Uttar Pradesh, Lok Sabha election 1998

85 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 54.74% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

1,037

56 women, 9 elected

Turnout

54.74%

5.58 cr of 10.2 cr

Leading party

BJP

57 of 85 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Uttar Pradesh

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	57	+5	82	2,03,69,694	36.49%	+3.05
SP Samajwadi Party	20	+4	81	1,60,20,745	28.70%	+7.86
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	4	-2	85	1,16,70,682	20.90%	+0.29
SAP SAP	2	+1	2	4,41,576	0.79%	-0.14
IND Independent	1	0	491	15,58,789	2.79%	-3.74
SJPR SJPR	1	+1	1	2,60,544	0.47%	—
INC Indian National Congress	0	-5	76	33,61,053	6.02%	-2.12
BKKGP BKKGP	0	0	14	6,47,309	1.16%	—
AD AD	0	0	46	5,24,581	0.94%	+0.46
JD Janata Dal	0	-2	23	2,62,309	0.47%	-3.79
NLP NLP	0	0	19	1,41,227	0.25%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	2	1,26,856	0.23%	-0.43
AIICS AIICS	0	0	1	1,05,311	0.19%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	6	1,01,081	0.18%	-0.20
UKKD UKKD	0	0	1	30,654	0.05%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	5	29,800	0.05%	-0.02
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	6	27,553	0.05%	+0.03
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	9	21,148	0.04%	—
AJBP AJBP	0	0	19	15,905	0.03%	—
BRVP BRVP	0	0	4	11,220	0.02%	—
BJTP BJTP	0	0	1	9,367	0.02%	+0.01
GGP GGP	0	0	1	7,827	0.01%	—
KVP Kisan Vishwa Party	0	0	1	5,905	0.01%	—
LSWP LSWP	0	0	3	5,900	0.01%	—
PMSP Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party	0	0	2	5,495	0.01%	-0.01
LS LS	0	0	3	5,479	0.01%	—
ABRCD ABRCD	0	0	3	3,819	0.01%	—
BKKP BKKP	0	0	1	3,246	0.01%	—
ALD ALD	0	0	2	2,909	0.01%	0.00
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	1	2,651	0.00%	—
KMM KMM	0	0	1	2,618	0.00%	—
SSD SSD	0	0	1	2,541	0.00%	-0.01
BKD BKD	0	0	2	2,466	0.00%	-0.01
ABMSD ABMSD	0	0	1	2,444	0.00%	—
ABAS ABAS	0	0	2	2,392	0.00%	—
AIRJP AIRJP	0	0	1	2,113	0.00%	—
PSSS PSSS	0	0	1	2,111	0.00%	-0.01
RAS RAS	0	0	2	2,038	0.00%	—
ABJS ABJS	0	0	2	2,012	0.00%	0.00
GSP Gana Suraksha Party	0	0	1	2,009	0.00%	0.00

BJP57 (67%)
SP20 (24%)
BSP4 (5%)
SAP2 (2%)
IND1 (1%)
SJPR1 (1%)

BJP57
SP20
BSP4
SAP2
IND1
SJPR1

BJP57
SP20
BSP4
SAP2
IND1
SJPR1

Constituency performance

From the 85 results in Uttar Pradesh

Closest contest

SAIDPUR

won by 825 (0.12%)

Biggest victory

KHURJA

won by 2,29,399 (39.98%)

Highest turnout

SAMBHAL

70.02%

Lowest turnout

CHAIL

41.94%

Seat change

Against Uttar Pradesh's previous Lok Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained43 (51%)
Changed hands42 (49%)

43 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 42 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Uttar Pradesh, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 85 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 85

