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February 03, 1998

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How the North voted

UTTAR PRADESH Total seats: 85
Party 1996
1991*
1989
Indian National Congress 5 5 15
Bharatiya Janata Party 52 51 8
Samajwadi Party 16 - -
Bahujan Samaj Party 6 - -
Janata Dal 2 22 54
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 2 - -
Samata Party 1 - -
Independents 1 - -
Samajwadi Janata Party - 4 4
Communist Party of India - 1 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) - - 1
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha - - 1

* 83 seats contested

BIHAR Total seats: 54
Party 1996
1991*
1989
Indian National Congress 2 1 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 18 5 8
Janata Dal 22 31 32
Samata Party 6 - -
Communist Party of India 3 8 4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 6 3
Samajwadi Party 1 - -
Communist Party of India-Marxist - 1 1
Indian Peoples Front - - 1
Independents 1 - -
Marxist Coordination - - 1

* 52 seats contested

MADHYA PRADESH Total seats: 40
Party 1996
1991
1989
Indian National Congress 8 27 8
Bharatiya Janata Party 27 12 27
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 1 - -
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 1 -
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress 1 - -
Janata Dal - - 4
Independents 1 - 1

PUNJAB Total seats: 13
Party 1996
1991
1989
Indian National Congress 2 12 2
Shiromani Akali Dal 8 1 -
Bahujan Samaj Party 3 - 1
Shiromani Akali Dal Mann - - 6
Janata Dal - - 1
Independents - - 3

HARYANA Total seats: 10
Party 1996
1991
1989
Indian National Congress 2 9 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 - -
Haryana Vikas Party 3 1 -
Janata Dal - - 6
Independents 1 - -

JAMMU & KASHMIR Total seats: 6
Party 1996
1991*
1989
Indian National Congress 4 - 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 - -
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - - 3
Janata Dal 1 - -
Independents - - 1

* Elections were not held in 1991

HIMACHAL PRADESH Total seats: 4
Party 1996
1991
1989
Indian National Congress 4 2 1
Bharatiya Janata Party - 2 3

DELHI Total seats: 7
Party 1996
1991
1989
Indian National Congress 2 2 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 5 5 4
Janata Dal - - 1

CHANDIGARH Total seats: 1
Party 1996
1991
1989
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 - -
Indian National Congress - 1 -
Janata Dal - - 1

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