RAJASTHAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS - PERFORMANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN 1998

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BACKGROUNDER

PARTY	SEATS				VOTES POLLED			VOTE % IN SEATS CONTESTED
	CONTESTED		WON	FD	VOTES	%
NATIONAL PARTIES
BJP		196	33	19	6258509	33.23		33.9
BSP		108	2	103	408504	2.17		3.81
CPI		20	0	20	38168	0.20		2.00
CPM		14	1	12	152749	0.81		9.00
INC		200	153	4	8467160	44.95		44.9
JD		69	3	62	371205	1.97		5.56
SAP		39	0	39	36490	0.19		1.00
TOTAL		646	192	259	15732785	83.53
STATE PARTIES
AIRJP		9	0	9	4123	0.02	0.47
AITC		1	0	1	145	0.00	0.08
INLD		4	0	1	97507	0.52	23.80
LS		15	0	15	10923	0.06	0.73
RJD		18	1	17	52866	0.28	3.08
RPI		1	0	1	976	0.01	0.96
SHS		39	0	39	26440	0.14	0.66
SJP(R)		3	0	3	7133	0.04	2.50
SP		34	0	34	64104	0.34	1.92
TOTAL		124	1	120	264217	1.40
REGISTERED (unrecognised) PARTIES
TOTAL		62	0	60	124707	0.66
INDEPENDENT
TOTAL		604	7	543	2713202	14.41
GRAND TOTAL		1436	200	982	18834911