1984 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1984

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Jammu and Kashmir

The 1984 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 8th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats and Indian National Congress won 3 seats. ^[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency	Electors	Voters	Polling %
Baramulla	571205	348963	61.09
Srinagar	640514	470871	73.51
Anantnag	611518	428548	70.08
Ladakh	89717	61264	68.29
Udhampur	675228	372077	55.10
Jammu	811828	576390	71.00

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Results

Party-wise Results

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	JKNC			10,10,243	46.17	9.29	5	3
	INC			6,61,435	30.23	11.55	4	3	2
	JKPP			95,149	4.35		1	0
	BJP			37,309	1.71		1	0
	LKD			2,423	0.11		1	0
	JKPC			646	0.03		1	0
	IND			38,095	17.41	3.87	35	0
Total				18,45,300	100%	-	48	6	-

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	Saif-Ud-Din Soz		JKNC	234,357	69.69	Mohi-Ud-Din-Wani		IND	93,938	27.93	140,419	41.76
2	Srinagar	Abdul Rashid Kabuli		JKNC	367,249	81.08	Muzaffer Ahmed Shah		IND	80,972	17.88	286,277	63.20
3	Anantnag	Akbar Jahan Begum		JKNC	240,973	58.51	Peer Hussan-Ud-Din		INC	158,963	38.60	82,010	19.91
4	Ladakh	Phuntsog Namgyal		INC	33,037	55.59	Qamar Ali		JKNC	25,060	42.17	7,977	13.42
5	Udhampur	Girdhari Lal Dogra		INC	206,639	56.98	Bhim Singh		JKPP	95,149	26.24	111,490	30.74
6	Jammu	Janak Raj Gupta		INC	262,796	46.51	Shabir Ahmed Salaria		JKNC	142,604	25.24	120,192	21.27

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu & Kashmir

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	P. Namgyal	Ladakh	Deputy Minister	Surface Transport	15 February 1988	4 July 1989		INC
				Parliamentary Affairs	25 June 1988
			Minister of State	Industry (Chemicals and Petrochemicals)	4 July 1989	2 September 1989
				Parliamentary Affairs

See also

• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
• Results of the 2004 Indian general election by state

References

1. "1984 India General (8th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
2. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE EIGHT LOK SABHA - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_II_LS84.pdf