General elections were held in Vanuatu on 6 March 1998.
They "were held under the shadow of a state of emergency (the result of riots in Port Vila over governmental financial improprieties) and were accompanied by an unusually low turnout rate",[1] with only 64% of registered voters casting a ballot.
The Vanua'aku Pati, led by Donald Kalpokas, obtained 18 seats.
The Vanua'aku Pati returned to power for the first time since 1991, forming a coalition with the NUP.
The new government was exclusively anglophone, following the defeat of the francophone UMP.