HIMACHAL PRADESH · 1998
Seats68
Electors36.29 L
Votes polled25.85 L
Median turnout71.6%
Party standings
Indian National Congress
31
of 68 seats · 45.6%
4 short of a majority
Indian National Congress
31
Bharatiya Janta Party
31
Himachal Vikash Congress
5
Independent
1
Vote share by party
| Party | Seats | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 31 | 43.5% | |
| BJP | 31 | 39.0% | |
| HVC | 5 | 9.6% | |
| OTHERS | 1 | 5.7% | |
| BSP | — | 1.4% | |
| JD | — | 0.8% |
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KinnaurST | Chet Ram Negi | BJP | 34,233 | 3,320 | 9.7 | 72.4 |
| 2 | RampurSC | Singhi Ram | INC | 40,040 | 14,565 | 36.4 | 70.6 |
| 3 | Rohru | Virbhadra Singh | INC | 42,272 | 26,148 | 61.9 | 74.0 |
| 4 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | Ram Lal | INC | 35,017 | 18,034 | 51.5 | 70.3 |
| 5 | Chopal | Yogendra Chandar | INC | 33,009 | 12,237 | 37.1 | 73.1 |
| 6 | Kumarsain | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | INC | 36,034 | 9,575 | 26.6 | 72.2 |
| 7 | Theog | Vidya Stokes | INC | 38,892 | 6,082 | 15.6 | 79.3 |
| 8 | Simla | Narinder Bragta | BJP | 31,544 | 2,603 | 8.3 | 43.1 |
| 9 | KasumptiSC | Roop Dass Kashyap | BJP | 39,451 | 1,914 | 4.9 | 54.3 |
| 10 | Arki | Dharam Pal Thakur | INC | 34,608 | 578 | 1.7 | 71.0 |
| 11 | Doon | Lajja Ram | INC | 42,539 | 3,148 | 7.4 | 78.2 |
| 12 | Nalagarh | Hari Narayan Singh | BJP | 43,748 | 5,330 | 12.2 | 78.2 |
| 13 | KasauliSC | Raghu Raj | INC | 32,303 | 5,572 | 17.2 | 64.9 |
| 14 | Solan | Krishna Mohini | INC | 36,998 | 26 | 0.1 | 66.3 |
| 15 | PachhadSC | Gangu Ram Musafir | INC | 38,047 | 14,376 | 37.8 | 76.9 |
| 16 | RainkaSC | Prem Singh | INC | 31,996 | 11,238 | 35.1 | 73.9 |
| 17 | Shillai | Harsh Wardhan | INC | 34,785 | 9,588 | 27.6 | 79.0 |
| 18 | Paonta Doon | Rattan Singh | INC | 47,157 | 2,420 | 5.1 | 77.0 |
| 19 | Nahan | Kush Parmar | INC | 35,818 | 2,990 | 8.3 | 71.3 |
| 20 | Kotkehloor | Ram Lal Thakur | INC | 40,645 | 3,060 | 7.5 | 78.7 |
| 21 | Bilaspur | Jagat Prakash Nadda | BJP | 38,260 | 8,049 | 21.0 | 73.1 |
| 22 | Ghumarwin | Kashmir Singh | INC | 40,938 | 1,539 | 3.8 | 71.4 |
| 23 | GeharwinSC | Rikhi Ram | BJP | 37,131 | 1,586 | 4.3 | 73.8 |
| 24 | Nadaun | Babu Ram Mandial | BJP | 35,039 | 580 | 1.7 | 69.1 |
| 25 | Hamirpur | Urmila Thakur | BJP | 38,377 | 4,190 | 10.9 | 69.3 |
| 26 | Bamsan | Prem Kumar Dhumal | BJP | 34,668 | 8,828 | 25.5 | 71.6 |
| 27 | MewaSC | Ishwar Dass Dhiman | BJP | 37,585 | 5,417 | 14.4 | 71.3 |
| 28 | Nadaunta | Baldev Sharma | BJP | 39,704 | 4,685 | 11.8 | 72.5 |
| 29 | GagretSC | Kuldeep Kumar | INC | 34,721 | 3,504 | 10.1 | 71.5 |
| 30 | Chintpurni | Parveen Sharma | BJP | 34,900 | 653 | 1.9 | 69.5 |
