| February 04, 1998 
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 | How the East voted
 
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Total seats: 2 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | - | 2 | 2 |  
| Independents | 2 | - | - |  
 
| ASSAM | Total seats: 14 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989* |  
| Indian National Congress | 5 | 8 | - |  
| Asom Gana Parishad | 5 | 1 | - |  
| Communist Party of India-Marxist | 1 | 1 | - |  
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 2 | - |  
| Autonomous State Demand Council | 1 | 1 | - |  
| Independents | 1 | 1 | - |  
* Elections were not held in 1989
 
 
| WEST BENGAL | Total seats: 42 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 9 | 5 | 4 |  
| Communist Party of India-Marxist | 23 | 27 | 27 |  
| Communist Party of India | 3 | 3 | 3 |  
| All India Forward Bloc | 3 | 3 | 3 |  
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | 4 |  
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | - | - | 1 |  
 
| MANIPUR | Total seats: 2 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 1 | 2 |  
| Manipur Peoples Party | - | 1 | - |  
 
| MEGHALAYA | Total seats: 2 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 2 | 2 |  
| Independents | 1 | - | - |  
 
| MIZORAM | Total seats: 1 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 | 1 |  
 
| NAGALAND | Total seats: 1 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 1 | - | 1 |  
| Nagaland Peoples Party | - | 1 | - |  
 
| ORISSA | Total seats: 21 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | 16 | 13 | 3 |  
| Janata Dal | 4 | 6 | 16 |  
| Samata Party | 1 | - | - |  
| Communist Party of India | - | 1 | 1 |  
| Communist Party of India-Marxist | - | 1 | 1 |  
 
| SIKKIM | Total seats: 1 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1 | - | - |  
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | - | 1 | 1 |  
 
| TRIPURA | Total seats: 2 |  
| Party | 1996 | 1991 
 | 1989 |  
| Indian National Congress | - | 2 | 2 |  
| Communist Party of India-Marxist | 2 | - | - |  
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