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 Odisha 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 39.02% 43.51%

CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected CM

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Result

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,110,05543.5031–21
Bharatiya Janata Party995,48239.0131+23
Himachal Vikas Congress245,5849.625New
Others93,6933.6700
Independents106,7644.181–6
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
KinnaurSTChet Ram Negi Bharatiya Janata Party
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Indian National Congress
ChopalNoneYogendra Chandar Indian National Congress
KumarsainNoneJai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress
TheogNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress
SimlaNoneNarinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party
KasumptiSCRoop Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
ArkiNoneDharam Pal Thakur Indian National Congress
DoonNoneLajja Ram Indian National Congress
NalagarhNoneHari Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress
SolanNoneKrishna Mohini Indian National Congress
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress
RainkaSCPrem Singh Indian National Congress
ShillaiNoneHarsh Wardhan Indian National Congress
Paonta DoonNoneRattan Singh Indian National Congress
NahanNoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress
KotkehloorNoneRam Lal Thakur Indian National Congress
BilaspurNoneJagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party
GhumarwinNoneKashmir Singh Indian National Congress
GeharwinSCRikhi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
NadaunNoneBabu Ram Mandial Bharatiya Janata Party
HamirpurNoneUrmila Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
BamsanNonePrem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party
NadauntaNoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
GagretSCKuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress
ChintpurniNoneParveen Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
SantokgarhNoneJai Krishan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
UnaNoneVirender Gautam Indian National Congress
KutleharNoneRam Dass Malangar Bharatiya Janata Party
NurpurNoneRakesh Pathania Bharatiya Janata Party
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
JawaliNoneRajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress
JaswanNoneViplove Thakur Indian National Congress
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh Chand Independent
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Ravi Bharatiya Janata Party
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
BaijnathNoneSant Ram Indian National Congress
PalampurNoneBrij Behari Lal Butail Indian National Congress
SulahNoneBipan Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party
NagrotaNoneG.s.bali Indian National Congress
ShahpurNoneSarveen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
DharamsalaNoneKishan Chand Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
KangraNoneVidya Sagar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
BhattiyatNoneKishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
BanikhetNoneAsha Kumari Indian National Congress
RajnagarSCMohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
ChambaNoneHarsh Mahajan Indian National Congress
BharmourSTTulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
Lahaul And SpitiSTRam Lal Markanda Himachal Vikas Congress
KuluNoneChander Sain Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
BanjarNoneKaran Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
AniSCIshwar Dass Indian National Congress
KarsogSCMansa Ram Himachal Vikas Congress
ChachiotNoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
NachanSCTek Chand Indian National Congress
SundernagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BalhSCParkash Himachal Vikas Congress
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress
DharampurNoneMahender Singh Himachal Vikas Congress
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Indian National Congress
DarangNoneKaul Sing Indian National Congress
MandiNoneSukh Ram Himachal Vikas Congress

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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