1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1998 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party won an equal number of seats, but the BJP managed to form the government by allying with the Himachal Vikas Congress, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1][2][3] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[4]

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
28 February and 3 June 1998
All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
Registered3,628,864
Turnout71.23%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh
Party BJP INC
Seats before 8 52
Seats won 31 31
Seat change 23 21
Popular vote 995,482 1,110,055
Percentage 39.02% 43.51%
Swing 2.88% 5.31%
CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

 Elected CM

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Result
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,110,05543.503121
Bharatiya Janata Party995,48239.013123
Himachal Vikas Congress245,5849.625New
Others93,6933.6700
Independents106,7644.1816
Total2,551,578100.00680
Valid votes2,551,57898.72
Invalid/blank votes33,2061.28
Total votes2,584,784100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,628,86471.23
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
KinnaurSTChet Ram NegiBharatiya Janata Party 16667 Jagat Singh Negi Indian National Congress 13347
RampurSCSinghi RamIndian National Congress 23338 Ninzoo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 8773
RohruNoneVirbhadra SinghIndian National Congress 33637 Khushi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 7489
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam LalIndian National Congress 23762 Raj Pal Janata Dal 5728
ChopalNoneYogendra ChandarIndian National Congress 18972 Kewal Rama Chauhan Himachal Vikas Congress 6735
KumarsainNoneJai Bihari Lal KhachiIndian National Congress 19492 Ghanshyam Dass Independent 9917
TheogNoneVidya StokesIndian National Congress 21926 Rakesh Varma Bharatiya Janata Party 15844
SimlaNoneNarinder BragtaBharatiya Janata Party 14758 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress 12155
KasumptiSCRoop Dass KashyapBharatiya Janata Party 19700 Shonkia Ram Kashyap Indian National Congress 17786
ArkiNoneDharam Pal ThakurIndian National Congress 14327 Nagin Chandra Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 13749
DoonNoneLajja RamIndian National Congress 16002 Vinod Kumari Chander Independent 12854
NalagarhNoneHari Narayan SinghBharatiya Janata Party 23435 Vijayendra Singh Indian National Congress 18105
KasauliSCRaghu RajIndian National Congress 14113 Chaman Lall Himachal Vikas Congress 8541
SolanNoneKrishna MohiniIndian National Congress 12210 Mohinder Nath Sofat Bharatiya Janata Party 12184
PachhadSCGangu Ram MusafirIndian National Congress 24208 Kali Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 9832
RainkaSCPrem SinghIndian National Congress 20590 Roop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 9352
ShillaiNoneHarsh WardhanIndian National Congress 21234 Jagat Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11646
Paonta DoonNoneRattan SinghIndian National Congress 15569 Sukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13149
NahanNoneKush ParmarIndian National Congress 14798 Shyama Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 11808
KotkehloorNoneRam Lal ThakurIndian National Congress 20381 Krishan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 17321
BilaspurNoneJagat Prakash NaddaBharatiya Janata Party 21189 Babu Ram Gautam Indian National Congress 13140
GhumarwinNoneKashmir SinghIndian National Congress 18066 Karam Dev Bharatiya Janata Party 16527
GeharwinSCRikhi RamBharatiya Janata Party 18268 Beeru Ram Indian National Congress 16682
NadaunNoneBabu Ram MandialBharatiya Janata Party 16917 Narain Chand Prashar Indian National Congress 16337
HamirpurNoneUrmila ThakurBharatiya Janata Party 20577 Anita Verma Indian National Congress 16387
BamsanNonePrem Kumar DhumalBharatiya Janata Party 20715 Kuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 11887
MewaSCIshwar Dass DhimanBharatiya Janata Party 19949 Prem Kaushal Indian National Congress 14532
NadauntaNoneBaldev SharmaBharatiya Janata Party 20706 Manjit Singh Indian National Congress 16021
GagretSCKuldeep KumarIndian National Congress 17984 Satpaul Bharatiya Janata Party 14480
ChintpurniNoneParveen SharmaBharatiya Janata Party 12764 Hari Dutt Indian National Congress 12111
SantokgarhNoneJai Krishan SharmaBharatiya Janata Party 13136 Onkar Sharma Indian National Congress 10825
