1998 Indian general election in 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.

Election Schedule + Constituency-wise Polling and Result Dates # Constituency Name Polling Date Counting Date Declaration of Result 1 Baramulla 7 March 1998 9 March 1998 10 March 1998 2 Srinagar 28 February 1998 8 March 1998 9 March 1998 3 Anantnag 7 March 1998 9 March 1998 10 March 1998 4 Ladakh 3 June 1998 6 June 1998 7 June 1998 5 Udhampur 7 March 1998 16 April 1998 17 April 1998 6 Jammu 16 February 1998 8 March 1998 9 March 1998

Constituency Details Source: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdfSTATISTICAL 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 + Constituency-wise Election Statistics # Constituency Name Candidates Electors Voters Polling % 1 Baramulla 29 762,028 319,591 41.94% 2 Srinagar 7 853,183 256,490 30.06% 3 Anantnag 13 804,983 226,597 28.15% 4 Ladakh 4 143,492 105,265 73.36% 5 Udhampur 15 1,016,243 522,89 51.45% 6 Jammu 18 1,442,853 789,529 54.72%

List of Candidates ConstituencyJKNCBJPINC No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1BaramullaSaifuddin SozDin Mohmad Chichi (Cheeta)Abdul Gani Vakil2SrinagarOmar AbdullahAbdul Rashid KabuliAga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi3AnantnagMohd. Yusuf TengShowkat Hussain GanieMufti Mohammad Sayeed4LadakhSyed HussainSpalzes AngmoPhuntsog Namgyal5UdhampurRajinder Singh ChibChaman Lal GuptaThakur Randhir Singh6JammuJanak Raj GuptaVishno Datt SharmaMangat Ram Sharma

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 ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1BaramullaProfessor Saifuddin SozJKNC131,16443.21Muzaffar Hussain BaigIND93,17930.6937,98512.522SrinagarOmar AbdullahJKNC144,60959.68Aga Syed MohdiINC73,77030.4570,83929.233AnantnagMufti Mohammad SayeedINC120,44455.91Mohd. Yusuf TengJKNC68,44431.7752,00024.144LadakhSyed HussainJKNC62,43259.94Phuntsog NamgyalINC31,87530.6130,55729.335UdhampurProf. Chaman Lal GuptaBJP250,81348.67Rajinder Singh ChibJKNC169,44932.8881,36415.796JammuVaid Vishnu DuttBJP336,47243.26Janak Raj GuptaJKNC208,57126.81127,90116.45

See also

Results of the 2004 Indian general election by state

References