2004 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Last updated September 03, 2025

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

Results

Party-wise Results

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Contested	Won	±	Votes	%	±
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	6	2	2	4,93,067	22.02	2.03
	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	3	1	New	2,67,457	11.94	New
	Indian National Congress	3	2	3	6,23,182	27.83	10.0
	Bharatiya Janata Party	6	0	2	5,15,965	23.04	8.52
	Independent	37	1	1	1,65,352	7.38	2.25
Total (valid votes)		6			22,39,342	100.0

List of Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type	Turnout	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

Notes

↑ Friendly Contest on Baramulla between PDP and INC.

References

↑ "General Elections 2004 - Statewise Winners Details for Independent". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
↑ "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.

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[3] Friendly Contest on Baramulla between PDP and INC.

[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.

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