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AGRA	BJPBHAGWAN SHANKAR RAWAT	INDRAMESHWAR SINGH	48,4237.45%	53.1%
AKBARPUR	BSPMAYAWATI	SPDR. LALTA PRASAD KANNOUJIYA	25,1793.36%	61.1%
ALIGARH	BJPSHEELA GAUTAM	SPCAPTAIN KU. BALDEV SINGH	1,31,69921.41%	49.5%
ALLAHABAD	BJPDR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI	SPSHAYAMA CHARAN GUPTA	43,2906.48%	47.4%
ALMORA	BJPBACHI SINGH RAWAT	INCHARISH CHANDRA SINGH RAWAT	81,90318.78%	45.6%
AMETHI	BJPSANJAY SINGH	INCCAPTAIN SATISH SHARMA	23,2703.98%	52.5%
AMROHA	BJPCHETAN CHAUHAN	BSPALLEY HASAN	65,5158.30%	65.6%
AONLA	BJPRAJVEER SINGH	SPKUNWAR SARVRAJ SINGH	8,0221.43%	54.9%
AZAMGARH	BSPAKBAR AHMAD DAMPY	SPRAMAKANT YADAV	5,3650.82%	54.5%
BAGHPAT	BJPSOMPAL	BKKGPAJIT SINGH	44,7066.25%	55.0%
BAHRAICH	BSPARIF MOHAMMAD KHAN	BJPPADAMSEN CHAUDHARI	38,3765.87%	54.1%
BALLIA	SJPRCHANDRA SHEKHAR	BJPRAM KRISHNA URF GOPAL	29,4844.64%	49.3%
BALRAMPUR	SPRIZWAN ZAHEER KHAN ALIAS RIZOO BHAIYA	BJPSATYA DEO SINGH	57,2598.49%	58.6%
BANDA	BJPRAMESH CHANDRA DWIVEDI	BSPRAMSAJEEWAN	17,9483.21%	49.5%
BANSGAON	BJPRAJ NARAIN PASHI	SPSUBHAVATI PASWAN	30,5405.18%	46.6%
BARA BANKI	BJPBAIJNATH RAWAT	SPRAMSAGAR	13,7852.40%	51.9%
BAREILLY	BJPSANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR	SPISLAM SABIR	32,4404.77%	60.9%
BASTI	BJPSHRI RAM CHAUHAN	SPKALP NATH SONKAR	70,21711.44%	52.3%
BIJNOR	SPOMWATI DEVI	BJPMANGAL RAM PREMI	9,2121.21%	60.6%
BILHAUR	BJPSHYAM BIHARI MISHRA	BSPRAJA RAM PAL	98,54714.54%	53.9%
BUDAUN	SPSALEEM IQBAL SHERVANI	BJPSHANTI DEVI SHAKYA	39,6586.27%	57.0%
BULANDSHAHR	BJPCHHATTARPAL	SPKIRANPAL SINGH	78,53812.82%	54.7%
CHAIL	SPSHAILENDRA KUMAR	BJPDR. AMRIT LAL BHARTI	21,3463.89%	41.9%
CHANDAULI	BJPANAND RATNA MAURYA	SPJAWAHAR LAL JAYASWAL	6,4820.92%	52.5%
DEORIA	SPMOHAN SINGH	BJPSHRI PRAKASH MANI	4,0680.61%	53.4%
DOMARIAGANJ	BJPRAM PAL SINGH	BSPKAMAL YUSUF MALIK	74,09111.98%	54.5%
ETAH	BJPMAHADEEPAK SINGH	SPKR. DEVENRA SINGH YADAV	12,1401.87%	62.9%
ETAWAH	BJPSUKHDA MISHRA	SPRAM SINGH SHAKYA	31,0384.70%	58.1%
FAIZABAD	SPMITRASEN YADAV	BJPVINAY KATIYAR	7,7371.17%	53.4%
FARRUKHABAD	BJPSWAMI SACHCHIANAND HARI SAKSHI	SPARVIND PRATAP SINGH	32,2114.55%	57.6%
FATEHPUR	BJPASHOK KUMAR PATEL	BSPVISHAMBHAR PRASAD NISHAD	46,4367.92%	50.9%
FIROZABAD	BJPPRABHU DAYAL KATHERIA	SPRAMJI LAL SUMAN	39,9506.78%	51.8%
GARHWAL	BJPMAJ. GEN.(RTD) BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI (A.V.S.M.)	AIICSSATPAL MAHARAJ	1,74,94734.61%	50.5%
GHATAMPUR	BJPKAMAL RANI	SPSHIV KUMAR BERIA	42,4897.59%	51.0%
GHAZIPUR	SPOM PRAKASH	BJPMANOJ	17,1732.33%	57.5%
GHOSI	SAPKALPNATH RAI	BSPBAL KRISHNA	18,3742.73%	55.8%
GONDA	SPKIRTI VADHAN SINGH ALIAS KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH ALIAS RAJA BHAIYA	BJPBRAJ BHUSHAN URF BRIJ BHUSHAN SARAN SINGH	25,5554.18%	52.3%
GORAKHPUR	BJPADITYANATH	SPJAMUNA PRASAD NISHAD	26,2064.16%	50.5%
HAMIRPUR	BJPGANGA CHARAN S/O RAM SWAROOP	SPRAJNARAIN ALIAS RAJJU MAHARAJ	18,1373.15%	55.4%
HAPUR	BJPRAMESH CHAND TOMAR	SPRAJPAL TYAGI	1,61,96221.19%	50.0%
HARDOI	SPUSHA VARMA	BJPJAI PRAKASH	15,4262.75%	51.7%
HARDWAR	BJPHARPAL SINGH SATHI	SPJAG PAL SINGH	1,29,87318.14%	61.2%
HATHRAS	BJPKISHAN LAL DILER	BSPGANGA PRASAD PUSHKAR	1,42,58026.86%	47.0%
JALAUN	BJPBHANU PRATAP SINGH	BSPMAN SINGH	45,6407.50%	52.7%
JALESAR	SPPROFESSOR. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL	BJPOMPAL SINGH NIDAR	2,7340.41%	60.4%
JAUNPUR	SPPARAS NATH YADAV	BJPRAJ KESHAR SINGH	13,4261.92%	55.3%
JHANSI	BJPRAJENDRA AGNIHOTRI	SPHARGOVIND KUSHWAHA	50,3686.56%	59.2%
KAIRANA	BJPVIRENDRA VERMA	SPMUNAWWAR HASAN	62,1758.63%	66.0%
KAISERGANJ	SPBENI PRASAD VERMA	BJPGHANSHYAM SHUKLA	24,9713.74%	60.1%
KANNAUJ	SPPRADEEP KUMAR YADAV	BJPCHANDRABHOO SHAN SINGH (MUNNU BABU)	42,5046.08%	60.5%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Uttar Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.