1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1996

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Jammu and Kashmir

The 1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 11th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 1 seat, Indian National Congress won 4 seats and Janta Dal won 1 seat. ^[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency	Candidates Nominated	Electors	Voters	Polling %
Baramulla	15	704601	328688	46.65
Srinagar	17	786301	321928	40.94
Anantnag	23	764670	383861	50.20
Ladakh	13	131402	106347	80.93
Udhampur	47	862236	459456	53.29
Jammu	49	1206499	581314	48.18

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List of Candidates

Constituency
		INC			BJP			JD
1	Baramulla		INC	Gh. Rasool Kar	Did Not Field				JD	Sheikh Mohd Sadiq
2	Srinagar		INC	Ghulam Mohammad Mir		BJP	Amar Nath Vaishanvi		JD	Farooq Ahmad Anderabi
3	Anantnag		INC	Taj Mohi-Ud-Din		BJP	Sarla Taploo		JD	Mohamad Maqbool
4	Ladakh		INC	Phuntsog Namgyal		BJP	Spalzes Angmo	Did Not Field
5	Udhampur		INC	Janak Raj Gupta		BJP	Chaman Lal Gupta		JD	Devi Dass Thakur
6	Jammu		INC	Mangat Ram Sharma		BJP	Vaid Vishno Dutt		JD	Balwan Singh

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	Contested	Won
	INC			5,69,942	27.46	6	4
	BJP			3,95,300	19.04	5	1
	JD			3,66,074	17.63	5	1
	BSP			1,23,591	5.95	2	0
	JKPP			99,599	4.80	5	0
	AIIC(T)			17,276	0.83	3	0
	IND			5,04,098	24.28	84	0
Total				20,75,880	100%	110	6

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	Gh. Rasool Kar		INC	110,331	36.09	Gh. Nabi Mir		IND	45,350	14.83	64,981	21.26
2	Srinagar	Ghulam Mohammad Mir		INC	55,503	18.63	Farooq Ahmad Anderabi		JD	53,904	18.10	1,599	0.53
3	Anantnag	Mohamad Maqbool		JD	117,221	32.76	Taj Mohi-Ud-Din		INC	59,137	16.53	58,084	16.23
4	Ladakh	Phuntsog Namgyal		INC	54,592	52.10	Qamar Ali Akhoon		IND	44,457	42.43	10,135	9.67
5	Udhampur	Chaman Lal Gupta		BJP	166,206	37.58	Janak Raj Gupta		INC	96,151	21.74	70,055	15.84
6	Jammu	Mangat Ram Sharma		INC	194,228	34.24	Vaid Vishno Dutt		BJP	147,495	26.00	46,733	8.24

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu & Kashmir

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Maqbool Dar	Anantnag	MoS	Home Affairs	10 July 1996	21 April 1997		JD
					1 May 1997	19 March 1998
2	Saifuddin Soz	Rajya Sabha (Jammu & Kashmir)	Cabinet Minister	Environment and Forests	21 Feb 1997	21 April 1997		JKNC
					21 April 1997	19 March 1998

See also

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

References

1. "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
2. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf
3. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_II_LS96.pdf