1998 Indian general election

1998 Indian general election
543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha; 272 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.97% ( 4.03%)
Prime Minister before election; Inder Kumar Gujral; Janata Dal	Prime Minister after election ; Atal Bihari Vajpayee; BJP

General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the 12th Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997.^[2]

The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew their support.^[3] This led to fresh elections in 1999.^[4]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats

	Indian National Congress	95,111,131	25.82	141
	Bharatiya Janata Party	94,266,188	25.59	182
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	18,991,867	5.16	32
	Samajwadi Party	18,167,640	4.93	20
	Bahujan Samaj Party	17,186,779	4.67	5
	Janata Dal	11,930,209	3.24	6
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10,229,971	2.78	17
	Telugu Desam Party	10,199,463	2.77	12
	West Bengal Trinamool Congress	8,920,583	2.42	7
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6,731,550	1.83	18
	Shiv Sena	6,528,566	1.77	6
	Samata Party	6,491,639	1.76	12
	Communist Party of India	6,429,569	1.75	9
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,308,388	1.44	6
	Tamil Maanila Congress	5,169,183	1.40	3
	Biju Janata Dal	3,669,825	1.00	9
	Shiromani Akali Dal	3,001,769	0.81	8
	Lok Shakti	2,548,725	0.69	3
	All India Rashtriya Janata Party	2,071,643	0.56	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,032,585	0.55	5
	Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)	1,956,087	0.53	4
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1,602,504	0.44	3
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	1,548,976	0.42	4
	Republican Party of India	1,351,019	0.37	4
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,324,548	0.36	0
	All India Forward Bloc	1,213,965	0.33	2
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	1,181,083	0.32	1
	Asom Gana Parishad	1,064,977	0.29	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	912,698	0.25	0
	Haryana Vikas Party	875,803	0.24	1
	Muslim League Kerala State Committee	800,765	0.22	2
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	784,669	0.21	3
	Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party	711,080	0.19	0
		562,946	0.15	0
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	485,785	0.13	1
	All India Indira Congress (Secular)	457,510	0.12	1
	Puthiya Tamilagam	446,583	0.12	0
	Janata Party	444,305	0.12	1
	NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	384,211	0.10	0
	Karnataka Vikas Party	371,346	0.10	0
	United Minorities Front, Assam	357,759	0.10	1
	Kerala Congress (M)	356,168	0.10	1
	Kerala Congress	327,649	0.09	0
	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	278,324	0.08	0
	Forward Bloc (Socialist)	272,974	0.07	0
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	269,609	0.07	1
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	263,901	0.07	0
	Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	248,529	0.07	0
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)	240,897	0.07	0
	Bihar Jana Congress	222,371	0.06	0
	United Democratic Party	213,924	0.06	0
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party	196,662	0.05	0
	Manipur State Congress Party	190,358	0.05	1
	Autonomous State Demand Committee	184,241	0.05	1
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	181,018	0.05	0
	Arunachal Congress	172,496	0.05	2
	Ajeya Bharat Party	157,854	0.04	0
	United Reservation Movement Council of Assam	151,543	0.04	0
	National Loktantrik Party	147,706	0.04	0
	United Goans Democratic Party	132,558	0.04	0
	Mahabharat People's Party	115,785	0.03	0
	Sikkim Democratic Front	102,440	0.03	1
	Peoples Democratic Party	92,083	0.02	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Sena	90,035	0.02	0
	Indian National League	86,697	0.02	0
	Himachal Vikas Congress	85,046	0.02	0
	Mizo National Front	82,047	0.02	0
	Savarn Samaj Party	76,980	0.02	0
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	70,191	0.02	0
	Jharkhand Party	63,836	0.02	0
	Hill State People's Democratic Party	62,144	0.02	0
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	43,770	0.01	0
	Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)	43,402	0.01	0
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	36,677	0.01	0
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	30,654	0.01	0
	Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal	26,027	0.01	0
	National Panthers Party	24,638	0.01	0
	Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava)	24,417	0.01	0
	Shoshit Samaj Dal	24,303	0.01	0
	Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti	23,029	0.01	0
	Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha	20,928	0.01	0
	Jammu and Kashmir Awami League	20,843	0.01	0
	Amra Bangali	20,372	0.01	0
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha	19,202	0.01	0
	Garo National Council	16,280	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	14,284	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	14,160	0.00	0
	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	12,952	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Vikash Party	11,881	0.00	0
	United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front	11,287	0.00	0
	Rajasthan Vikas Party	11,267	0.00	0
	Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha	10,064	0.00	0
	United Communist Party of India	10,018	0.00	0
	Bharti Lok Lehar Party	9,959	0.00	0
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	9,848	0.00	0
	Hindustan Janata Party	9,476	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad	9,367	0.00	0
	Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress	8,623	0.00	0
	Jharkhand People's Party	7,111	0.00	0
	Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh)	6,671	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey)	6,455	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Rajiv Congress	6,122	0.00	0
	Kisan Vikas Party	5,905	0.00	0
	Jai Telengana Party	5,847	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena	5,718	0.00	0
	All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress	5,588	0.00	0
	Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party	5,495	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party	4,852	0.00	0
	Shoshit Samaj Party	4,722	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Aikta Manch	4,596	0.00	0
	Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI)	4,525	0.00	0
	The Humanist Party of India	4,439	0.00	0
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)	4,420	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Ali Sena	4,371	0.00	0
	Sanatan Samaj Party	4,238	0.00	0
	Orissa Congress	4,048	0.00	0
	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	3,763	0.00	0
	Rastreeya Praja Parishat	3,688	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh	3,030	0.00	0
	Golden India Party	3,002	0.00	0
	Adarsh Lok Dal	2,909	0.00	0
	Manava Party	2,903	0.00	0
	Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha	2,723	0.00	0
	Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India	2,503	0.00	0
	All India Minorities Front	2,480	0.00	0
	Bahujan Kranti Dal	2,466	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena	2,392	0.00	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	2,167	0.00	0
	Gareebjan Samaj Party	2,009	0.00	0
	Andhra Nadu Party	1,915	0.00	0
	All India Muslim Forum	1,866	0.00	0
	Bahujan Vikas Party	1,833	0.00	0
	Pragati Sheel Party	1,828	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha	1,708	0.00	0
	Tamilaga Janata	1,697	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party	1,609	0.00	0
	Prism	1,595	0.00	0
	United Citizens Party	1,591	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Jan Sabha	1,425	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das	1,394	0.00	0
	Socialist Party (Lohia)	1,321	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal	1,277	0.00	0
	Agrajan Party	1,269	0.00	0
	Ekta Krandi Dal U.P.	1,246	0.00	0
	All India Gareeb Congress	1,222	0.00	0
	Republican Presidium Party of India	1,215	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party	1,199	0.00	0
	Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party	1,162	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha	1,111	0.00	0
	Nagaland Peoples Party	1,066	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Momin Front	1,045	0.00	0
	Manav Samaj Party	1,036	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party	946	0.00	0
	Hindustan Inqualab Party	883	0.00	0
	Jan Samanta Party	828	0.00	0
	Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal	754	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress	751	0.00	0
	Ambedkarbadi Party	736	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party	710	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi	703	0.00	0
	National Republican Party	694	0.00	0
	Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party	614	0.00	0
	Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party	609	0.00	0
	Hind Morcha	590	0.00	0
	Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party	576	0.00	0
	Uttar Pradesh Republican Party	552	0.00	0
	Kranti Dal	501	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party	494	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party	412	0.00	0
	Bharatiya Asht Jan Party	363	0.00	0
	Telangana Praja Party	344	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi	343	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party	306	0.00	0
	Rashtriya Janta Congress	297	0.00	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas)	150	0.00	0
	Indian Republican Front	118	0.00	0
	Independents	8,719,952	2.37	6
Nominated Anglo-Indians				2
Total		368,376,700	100.00	545

