1989 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1989
22-24 November
Jammu and Kashmir

The 1989 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 9th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats, Indian National Congress won 2 seats, and an Independent candidate won 1 seat.[1]

Constituency details

Constituency Electors Voters Polling %
Baramulla 698284 38235 5.48
Srinagar 782715 uncontested uncontested
Anantnag 736495 37377 5.07
Ladakh 101738 87863 86.36
Udhampur 809465 319326 39.45
Jammu 1026600 584078 56.89

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List of Candidates

Constituency JKNC INC JD BJP
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Baramulla JKNC Saifuddin Soz Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest
2 Srinagar JKNC Mohammad Shafi Bhat
3 Anantnag JKNC Piyare Lal Handoo
4 Ladakh Did not contest INC P. Namgyal
5 Udhampur INC Dharam Paul JD Abdul Rehman BJP Baldev Singh
6 Jammu INC Janak Raj Gupta JD Rajinder Singh Chib BJP Chaman Lal Gupta

Results

Party-wise results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 4,07,474 38.95 8.72 3 2 1
JD 3,14,357 30.05 2 0
BJP 74,832 7.15 5.44 2 0
JKNC 71,194 6.81 39.36 3 3
BSP 42,453 4.06 1 0
JKNPP 22,625 2.16 2.19 1 0
JP 11,049 1.06 1 0
Others 1,718 0.16 1 0
IND 1,00,419 9.60 7.81 49 1 1
Total 10,46,121 100% - 63 6 -

List of elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Baramulla Saifuddin Soz JKNC 35,139 93.79 Sheikh Abdul Rehman IND 719 1.92 34,420 91.87
2 Srinagar Mohammad Shafi Bhat JKNC SEAT WON UNCONTESTED
3 Anantnag Piyare Lal Handoo JKNC 36,055 97.69 Abdul Rashid Khan IND 186 0.50 35,869 97.19
4 Ladakh Mohd. Hassan IND 45,151 52.65 P. Namgyal INC 40,612 47.35 4,539 5.30
5 Udhampur Dharam Paul INC 127,161 40.66 Abdul Rehman JD 96,351 30.81 30,810 9.85
6 Jammu Janak Raj Gupta INC 239,701 41.82 Rajinder Singh Chib JD 218,006 38.03 21,695 3.79

See also

References

  1. ^ "1989 India General (9th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1989 TO THE NINTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf
  3. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1989 TO THE NINTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_II_LS89.pdf
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