In the 1998 West Bengal Lok Sabha Election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested 14 constituencies and won 1 seats. Across these constituencies, BJP candidates received 3,724,662 votes, accounting for 30.3% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, BJP secured 10.2% vote share.
| BJP Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 14 |
| Seats won | 1 |
| Total votes received | 37,24,662 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 30.3% |
| Overall vote share | 10.2% |
The table below lists BJP candidates, their total votes, vote share within each constituency, and final position. Select a constituency to explore the complete election results.
| Constituency | Candidate | Position | Votes Received | Party Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alipurduars | Dhirendra Narjinarai | 2 | 2,19,407 | 27.21 |
| Arambagh | Chunilal Chakraborty | 2 | 3,34,207 | 35.98 |
| Bankura | Sukumar Banerjee | 2 | 2,58,112 | 34.51 |
| Berhampore | Colonel (Retd) Sabyasachi Bagchi | 2 | 2,62,610 | 30.25 |
| Birbhum | Dr Madan Lal Choudhury | 2 | 2,18,802 | 28.23 |
| Burdwan | Prof (Smt) Santi Roy | 2 | 3,06,572 | 31.18 |
| Dum Dum | Tapan Sikdar | 1 | 6,31,383 | 50.69 |
| Durgapur | Ray Suryya | 2 | 3,26,420 | 36.1 |
| Joynagar | Krishnapada Majumdar | 2 | 2,30,684 | 27.49 |
| Krishnagar | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 2 | 3,31,818 | 37.44 |
| Malda | Muzaffar Khan | 3 | 1,69,260 | 20.33 |
| Midnapore | Dutta Manoranjan | 2 | 1,77,152 | 20.64 |
| Purulia | Arun Gupta | 3 | 97,996 | 13.35 |
| Raiganj | Rahul Sinha (Biswajit) | 3 | 1,60,239 | 18.16 |