=4238|seats116=0|sc116=
|party117=Orissa Congress|votes117=4048|seats117=0|sc117=
|party118=Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)|votes118=3763|seats118=0|sc118=
|party119=Rastreeya Praja Parishat|votes119=3688|seats119=0|sc119=
|party120=[[Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh]]|votes120=3030|seats120=0|sc120=
|party121=Golden India Party|votes121=3002|seats121=0|sc121=
|party122=Adarsh Lok Dal|votes122=2909|seats122=0|sc122=
|party123=Manava Party|votes123=2903|seats123=0|sc123=
|party124=[[Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha]]|votes124=2723|seats124=0|sc124=
|party125=Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India|votes125=2503|seats125=0|sc125=
|party126=[[All India Minorities Front]]|votes126=2480|seats126=0|sc126=
|party127=Bahujan Kranti Dal|votes127=2466|seats127=0|sc127=
|party128=Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena|votes128=2392|seats128=0|sc128=
|party129=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes129=2167|seats129=0|sc129=
|party130=Gareebjan Samaj Party|votes130=2009|seats130=0|sc130=
|party131=Andhra Nadu Party|votes131=1915|seats131=0|sc131=
|party132=[[All India Muslim Forum]]|votes132=1866|seats132=0|sc132=
|party133=Bahujan Vikas Party|votes133=1833|seats133=0|sc133=
|party134=Pragati Sheel Party|votes134=1828|seats134=0|sc134=
|party135=Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha|votes135=1708|seats135=0|sc135=
|party136=Tamilaga Janata|votes136=1697|seats136=0|sc136=
|party137=Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party|votes137=1609|seats137=0|sc137=
|party138=Prism|votes138=1595|seats138=0|sc138=
|party139=United Citizens Party|votes139=1591|seats139=0|sc139=
|party140=Bharatiya Jan Sabha|votes140=1425|seats140=0|sc140=
|party141=Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das|votes141=1394|seats141=0|sc141=
|party142=Socialist Party (Lohia)|votes142=1321|seats142=0|sc142=
|party143=Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal|votes143=1277|seats143=0|sc143=
|party144=Agrajan Party|votes144=1269|seats144=0|sc144=
|party145=Ekta Krandi Dal U.P.|votes145=1246|seats145=0|sc145=
|party146=All India Gareeb Congress|votes146=1222|seats146=0|sc146=
|party147=Republican Presidium Party of India|votes147=1215|seats147=0|sc147=
|party148=Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party|votes148=1199|seats148=0|sc148=
|party149=Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party|votes149=1162|seats149=0|sc149=
|party150=Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha|votes150=1111|seats150=0|sc150=
|party151=Nagaland Peoples Party|votes151=1066|seats151=0|sc151=
|party152=Bharatiya Momin Front|votes152=1045|seats152=0|sc152=
|party153=Manav Samaj Party|votes153=1036|seats153=0|sc153=
|party154=Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party|votes154=946|seats154=0|sc154=
|party155=Hindustan Inqualab Party|votes155=883|seats155=0|sc155=
|party156=Jan Samanta Party|votes156=828|seats156=0|sc156=
|party157=Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal|votes157=754|seats157=0|sc157=
|party158=Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress|votes158=751|seats158=0|sc158=
|party159=Ambedkarbadi Party|votes159=736|seats159=0|sc159=
|party160=Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party|votes160=710|seats160=0|sc160=
|party161=Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi|votes161=703|seats161=0|sc161=
|party162=National Republican Party|votes162=694|seats162=0|sc162=
|party163=Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party|votes163=614|seats163=0|sc163=
|party164=Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party|votes164=609|seats164=0|sc164=
|party165=Hind Morcha|votes165=590|seats165=0|sc165=
|party166=Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party|votes166=576|seats166=0|sc166=
|party167=Uttar Pradesh Republican Party|votes167=552|seats167=0|sc167=
|party168=Kranti Dal|votes168=501|seats168=0|sc168=
|party169=Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party|votes169=494|seats169=0|sc169=
|party170=Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party|votes170=412|seats170=0|sc170=
|party171=Bharatiya Asht Jan Party|votes171=363|seats171=0|sc171=
|party172=Telangana Praja Party|votes172=344|seats172=0|sc172=
|party173=Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi|votes173=343|seats173=0|sc173=
|party174=Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party|votes174=306|seats174=0|sc174=
|party175=Rashtriya Janta Congress|votes175=297|seats175=0|sc175=
|party176=Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas)|votes176=150|seats176=0|sc176=
|party177=Indian Republican Front|votes177=118|seats177=0|sc177=
|party178=Independents|votes178=8719952|seats178=6|sc178=
|row179=Nominated [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats179=2
|total_sc=0
|invalid=7065039
|electorate=605880192
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/ ECI]
}}

