General elections were held in India in 1998 to constitute the 12th Lok Sabha, after the government led by I. K. Gujral collapsed when Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew support in November 1997. The outcome of the new elections was once again indecisive, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. Turnout for the election was 61.97%.
BJP once again wins Nineteen seats but Congress also wins seven-seat out of a total of twenty-six seats.
Results Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 78,64,750 48.28 26 19 INC 59,45,219 36.49 25 7 RJP 16,63,145 10.21 20 0 JD 4,78,652 2.94 15 0 SP 86,830 0.53 9 0 RPI 21,663 0.13 4 0 Others 47,098 0.30 10 0 IND 1,83,804 1.13 30 0 Total 1,62,91,161 100% - 139 26 -
Constituency wise No. Constituency Type Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliation 1 Kutch GEN Pushpdan Shambhudan Gadhavi 2 Surendranagar GEN Bhavna Dave 3 Jamnagar GEN Chandresh Patel Kordia 4 Rajkot GEN Vallabhbhai Kathiria 5 Porbandar GEN Gordhanbhai Javia 6 Junagadh GEN Bhavna Chikhalia 7 Amreli GEN Dileep Sanghani 8 Bhavnagar GEN Rajendrasinh Rana 9 Dhandhuka SC Ratilal Kalidas Varma 10 Ahmedabad GEN Harin Pathak 11 Gandhinagar GEN Lal Krishna Advani 12 Mehsana GEN A.K. Patel 13 Patan SC Mahesh Kanodia 14 Banaskantha GEN Haribhai Chaudhary 15 Sabarkantha GEN Nisha Chaudhary 16 Kapadvanj GEN Jaysinhji Chauhan 17 Dohad ST Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai 18 Godhra GEN Shantilal Patel 19 Kaira GEN Dinsha Patel 20 Anand GEN Ishwarbhai Chavda 21 Chhota Udaipur ST Naranbhai Rathwa 22 Baroda GEN Jayaben Thakkar 23 Broach GEN Chandubhai Deshmukh 24 Surat GEN Kashiram Rana 25 Mandvi ST Chhitubhai Gamit 26 Bulsar ST Manibhai Chaudhary
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Gujarat #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1L. K. AdvaniGandhinagarCabinet MinisterHome Affairs; Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs19 March199813 October19992Kashiram RanaSuratTextiles3Dr. A. K. PatelMehsanaMoSChemicals and FertilizersMoS (I/C)Health and Family Welfare16 August1999
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