1998 Indian general election in Gujarat

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.

Results

Party-wise

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	26	19	3	78,64,750	48.28	0.24
	Indian National Congress	25	7	3	59,45,219	36.49	2.2
	Rashtriya Janata Party	20	0	New	16,63,145	10.21	New
	Janata Dal	15	0		4,78,652	2.94	2.52
	Independents (politician)	30	0		1,83,804	1.13	6.35

Constituency wise

No.	Constituency	Type	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
1	Kutch	GEN	Pushpdan Shambhudan Gadhavi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Surendranagar	GEN	Bhavna Dave
3	Jamnagar	GEN	Chandresh Patel Kordia
4	Rajkot	GEN	Vallabhbhai Kathiria
5	Porbandar	GEN	Gordhanbhai Javia
6	Junagadh	GEN	Bhavna Chikhalia
7	Amreli	GEN	Dileep Sanghani
8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rajendrasinh Rana
9	Dhandhuka	SC	Ratilal Kalidas Varma
10	Ahmedabad	GEN	Harin Pathak
11	Gandhinagar	GEN	Lal Krishna Advani
12	Mehsana	GEN	A.K. Patel
13	Patan	SC	Mahesh Kanodia
14	Banaskantha	GEN	Haribhai Chaudhary
15	Sabarkantha	GEN	Nisha Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
16	Kapadvanj	GEN	Jaysinhji Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Dohad	ST	Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai		Indian National Congress
18	Godhra	GEN	Shantilal Patel
19	Kaira	GEN	Dinsha Patel
20	Anand	GEN	Ishwarbhai Chavda
21	Chhota Udaipur	ST	Naranbhai Rathwa
22	Baroda	GEN	Jayaben Thakkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
23	Broach	GEN	Chandubhai Deshmukh
24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana
25	Mandvi	ST	Chhitubhai Gamit		Indian National Congress
26	Bulsar	ST	Manibhai Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party

References

1. "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.
2. "Elections in Gujarat in 1998".