General elections were held in India in 1998 to constitute the 12th Lok Sabha, after the government led by I. K. Gujral collapsed when Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew support in November 1997.[1] The outcome of the new elections was once again indecisive, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. Turnout for the election was 61.97%. [2] BJP once again wins Nineteen seats but Congress also wins seven-seat out of a total of twenty-six seats.
Party | Seats won | |
---|---|---|
Bharatiya Janata Party | 19 | |
Indian National Congress | 7 |
No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kachchh | GADHVI PUSHPADAN SHAMBHUDAN | BJP |
2 | Surendranagar | DAVE BHAVNABEN KARDAMKUMAR | BJP |
3 | Jamnagar | KORADIA CHANDRESHBHAI VALJIBHAI
(CHANDRESH PATEL) |
BJP |
4 | Rajkot | DR.KATHIRIYA VALLABHBHAI RAMJIBHAI | BJP |
5 | Porbandar | JAVIYA GORDHANBHAI JADAVBHAI | BJP |
6 | Junagadh | CHIKHALIYA BHAVANABEN DEVRAJBHAI | BJP |
7 | Amreli | DILEEP SANGHANI | BJP |
8 | Bhavnagar | RANA RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH
(RAJUBHAI RANA) |
BJP |
9 | Dhandhuka (SC) | VARMA RATILAL KALIDAS | BJP |
10 | AHMEDABAD | HARIN PATHAK | BJP |
11 | Gandhinagar | ADVANI LALKRISHNA | BJP |
12 | Mahesana | DR. A.K.PATEL | BJP |
13 | Patan (SC) | KANODIYA MAHESH KUMAR MITHABHAI | BJP |
14 | BANASKANTHA | CHAUDHARI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI | BJP |
15 | SABARKANTHA | NISHABEN AMARSINHBHAI CHAUDHARI | INC |
16 | Kapadvanj | CHAUHAN JAYSINHJI MANSHINGJI | BJP |
17 | DOHAD (ST) | DAMOR SOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI | INC |
18 | Godhra | PATEL SHANTILAL PARSHOTAMDAS | INC |
19 | KAIRA | DINSHA PATEL | INC |
20 | Anand | CHAVDA ISHVARBHAI KHODABHAI | INC |
21 | Chota Udaipur (ST) | NARANBHAI JEMALABHAI RATHAWA | INC |
22 | BARODA | THAKKAR JAYABEN BHARATKUMAR | BJP |
23 | BROACH | CHANDUBHAI SHANABHAI DESHMUKH | BJP |
24 | Surat | KASHIRAM RANA | BJP |
25 | MANDAVI (ST) | GAMIT CHHITUBHAI DEVJIBHAI | INC |
26 | BULSAR (ST) | CHAUDHARI MANIBHAI RAMJIBHAI | BJP |