PERFORMANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
IN THE 1998 ASSEMBLY
ELECTION OF MEGHALYA
Assembly Election - 2003 : Backgrounder -XIII
|
PARTY
|
SEATS
|
VOTES POLLED
|
VOTE % IN SEATS CONTESTED
|
|
CONTESTED WON FD
|
VOTES
|
%
|
|
NATIONAL PARTIES
|
|
BJP
|
28
|
3
|
20
|
41924
|
5.01
|
10.59
|
|
CPI
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
1387
|
0.17
|
1.09
|
|
INC
|
59
|
25
|
6
|
293346
|
35.03
|
35.66
|
|
JD
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
38
|
0.00
|
0.26
|
|
TOTAL
|
97
|
28
|
36
|
336695
|
40.21
|
|
|
STATE PARTIES
|
|
HPDP
|
19
|
3
|
10
|
56682
|
6.77
|
19.93
|
|
PDM
|
19
|
3
|
9
|
58225
|
6.95
|
22.24
|
|
RJD
|
8
|
0
|
8
|
1253
|
0.15
|
1.30
|
|
SP
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
742
|
0.09
|
1.22
|
|
UDP
|
56
|
20
|
19
|
226026
|
26.99
|
28.98
|
|
TOTAL
|
107
|
26
|
51
|
342928
|
40.95
|
|
|
REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED)
PARTIES
|
|
GNC
|
16
|
1
|
14
|
17650
|
2.11
|
8.86
|
|
HSP
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
4754
|
0.57
|
12.44
|
|
TOTAL
|
19
|
1
|
16
|
22404
|
2.68
|
|
|
INDEPENDENTS
|
|
IND
|
85
|
5
|
65
|
135356
|
16.16
|
11.64
|
|
TOTAL
|
85
|
5
|
65
|
135356
|
16.16
|
|
|
GRAND TOTAL
|
308
|
60
|
168
|
837383
|
|
|