==Overall result==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" | 16 February 1998
|[[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Dasarath Deb]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
|[[1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 February 1998
|[[1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dilip Parikh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Keshubhai Patel]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|28 February 1998
|[[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 25 November 1998
| [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| [[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 November 1998
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Delhi===
{{Main|1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1952071|seats1=52|sc1=+38
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=1390689|seats2=15|sc2=–34
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|votes3=73385|seats3=1|sc3=–3
|party20=Others|votes20=316346|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=355773|seats21=2|sc21=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=36722
|electorate=8420141
|source=ECI<ref name=results1998>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3873-delhi-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Gujarat===
{{Main|1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election results
|party1=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes1=7300826|sw1=-4|seats1=117
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=5677386|seats2=53|sw2=+8
|party3=[[Rashtriya Janata Party|AIRJP]]|votes3=1902171|seats3=4
|party4= [[Janata Dal]]|votes4=429283|seats4=4
|party5=[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|votes5=854142|seats5=3
|party6=[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]|votes6=64913|seats6=1
|pary7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]|votes7=19665|seats7=0
|party8=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|votes8= 12742|seats8=0|sw8=0
|party9=[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]|votes9=10292|seats9=0|sw9=0
|party10=SAP|votes10=7512
|party11=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes11=4642
|party12=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes12=2800
|party13=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]|votes13=1884
|invalid=761449
|electorate= 28774443
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Assembly elections on 1998|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3837-gujarat-1998/}}</ref>
}}

===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1110055|seats1=31|sc1=
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=31|votes2=995482
|party3=[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]|seasts3=5|votes3=245584
|party4=Independents and Others
|seats4=1
|votes4=200248
|source= <ref>[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/india/states/hima1.txt Adam Carr's Election Archive]</ref>}}

===Madhya Pradesh===
{{Main|1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|- style="background: cyan;"
| 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 (politician)|Independent]]
| 320
| 8
| - 1
| 6.49
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''320'''
|
|
|}

===Meghalaya===
{{Main|1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ [[1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 16 February 1998 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 293,346 || 35.03 ||0.41 {{Increase}}
| 25 || 1 {{Increase}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor={{party color|United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)}}|
|align="left" |[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP){{ref label|alpha|a}}
| 226,026||26.99||6.48 {{decrease}}
|20 ||1 {{decrease}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="red" |
| align="left" |[[People's Democratic Movement (Meghalaya)|People's Democratic Movement]] (PDM)
|58,225
|6.95
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|3
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="blue" |
|align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]]
|56,682
|6.77
|
|3
|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" |
|align="left" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|41,924
|5.01
|1.33 {{increase}}
|3
|3 {{Increase}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="yellow"|
|align="left" |[[Garo National Council]] (GNC)
|17,650
|2.11
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|1
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="indigo"|
|align="left" |Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)
|4,754
|0.57
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
|1,387
|0.17
|0.03 {{increase}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|1,253
|0.15
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|align="left" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
|742
|0.09
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Janata Dal]]
|38
|0.0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 135,356 || 17.28 ||1.12 {{Decrease}}
| 5 ||5 {{decrease}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 837,383 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/|title=Meghalaya 1998|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
|}
{{note label|alpha|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|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]]. Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.

===Mizoram===
{{Main|1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes1=84444|seats1=21|sc1={{increase}}7
|party2=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes2=69078|seats2=12|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=100608|seats3=6|sc3={{decrease}}10
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=8448|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Janata Dal]]|votes5=947|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=940|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes7=774|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes8=588|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Maraland Democratic Front]]|votes9=7721|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Zoram Nationalist Party|Mizo National Front (Nationalist)]]|votes10=31190|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=33200|seats11=1|sc11={{decrease}}9
|total_sc=0
|valid=337938
|invalid=1913
|electorate=445366
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3663-mizoram-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 17 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Nagaland===
{{Main|1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=103206|seats1=53|sc1=+18
|party5=Independents|votes5=100226|seats5=7|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2356
|electorate=260646
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3640-nagaland-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Rajasthan===
{{Main|1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|seats1=153|sc1={{increase}} 77
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=33|sc2={{decrease}} 62
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}} 3
|party4=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|seats4=2|sc4={{increase}} 2
|party5=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|seats6=1|sc6=0
|party7=Independents|seats7=7|sc7={{decrease}} 14
|total_sc=+1
}}

===Tripura===
{{Main|1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1998/|title=1998 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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 (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 22,526
| 1.65%
| 2
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 60
| 2
| 44,940
| 3.29%
| 1
|-
! Total
! 270
! 60
! 1,366,966
!
!
|}

==Legislative By-elections==
===Jammu and Kashmir===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/403 |title=AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Jammu West Assembly constituency|Jammu West]]||33.56%||[[Ashok Kumar Khajuria]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||13,164||54.61%||Ved Kumar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,967||28.9%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''6,197'''
|-
|}

==Rajya Sabha==
{{Main|1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
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