India · 1998

Lok Sabha General Election 1998

Party-wise seats, vote share, constituency map and results.

Seats

543

Declared

543

Majority

272

State wise results All constituencies All Lok Sabha

Seat Distribution

By alliance · parties with >5 seats · others

Party Wise Results

Party	Seats won	Contested	Vote share	Total votes
BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party	182	388	25.59%	94,266,188
INC · Indian National Congress	141	477	25.82%	95,111,131
CPM · Communist Party of India (Marxist)	32	71	5.16%	18,991,867
SP · Samajwadi Party	20	166	4.93%	18,167,640
ADMK · All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18	23	1.83%	6,731,550
RJD · Rashtriya Janata Dal	17	116	2.78%	10,229,971
TDP · Telugu Desam	12	35	2.77%	10,199,463
SAP · Samata Party	12	57	1.76%	6,491,639
CPI · Communist Party of India	9	58	1.75%	6,429,569
BJD · Biju Janata Dal	9	12	1.00%	3,669,825
SAD · Shiromani Akali Dal	8	8	0.81%	3,001,769
WBTC · West Bengal Trinamool Congress	7	29	2.42%	8,920,583
JD · Janata Dal	6	191	3.24%	11,930,209
IND · Independent	6	474	2.37%	8,719,030
SHS · Shivsena	6	79	1.77%	6,528,566
DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6	18	1.44%	5,308,388
BSP · Bahujan Samaj Party	5	251	4.67%	17,186,779
RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party	5	5	0.55%	2,032,585
HLD(R) · Haryana Lok Dal (Rastriya)	4	7	0.53%	1,956,087
PMK · Pattali Makkal Katchi	4	5	0.42%	1,548,976
RPI · Republican Party of India	4	20	0.37%	1,351,019
TMC(M) · Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	3	20	1.40%	5,169,183
LS · Lok Shakti	3	33	0.69%	2,548,725
MDMK · Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	5	0.44%	1,602,504
JKN · Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	3	6	0.21%	784,669
FBL · Forward Bloc	2	4	0.33%	1,213,965
MUL · Muslim League Kerala State Committee	2	7	0.22%	800,765
AC · Arunachal Congress	2	2	0.05%	172,496
AIRJP · All India Rashtriya Janata Party	1	38	0.56%	2,071,643
SJP(R) · Samajwadi Janata Party(Rashtriya)	1	20	0.32%	1,181,083
HVP · Haryana Vikas Party	1	4	0.24%	875,803
AIMIM · All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1	1	0.13%	485,785
AIIC(S) · All India Indira Congress (Secular)	1	9	0.12%	457,510
JP · Janata Party	1	16	0.12%	444,305
UMFA · United Minorities Front, Assam	1	1	0.10%	357,759
KEC(M) · Kerala Congress (M)	1	1	0.10%	356,168
PWPI · Peasants And Workers Party of India	1	2	0.07%	269,609
MSCP · Manipur State Congress Party	1	2	0.05%	190,358
ASDC · Autonomous State Demand Committee	1	1	0.05%	184,241
SDF · Sikkim Democratic Front	1	1	0.03%	102,440
JMM · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	16	0.36%	1,324,548
AGP · Asom Gana Parishad	0	10	0.29%	1,064,977
CPI(ML)(L) · Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)	0	41	0.25%	912,698
BKKGP · Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party	0	27	0.19%	711,080
AD · Apna Dal	0	60	0.15%	562,946
PT · Puthiya Tamilagam	0	15	0.12%	446,583
NTRTDP(LP) · NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	0	5	0.10%	384,211
KTVP · Karnataka Vikash Party	0	19	0.10%	371,346
KEC · Kerala Congress	0	1	0.09%	327,649
MADMK · M.G.R.Anna D.M.Kazhagam	0	3	0.08%	278,324
FB(S) · Forward Bloc (Socialist)	0	1	0.07%	272,974
MCO · Marxist Co-Ordination	0	1	0.07%	263,901
SAD(M) · Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	0	4	0.07%	248,529
JMM(M) · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)	0	3	0.07%	240,897
BJC · Bihar Jana Congress	0	14	0.06%	222,371
UDP · United Democratic Party	0	2	0.06%	213,924
GGP · Gondvana Gantantra Party	0	15	0.05%	196,662
JKP(N) · Jharkhand Party (Naren)	0	2	0.05%	181,018
Total	543	—	100%	368,375,778