1998 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1998
16 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 March, 3 June
Jammu and Kashmir

The 1998 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 12th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party won 2 seats and Indian National Congress won 1 seat.[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency Candidates Electors Voters Polling %
Baramulla 29 762028 319591 41.94
Srinagar 7 853183 256490 30.06
Anantnag 13 804983 226597 28.15
Ladakh 4 143492 105265 73.36
Udhampur 15 1016243 522899 51.45
Jammu 18 1442853 789529 54.72

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Results

Party-wise Results

Party Elected MPs
JKN 3
BJP 2
Congress 1
Total 6

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Baramulla Professor Saifuddin Soz JKNC 131,164 43.21 Muzaffar Hussain Baig IND 93,179 30.69 37,985 12.52
2 Srinagar Omar Abdullah JKNC 144,609 59.68 Aga Syed Mohdi INC 73,770 30.45 70,839 29.23
3 Anantnag Mufti Mohammad Sayeed INC 120,444 55.91 Mohd. Yusuf Teng JKNC 68,444 31.77 52,000 24.14
4 Ladakh Syed Hussain JKNC 62,432 59.94 Phuntsog Namgyal INC 31,875 30.61 30,557 29.33
5 Udhampur Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta BJP 250,813 48.67 Rajinder Singh Chib JKNC 169,449 32.88 81,364 15.79
6 Jammu Vaid Vishnu Dutt BJP 336,472 43.26 Janak Raj Gupta JKNC 208,571 26.81 127,901 16.45

See also

References

  1. ^ "1998 India General (12th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf
  3. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA VOLUME II http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_II_LS98.pdf
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