Valid votes		368,376,700	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		7,065,039	1.88
Total votes		375,441,739	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		605,880,192	61.97
Source: ECI

By state[]

State	Party	Acronym	Alliance	Seats
Andhra Pradesh	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	22
	Telugu Desam Party	TDP	NDA	12
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	4
	Others			4
	Total			42
Assam	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	10
	Others			3
	Total			13
Bihar	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	19
	Samata Party		NDA	10
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			17
	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	4
	Others			4
	Total			54
Gujarat	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	19
	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	7
	Total			26
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference	JKNC		3
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP		2
	Indian National Congress	INC		1
	Total			6
Karnataka	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	13
	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	9
	Others			6
	Total			28
Madhya Pradesh	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	30
	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	10
	Total			40
Maharashtra	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	31
	Republican Party of India	RPI	INC+	6
	Shiv Sena	SS	NDA	6
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	4
	Total			48
Orissa	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	4
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	7
	Biju Janata Dal	BJD	NDA	9
	Others			1
	Total			21
Rajasthan	Indian National Congress	INC	INC+	19
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	5
	Others			1
	Total			25
Tamil Nadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	NDA	18
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK		5
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	3
	Tamil Manila Congress			3
	Others			10
	Total			39
Uttar Pradesh	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	58
	Samajwadi Party	SP		19
	Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP		4
	Others
	Total			85
West Bengal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPM	LF	24
	Trinamool Congress	TMC		7
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	LF	4
	Communist party of India	CPI	LF	3
	All India Forward Block	AIFB		2
	Bhartiya Janata Party	BJP	NDA	1
	Others			1
	Total			42

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research". 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research". 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[4] "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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