1999 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

The 1999 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 13th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 4 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party won 2 seats.

Election Schedule Constituency Polling / Counting Date Declaration of Result(From) Declaration of Result(To) Baramulla 18 September 19996 October 1999 8 October 1999 Srinagar 5 September 1999 6 October 1999 Anantnag 4 October 1999 8 October 1999 Ladakh 5 September 19997 October 1999 Udhampur11 September 1999 Jammu

Constituency Details ConstituencyCandidatesElectorsVotersPolling %Polling StationsBaramulla1276363921218027.791143Srinagar1185408110193311.93987Anantnag1980491111524314.32994Ladakh1714371911767181.88392Udhampur22101695240321039.651387Jammu27144679267670846.771610 STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_II_LS99.pdf

List of Candidates ConstituencyJKNCBJPINC # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1BaramullaAbdul Rashid ShaheenMohd SultanDid Not Field2SrinagarOmar AbdullahFayaz Ahamd BhatAga Syed Mehdi3AnantnagAli Muhammad NaikShowkat Hussain GaniePeerzada Mohammad Syed4LadakhHassan KhanSonam PaljorThupstan Chhewang5UdhampurJagjiwan LalChaman Lal GuptaBalbir Singh6JammuRajinder Singh ChibVishno Datt SharmaMadan Lal Sharma

Results

Results by Party/Alliance Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 4,95,715 31.56 2.92 6 2 JKNC 4,54,481 28.94 7.41 6 4 1 INC 2,80,065 17.83 1.41 5 0 1 BSP 75,943 4.84 2 0 JKAL 28,889 1.84 3 0 CPI(M) 15,649 1.00 1 0 Others 68,593 4.37 32 0 IND 1,51,229 9.63 28 0 Total 15,70,564 100% - 83 6 -

List of Elected MPs ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1BaramullaAbdul Rashid ShaheenJKNC84,24343.94Muzaffar Hussain BaigIND48,13025.1036,11318.842SrinagarOmar AbdullahJKNC55,54257.27Mehbooba MuftiIND18,68319.2636,85938.013AnantnagAli Muhammad NaikJKNC38,74537.66Mufti Mohammad SayeedIND25,25324.5513,49213.114LadakhHassan KhanJKNC52,18745.04Thupstan ChhewangINC50,09743.242,0901.805UdhampurChaman Lal GuptaBJP194,67849.01Jagjiwan LalJKNC76,37119.23118,30729.786JammuVishno Datt SharmaBJP289,41243.46Rajinder Singh ChibJKNC147,39322.13142,01921.33

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu & Kashmir #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaUdhampurCabinet MinisterFood Processing Industries1 Sept20011 July2002MoSDefence1 July200222 May20042Omer AbdullahSrinagarMoSCommerce and Industry13 Oct199922 July2001External Affairs22 July200123 Dec2002

See also

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

References