| 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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