2004 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 2004

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Omar Abdullah Ghulam Nabi Azad Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Party JKNC INC JKPDP Alliance - UPA UPA Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 2 1 Percentage 22.02% 27.83% 11.94% Swing 2.03% 10.00% new party

Jammu and Kashmir

The 2004 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 14th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 2 seats, Indian National Congress won 2, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party won one seat and one was won by an Independent politician Thupstan Chhewang from Ladakh. ^[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency	Candidates	Electors	Voters	Polling %	Polling Stations
Baramulla	13	940998	335442	35.65	1167
Srinagar	16	1053734	195678	18.57	1080
Anantnag	19	998905	150219	15.04	1049
Ladakh	8	175768	129230	73.52	442
Udhampur	22	1348721	608079	45.09	1655
Jammu	31	1849989	820595	44.49	1822

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Parties and alliances

   National Conference

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference			Farooq Abdullah	6

   United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Ghulam Nabi Azad	3
2.	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party			Mufti Mohammed Sayeed	2 + 1 [a]

   National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Dr Nirmal Singh	6

List of Candidates

Constituency
		JKNC			JKPDP+			BJP
1	Baramulla		JKNC	Abdul Rashid Shaheen		JKPDP	Nizam Uddin Bhat		BJP	Mohmad Akbar
						INC	Ghulam Rasool Kar
2	Srinagar		JKNC	Omar Abdullah		JKPDP	Ghulam Nabi Lone		BJP	Iftikhar Sadiq
3	Anantnag		JKNC	Dr. Mehboob Beg		JKPDP	Mehbooba Mufti		BJP	Sofi Mohd. Yousuf
4	Ladakh		JKNC	Hassan Khan		Did not contest			BJP	Sonam Palzor
5	Udhampur		JKNC	Khalid Najib Suharwardy		INC	Chaudhary Lal Singh		BJP	Chaman Lal Gupta
6	Jammu		JKNC	Surjeet Singh Slathia		INC	Madan Lal Sharma		BJP	Nirmal Kumar Singh

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	UPA		INC	6,23,182	27.83	10.00	2 + 1	2	2
			JKPDP	2,67,457	11.94		2 + 1	1	1
		Total		8,90,639	39.77		4 + 2	3
	JKNC			4,93,067	22.02	6.92	6	2	2
	BJP			5,15,965	23.04	8.52	6	0	2
	JKNPP			67,619	3.02	2.14	4	0
	BSP			49,754	2.22	2.62	3	0
	Others			56,946	2.55		21	0
	IND			1,65,352	7.38	2.25	37	1
Total				22,39,342	100%	-	83	6	-

List of Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type		Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1	Baramulla	GEN	35.65	Abdul Rashid Shaheen		JKNC	1,27,653		Nizamuudin Bhat		JKPDP	1,17,758		9,895	2.96%
2	Srinagar	GEN	18.57	Omar Abdullah		JNNC	98,422		Ghulam Nabi Lone		JKPDP	75,263		23,159	11.84%
3	Anantnag	GEN	15.04	Mehbooba Mufti		JKPDP	74,436		Mirza Mehboob Beg		JKNC	35,498		38,938	25.92%
4	Ladakh	GEN	73.52	Thupstan Chhewang		Independent	66,839		Hassan Khan		JKNC	41,126		25,713	19.94%
5	Udhampur	GEN	45.09	Ch. Lal Singh		INC	2,40,872		Chaman Lal Gupta		BJP	1,93,697		47,175	7.76%
6	Jammu	GEN	44.49	Madan Lal Sharma		INC	3,19,994		Nirmal Singh		BJP	3,02,426		17,568	2.14%

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2002 election)
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	25	28
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	23	16
	Indian National Congress	20	20
	Bharatiya Janata Party	15	1
	Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party	1	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	1
	Others	2	17
Total		87

See also

• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

Notes

1. Friendly Contest on Baramulla between PDP and INC.

References

1. "General Elections 2004 - Statewise Winners Details for Independent". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission Of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.