1980 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1980
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  1977
3,6 Jan
1984  

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Jammu and Kashmir

The 1980 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 7th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats, Indian National Congress (I) won 1, Indian National Congress (U) won 1 seat and an independent candidate Phuntsog Namgyal of Ladakh constituency won 1 seat. [1]

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Constituency Details

ConstituencyElectorsVotersPolling %
Baramulla 48904027394956.02
Srinagar 519706--
Anantnag 51113230699860.06
Ladakh 776314800061.83
Udhampur 57877033896958.57
Jammu 69135841007259.31

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Results

Party-wise Results

PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
JKNC 4,93,14336.88Increase2.svg2.9653Increase2.svg1
INC(I) 2,49,76018.68New11New
INC(U) 1,94,13814.52New21New
JP 1,15,5038.64Increase2.svg0.4110Steady2.svg
IND 2,84,45921.28Decrease2.svg20.20201Steady2.svg
Total13,37,003100%-296-

List of Elected MPs

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%
1 Baramulla Khawaja Mubarak Shah JKNC 178,53367.57Muzaffar Hussain Beg IND 75,25628.48103,27739.09
2 Srinagar Farooq Abdullah JKNC Won Uncontested
3 Anantnag Gh. Rasool Kochak JKNC 179,02060.47Ali Mohd. Naik IND 95,05032.1183,97028.36
4 Ladakh Phuntsog Namgyal IND 20,31444.47Kacho Habib Ullah Khan JKNC 14,26231.226,05213.25
5 Udhampur Karan Singh INC(U) 176,75753.38Devi Das Thakur JKNC 121,32836.6455,42916.74
6 Jammu Girdhari Lal Dogra INC(I) 249,76062.46Thakur Baldev Singh JP 115,50328.88134,25733.58

See also

References

  1. "1980 India General (7th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_II_LS_80.pdf
  3. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf