State board · Lok Sabha

Punjab Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 13 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StatePunjab

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 13

Electors

1.53Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

92.17L

60.1% of electors

Median turnout

58.5%

Median of 13 seats

SAD lead

Above majority · 8 − 7

[01]Seat matrix

13 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 7 of 13SAD 8 · +1 above majority

SAD 861.5% Shiromani Akali Dal

BJP 323.1% Bharatiya Janata Party

IND 17.7% Independents

JD 17.7% Janata Dal

State level, as published

SAD 32.9%8 seats · 61.5%

INC 25.8%0 seats

BSP 12.6%0 seats

BJP 11.7%3 seats · 23.1%

JD 4.2%1 seat · 7.7%

Others 12.8%1 seat · 7.7%

Vote share not published

IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

NDA 52.5%13 seats

THIRD FRONT 8.6%1 seat

UPA 41.9%0 seats

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

SAD converted 32.9% of votes into 61.5% of seats, a seat premium of 28.6 pp.
8 ÷ 13 = 61.5% · 61.5 − 32.9 = +28.6
INC polled 25.8% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 13 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 25.8 = −25.8
Ludhiana was decided by 9,212 votes, the closest of 13 seats; Tarn Taran had the widest margin, 1,41,918.
min / max of margin over 13 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 53.2% in Ludhiana to 72.7% in Faridkot; the median seat polled 58.5%.
min / median / max over 13 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

13 of 13 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 753.8% of seats

60–70 538.5% of seats

70–80 17.7% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestLudhiana53.2%
HighestFaridkot72.7%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

13 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1998, all 13 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	Gurdaspur	Vinod Khanna	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,12,706	1,06,833	15.0	65.3
02	Amritsar	Daya Singh Sodhi	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,50,837	91,140	14.0	54.3
03	Tarn TaranWIDEST	Prem Singh Lalpura	Shiromani Akali Dal	6,00,051	1,41,918	23.7	56.0
04	JullundurSC	Inder Kumar Gujral	Janata Dal	6,50,836	1,31,016	20.1	58.5
05	PhillaurSC	Satnam Singh Kainth	Independent	6,67,385	68,053	10.2	60.1
06	Hoshiarpur	Kamal Chaudhury	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,96,831	65,332	10.9	55.2
07	Ropar	Satwinder Kaur	Shiromani Akali Dal	7,11,520	85,504	12.0	57.7
08	PatialaSC	Prem Singh Chandumajra	Shiromani Akali Dal	8,16,611	33,251	4.1	62.2
09	LudhianaSCCLOSEST	Amrik Singh Aliwal	Shiromani Akali Dal	7,53,990	9,212	1.2	53.2
10	Sangrur	Surjit Singh Barnala	Shiromani Akali Dal	7,47,116	82,165	11.0	66.4
11	Bhatinda	Chatin Singh Samaon	Shiromani Akali Dal	6,84,594	49,856	7.3	57.1
12	Faridkot	Sukhbir Singh Badal	Shiromani Akali Dal	8,73,572	34,959	4.0	72.7
13	Ferozepur	Zora Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	7,51,205	44,467	5.9	63.0

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,41,918 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Punjab · 13 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database