1998 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1998

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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]

Constituency Details

Constituency	Candidates	Electors	Voters	Polling %
Baramulla	29	762028	319591	41.94
Srinagar	7	853183	256490	30.06
Anantnag	13	804983	226597	28.15
Ladakh	4	143492	105265	73.36
Udhampur	15	1016243	522899	51.45
Jammu	18	1442853	789529	54.72

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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

• Results of the 2004 Indian general election by state

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