| 31 | Santokgarh | Jai Krishan Sharma | BJP | 42,455 | 2,311 | 5.4 | 68.5 |
| 32 | Una | Virender Gautam | INC | 48,446 | 5,774 | 11.9 | 72.4 |
| 33 | Kutlehar | Ram Dass Malangar | BJP | 35,478 | 3 | 0.0 | 71.3 |
| 34 | Nurpur | Rakesh Pathania | BJP | 49,152 | 2,406 | 4.9 | 75.3 |
| 35 | GangathSC | Des Raj | BJP | 39,902 | 148 | 0.4 | 73.9 |
| 36 | Jawali | Rajan Sushant | BJP | 42,076 | 7,027 | 16.7 | 74.8 |
| 37 | Guler | Chander Kumar | INC | 33,267 | 4,868 | 14.6 | 74.3 |
| 38 | Jaswan | Viplove Thakur | INC | 30,239 | 5,863 | 19.4 | 69.9 |
| 39 | PragpurSC | Virender Kumar | BJP | 35,315 | 1,272 | 3.6 | 72.8 |
| 40 | Jawalamukhi | Ramesh Chand | IND | 35,878 | 1,061 | 3.0 | 73.9 |
| 41 | Thural | Ravinder Singh Ravi | BJP | 31,491 | 4,870 | 15.5 | 68.7 |
| 42 | RajgirSC | Atma Ram | BJP | 30,892 | 3,432 | 11.1 | 65.9 |
| 43 | Baijnath | Sant Ram | INC | 36,225 | 902 | 2.5 | 67.1 |
| 44 | Palampur | Brij Behari Lal Butail | INC | 38,662 | 792 | 2.0 | 69.0 |
| 45 | Sulah | Bipan Singh Parmar | BJP | 31,070 | 125 | 0.4 | 69.2 |
| 46 | Nagrota | G.S.Bali | INC | 40,100 | 1,224 | 3.1 | 74.7 |
| 47 | Shahpur | Sarveen Choudhary | BJP | 39,981 | 2,818 | 7.0 | 77.4 |
| 48 | Dharamsala | Kishan Chand Kapoor | BJP | 34,187 | 3,355 | 9.8 | 70.0 |
| 49 | Kangra | Vidya Sagar Chaudhary | BJP | 41,715 | 7,211 | 17.3 | 71.4 |
| 50 | Bhattiyat | Kishori Lal | BJP | 34,979 | 7,809 | 22.3 | 74.2 |
| 51 | Banikhet | Asha Kumari | INC | 46,345 | 421 | 0.9 | 70.9 |
| 52 | RajnagarSC | Mohan Lal | BJP | 35,802 | 3,325 | 9.3 | 70.0 |
| 53 | Chamba | Harsh Mahajan | INC | 36,670 | 5,151 | 14.0 | 70.6 |
| 54 | BharmourST | Tulsi Ram | BJP | 30,953 | 3,824 | 12.4 | 73.8 |
| 55 | Lahaul And SpitiST | Ram Lal Markanda | HVC | 15,176 | 646 | 4.3 | 73.5 |
| 56 | Kulu | Chander Sain Thakur | BJP | 51,564 | 38 | 0.1 | 64.5 |
| 57 | Banjar | Karan Singh | BJP | 55,127 | 2,735 | 5.0 | 71.4 |
| 58 | AniSC | Ishwar Dass | INC | 46,853 | 2,470 | 5.3 | 70.5 |
| 59 | KarsogSC | Mansa Ram | HVC | 36,851 | 1,932 | 5.2 | 71.6 |
| 60 | Chachiot | Jai Ram Thakur | BJP | 39,789 | 5,779 | 14.5 | 76.5 |
| 61 | NachanSC | Tek Chand | INC | 40,208 | 759 | 1.9 | 76.7 |
| 62 | Sundernagar | Roop Singh | BJP | 31,556 | 769 | 2.4 | 72.3 |
| 63 | BalhSC | Parkash | HVC | 45,057 | 7,299 | 16.2 | 75.9 |
| 64 | Gopalpur | Rangila Ram Rao | INC | 41,140 | 8,042 | 19.5 | 71.9 |
| 65 | Dharampur | Mahender Singh | HVC | 37,117 | 966 | 2.6 | 69.3 |
| 66 | Joginder Nagar | Gulab Singh | INC | 37,522 | 1,691 | 4.5 | 69.9 |
| 67 | Darang | Kaul Sing | INC | 45,181 | 13,018 | 28.8 | 74.3 |
| 68 | Mandi | Sukh Ram | HVC | 39,904 | 18,989 | 47.6 | 69.4 |