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
Turnout	74.52%
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)	293,346	35.03	0.41	25	1
	United Democratic Party (UDP)^[a]	226,026	26.99	6.48	20	1
	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)	135,356	17.28	1.12	5	5
Total		837,383	100.00		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.