1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
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The 1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 11th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 1 seat, Indian National Congress won 4 seats and Janta Dal won 1 seat.[1]
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7 May, 23 May, 30 May
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 Jammu and Kashmir |
Constituency Details
List of Candidates
| Constituency | ||||||||||
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| INC | BJP | JD | ||||||||
| 1 | Baramulla | INC | Gh. Rasool Kar | Did not contest | JD | Sheikh Mohd Sadiq | ||||
| 2 | Srinagar | INC | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | BJP | Amar Nath Vaishanvi | JD | Farooq Ahmad Anderabi | |||
| 3 | Anantnag | INC | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | BJP | Sarla Taploo | JD | Mohamad Maqbool | |||
| 4 | Ladakh | INC | Phuntsog Namgyal | BJP | Spalzes Angmo | Did not contest | ||||
| 5 | Udhampur | INC | Janak Raj Gupta | BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | JD | Devi Dass Thakur | |||
| 6 | Jammu | INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | BJP | Vaid Vishno Dutt | JD | Balwan Singh | |||
Results
Results by Party/Alliance
List of Elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Baramulla | Ghulam Rasool Kar | INC | 110,331 | 36.09 | Gh. Nabi Mir | IND | 45,350 | 14.83 | 64,981 | 21.26 | ||
| 2 | Srinagar | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | INC | 55,503 | 18.63 | Farooq Ahmad Anderabi | JD | 53,904 | 18.10 | 1,599 | 0.53 | ||
| 3 | Anantnag | Mohamad Maqbool | JD | 117,221 | 32.76 | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | INC | 59,137 | 16.53 | 58,084 | 16.23 | ||
| 4 | Ladakh | Phuntsog Namgyal | INC | 54,592 | 52.10 | Qamar Ali Akhoon | IND | 44,457 | 42.43 | 10,135 | 9.67 | ||
| 5 | Udhampur | Chaman Lal Gupta | BJP | 166,206 | 37.58 | Janak Raj Gupta | INC | 96,151 | 21.74 | 70,055 | 15.84 | ||
| 6 | Jammu | Mangat Ram Sharma | INC | 194,228 | 34.24 | Vishno Datt Sharma | BJP | 147,495 | 26.00 | 46,733 | 8.24 | ||