1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

The 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 February 1998.[1][2]

1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

16 February 1998

All 60 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.52%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC UDP
Seats before 24 21
Seats won 25 20
Seat change 1 1

Chief Minister before election

S. C. Marak
INC

Elected Chief Minister

S. C. Marak
INC

Results

Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 293,34635.030.41 251
United Democratic Party (UDP)[a] 226,02626.996.48 201
People's Democratic Movement (PDM) 58,225 6.95 3
Hill State People's Democratic Party 56,682 6.77 3
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 41,924 5.01 1.33 3 3
Garo National Council (GNC) 17,650 2.11 1
Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) 4,754 0.57 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,387 0.17 0.03 0
Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,253 0.15 0
Samajwadi Party 742 0.09 0
Janata Dal 38 0.0 0
Independents (IND) 135,35617.281.12 55
Total 837,383100.00 60±0
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

a The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the Hill People's Union (HPU), some members of the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) and the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC). Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.

References

  1. Warjri, Antarwell (March 2017). "Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. 3 (5): 206–218.
  2. "Name of the Governors/Chief Minister and chain of events in Meghalaya". Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. "Meghalaya 1998". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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