1998 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
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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]
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16 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 March, 3 June
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Election Schedule
| # | Constituency Name | Polling Date | Counting Date | Declaration of Result |
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| 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
| # | 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
| Constituency | JKNC | BJP | INC | |||||||
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| No. | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | |||
| 1 | Baramulla | JKNC | Saifuddin Soz | BJP | Din Mohmad Chichi (Cheeta) | INC | Abdul Gani Vakil | |||
| 2 | Srinagar | JKNC | Omar Abdullah | BJP | Abdul Rashid Kabuli | INC | Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi | |||
| 3 | Anantnag | JKNC | Mohd. Yusuf Teng | BJP | Showkat Hussain Ganie | INC | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | |||
| 4 | Ladakh | JKNC | Syed Hussain | BJP | Spalzes Angmo | INC | Phuntsog Namgyal | |||
| 5 | Udhampur | JKNC | Rajinder Singh Chib | BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | INC | Thakur Randhir Singh | |||
| 6 | Jammu | JKNC | Janak Raj Gupta | BJP | Vishno Datt Sharma | INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | |||
Results
Party-wise Results
List of Elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
