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1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Indian state legislative election

Field	Value
election_name	1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	legislative
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	no
previous_election	1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1993
election_date	28 February and 3 June 1998
next_election	2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2003
seats_for_election	All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	35
registered
turnout	71.23%
image1
leader1	Virbhadra Singh
party1	Indian National Congress
seats_before1	52
popular_vote1	1,110,055
percentage1	43.51%
seat_change1	21
seats1	31
swing1	5.31%
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leader2	Prem Kumar Dhumal
party2	Bharatiya Janata Party
seats_before2	8
popular_vote2	995,482
percentage2	39.02%
seat_change2	23
seats2	31
swing2	2.88%
title	CM
before_party	Indian National Congress
before_election	Virbhadra Singh
after_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
after_election	Prem Kumar Dhumal

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. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Parties and alliances

{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:BJP flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	Prem Kumar Dhumal

{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress	[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Hand INC.svg	50px]]	Virbhadra Singh

Others

Party	flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Himachal Vikas Congress	[[File:Blank.svg	50px]]		Anil Sharma

Result

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)	Member	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party	vote
Kinnaur	ST	Chet Ram Negi		16667	Jagat Singh Negi		13347
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		23338	Ninzoo Ram		8773
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		33637	Khushi Ram		7489
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		23762	Raj Pal		5728
Chopal	None	Yogendra Chandar		18972	Kewal Rama Chauhan		6735
Kumarsain	None	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		19492	Ghanshyam Dass		9917
Theog	None	Vidya Stokes		21926	Rakesh Varma		15844
Simla	None	Narinder Bragta		14758	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji		12155
Kasumpti	SC	Roop Dass Kashyap		19700	Shonkia Ram Kashyap		17786
Arki	None	Dharam Pal Thakur		14327	Nagin Chandra Pal		13749
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		16002	Vinod Kumari Chander		12854
Nalagarh	None	Hari Narayan Singh		23435	Vijayendra Singh		18105
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		14113	Chaman Lall		8541
Solan	None	Krishna Mohini		12210	Mohinder Nath Sofat		12184
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		24208	Kali Dass Kashyap		9832
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		20590	Roop Singh		9352
Shillai	None	Harsh Wardhan		21234	Jagat Singh		11646
Paonta Doon	None	Rattan Singh		15569	Sukh Ram		13149
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		14798	Shyama Sharma		11808
Kotkehloor	None	Ram Lal Thakur		20381	Krishan Kumar		17321
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		21189	Babu Ram Gautam		13140
Ghumarwin	None	Kashmir Singh		18066	Karam Dev		16527
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram		18268	Beeru Ram		16682
Nadaun	None	Babu Ram Mandial		16917	Narain Chand Prashar		16337
Hamirpur	None	Urmila Thakur		20577	Anita Verma		16387
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		20715	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		11887
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		19949	Prem Kaushal		14532
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		20706	Manjit Singh		16021
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		17984	Satpaul		14480
Chintpurni	None	Parveen Sharma		12764	Hari Dutt		12111
Santokgarh	None	Jai Krishan Sharma		13136	Onkar Sharma		10825
Una	None	Virender Gautam		18201	Subhash Sahore		12427
Kutlehar	None	Ram Dass Malangar		11660	Mahendra Pal		11657
Nurpur	None	Rakesh Pathania		24516	Ranjeet Singh Bakshi		22110
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		18771	Bodh Raj		18623
Jawali	None	Rajan Sushant		24041	Sujan Singh		17014
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		18674	Harbans Singh Rana		13806
Jaswan	None	Viplove Thakur		14944	Bikram Singh		9081
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		17513	Yog Raj		16241
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		11517	Kewal Singh		10456
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh Ravi		17132	Aishwarya Dev Chand		12262
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		13708	Milkhi Ram Goma		10276
Baijnath	None	Sant Ram		15684	Dulo Ram		14782
Palampur	None	Brij Behari Lal Butail		18450	Shiv Kumar		17658
Sulah	None	Bipan Singh Parmar		14690	Jagjiwan Paul		14565
Nagrota	None	G.s.bali		17538	Ram Chand Bhatia		16314
Shahpur	None	Sarveen Choudhary		20919	Major Vijai Singh Mankotia		18101
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Chand Kapoor		16522	Ram Swaroop		13167
Kangra	None	Vidya Sagar Chaudhary		21695	Daulat Chaudhary		14484
Bhattiyat	None	Kishori Lal		20387	Kuldip Singh Pathania		12578
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		22509	Renu Chadha		22088
Rajnagar	SC	Mohan Lal		16064	Vidya Dhar		12739
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		19562	Kewal Krishan		14411
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		16068	Thakar Singh		12244
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Ram Lal Markanda		5113	Raghubir Singh		4467
Kulu	None	Chander Sain Thakur		24467	Raj Krishan Gaur		24429
Banjar	None	Karan Singh		25696	Satya Prakash Thakur		22961
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		23780	Tej Ram		21310
Karsog	SC	Mansa Ram		13009	Joginder Pal		11077
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		15337	Moti Ram		9558
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		14390	Dile Ram		13631
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		13136	Sher Singh		12367
Balh	SC	Parkash		20594	Damodar Dass		13295
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		20574	Teg Singh		12532
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		14562	Natha Singh		13596
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		13862	Ganga Ram Jamwal		12171
Darang	None	Kaul Sing		23616	Jawahar Lal		10598
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		25656	Kanhaiya Lal		6667

References

(31 October 2017). "BJP announces Prem Kumar Dhumal as Himachal CM candidate".
"Members : Lok Sabha - Dhumal, Prof. Prem Kumar".
"Hon'ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh".
"DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". [[Election Commission of India]].
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". [[Election Commission of India]].

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