UnaNoneVirender GautamIndian National Congress 18201 Subhash Sahore Bharatiya Janata Party 12427
KutleharNoneRam Dass MalangarBharatiya Janata Party 11660 Mahendra Pal Indian National Congress 11657
NurpurNoneRakesh PathaniaBharatiya Janata Party 24516 Ranjeet Singh Bakshi Indian National Congress 22110
GangathSCDes RajBharatiya Janata Party 18771 Bodh Raj Indian National Congress 18623
JawaliNoneRajan SushantBharatiya Janata Party 24041 Sujan Singh Indian National Congress 17014
GulerNoneChander KumarIndian National Congress 18674 Harbans Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 13806
JaswanNoneViplove ThakurIndian National Congress 14944 Bikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 9081
PragpurSCVirender KumarBharatiya Janata Party 17513 Yog Raj Indian National Congress 16241
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh ChandIndependent 11517 Kewal Singh Indian National Congress 10456
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh RaviBharatiya Janata Party 17132 Aishwarya Dev Chand Indian National Congress 12262
RajgirSCAtma RamBharatiya Janata Party 13708 Milkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 10276
BaijnathNoneSant RamIndian National Congress 15684 Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 14782
PalampurNoneBrij Behari Lal ButailIndian National Congress 18450 Shiv Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 17658
SulahNoneBipan Singh ParmarBharatiya Janata Party 14690 Jagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress 14565
NagrotaNoneG.s.baliIndian National Congress 17538 Ram Chand Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 16314
ShahpurNoneSarveen ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party 20919 Major Vijai Singh Mankotia Indian National Congress 18101
DharamsalaNoneKishan Chand KapoorBharatiya Janata Party 16522 Ram Swaroop Indian National Congress 13167
KangraNoneVidya Sagar ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party 21695 Daulat Chaudhary Indian National Congress 14484
BhattiyatNoneKishori LalBharatiya Janata Party 20387 Kuldip Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 12578
BanikhetNoneAsha KumariIndian National Congress 22509 Renu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party 22088
RajnagarSCMohan LalBharatiya Janata Party 16064 Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress 12739
ChambaNoneHarsh MahajanIndian National Congress 19562 Kewal Krishan Bharatiya Janata Party 14411
BharmourSTTulsi RamBharatiya Janata Party 16068 Thakar Singh Indian National Congress 12244
Lahaul And SpitiSTRam Lal MarkandaHimachal Vikas Congress 5113 Raghubir Singh Indian National Congress 4467
KuluNoneChander Sain ThakurBharatiya Janata Party 24467 Raj Krishan Gaur Indian National Congress 24429
BanjarNoneKaran SinghBharatiya Janata Party 25696 Satya Prakash Thakur Indian National Congress 22961
AniSCIshwar DassIndian National Congress 23780 Tej Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 21310
KarsogSCMansa RamHimachal Vikas Congress 13009 Joginder Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 11077
ChachiotNoneJai Ram ThakurBharatiya Janata Party 15337 Moti Ram Indian National Congress 9558
NachanSCTek ChandIndian National Congress 14390 Dile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13631
SundernagarNoneRoop SinghBharatiya Janata Party 13136 Sher Singh Indian National Congress 12367
BalhSCParkashHimachal Vikas Congress 20594 Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 13295
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram RaoIndian National Congress 20574 Teg Singh Himachal Vikas Congress 12532
DharampurNoneMahender SinghHimachal Vikas Congress 14562 Natha Singh Indian National Congress 13596
Joginder NagarNoneGulab SinghIndian National Congress 13862 Ganga Ram Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party 12171
DarangNoneKaul SingIndian National Congress 23616 Jawahar Lal Himachal Vikas Congress 10598
MandiNoneSukh RamHimachal Vikas Congress 25656 Kanhaiya Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 6667

See also

References
  1. "BJP announces Prem Kumar Dhumal as Himachal CM candidate". 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2022. He is an Indian politician who has twice been Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from March 1998 to March 2003 and again ...
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha - Dhumal, Prof. Prem Kumar". Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. "Hon'ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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