1998 Indian general election in Haryana

1998 Indian general election in Haryana

16 Feb 1998

10 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
INLD
INC
BJP
Party INLD INC BJP
Last election New 2 4
Seats won 4 3 1
Seat change New 1 3
Percentage 25.90% 26.02% 18.89%
Swing New 8.91% 10.32%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
HVP
BSP
Party HVP BSP
Last election 3 0
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 2 1
Percentage 11.60% 7.68
Swing 8.89% 5.72%


Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
JD

Prime Minister after election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

The 1998 Indian general election in Haryana was held for 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.[1]

Parties and alliances

  Indian National Congress

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Bhajan Lal Bishnoi 10
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Lok Dal Om Prakash Chautala 7
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Ramesh Joshi 6
2. Haryana Vikas Party Bansi Lal 4

Result by party

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INLD 19,56,087 25.90 7 4 4
INC 19,65,397 26.02 3.38 10 3 1
NDA BJP 14,27,086 18.89 0.85 6 1 3
HVP 8,75,803 11.60 3.59 4 1 2
Total 23,02,889 30.49 4.44 10 2 5
BSP 5,80,152 7.68 1.09 3 1 1
SJP(R) 4,02,382 5.33 5 0
SHS 1,45,452 1.93 3 0
JD 28,513 0.38 1.16 4 0
CPI(M) 25,366 0.34 1 0
SP 15,783 0.21 0.92 5 0
CPI 11,270 0.15 1 0
Others 26,225 0.33 13 0
IND 93,288 1.24 9.01 78 0 1
Total 75,52,804 100% - 140 10 -

List of elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Ambala (SC) Aman Kumar Nagra BSP 273,792 36.97 Suraj Bhan BJP 270,928 36.58 2,864 0.39
2 Kurukshetra Kailasho Devi INLD 333,387 43.57 Kuldip Sharma INC 191,867 25.07 141,520 18.50
3 Karnal Bhajan Lal INC 327,750 41.14 I. D. Swami BJP 275,689 34.60 52,061 6.54
4 Sonepat Kishan Singh INLD 290,299 41.94 Abhey Ram Dahiya HVP 152,975 22.10 137,324 19.84
5 Rohtak Bhupinder Singh INC 254,951 38.66 Devi Lal (son of Lekh Ram) INLD 254,568 38.61 383 0.05
6 Faridabad Ramchander Bainda BJP 304,022 33.81 Khurshid Ahmad INC 288,679 32.10 15,343 1.71
7 Mahendragarh Inderjit Singh INC 329,126 41.50 Col. Ram Singh BJP 260,990 32.91 68,136 8.59
8 Bhiwani Surender Singh (son of Bansi Lal) HVP 361,257 48.17 Ajay Singh INLD 351,546 46.87 9,711 1.30
9 Hissar Surender Singh Barwala INLD 260,271 35.89 Om Parkash Jindal HVP 179,780 24.79 80,491 11.10
10 Sirsa (SC) Dr. Sushil Kumar Indora INLD 309,451 42.33 Selja INC 215,521 29.48 93,930 12.85

References

  1. ^ "General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 May 2023.