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]

Election Schedule

Constituency-wise Polling and Result Dates
# Constituency Name Polling Date Counting Date Declaration of Result
1 Baramulla 7 March 1998 9 March 1998 10 March 1998
2 Srinagar 28 February 1998 8 March 1998 9 March 1998
3 Anantnag 7 March 1998 9 March 1998 10 March 1998
4 Ladakh 3 June 1998 6 June 1998 7 June 1998
5 Udhampur 7 March 1998 16 April 1998 17 April 1998
6 Jammu 16 February 1998 8 March 1998 9 March 1998

Constituency Details

Source: [2][3]

Constituency-wise Election Statistics
# Constituency Name Candidates Electors Voters Polling %
1 Baramulla 29 762,028 319,591 41.94%
2 Srinagar 7 853,183 256,490 30.06%
3 Anantnag 13 804,983 226,597 28.15%
4 Ladakh 4 143,492 105,265 73.36%
5 Udhampur 15 1,016,243 522,89 51.45%
6 Jammu 18 1,442,853 789,529 54.72%

List of Candidates

Constituency JKNC BJP INC
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Baramulla JKNC Saifuddin Soz BJP Din Mohmad Chichi (Cheeta) INC Abdul Gani Vakil
2 Srinagar JKNC Omar Abdullah BJP Abdul Rashid Kabuli INC Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
3 Anantnag JKNC Mohd. Yusuf Teng BJP Showkat Hussain Ganie INC Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
4 Ladakh JKNC Syed Hussain BJP Spalzes Angmo INC Phuntsog Namgyal
5 Udhampur JKNC Rajinder Singh Chib BJP Chaman Lal Gupta INC Thakur Randhir Singh
6 Jammu JKNC Janak Raj Gupta BJP Vishno Datt Sharma INC Mangat Ram Sharma

Results

Party-wise Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
JKNC 7,84,669 36.35 6 3 3
BJP 6,18,155 28.64 9.60 6 2 1
INC 4,15,354 19.24 8.22 6 1 3
BSP 1,07,386 4.97 0.98 4 0
JKAL 20,843 0.97 1 0
Others 56,742 2.62 18 0
IND 1,55,448 7.20 17.08 45 0
Total 21,58,597 100% - 86 4 -

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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