Constituency
156. Jammu
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-JAMMU
INC 46.5%won by 21.3%JKN 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 46.5% of the vote here (+46.5%).
- New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.8% to 69.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,11,828
Turnout
69.6%
Valid votes
5,65,043
Margin
1,20,192
21.27%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1JANAK RAJ GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC2,62,79646.5%
- 2SHABIR AHMED SALARIAJKN · JKN1,42,60425.2%
- 3KARAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,39,91324.8%
- 4OM RAJ GORKAIndependent · IND7,0351.2%
- 5KRIT PAULIndependent · IND2,5010.4%
- 6BANSI LALIndependent · IND1,8590.3%
- 7SUSHIL KUMARIndependent · IND1,5840.3%
- 8HARI OM RAINAIndependent · IND1,3740.2%
- 9BHAGAT SINGH SANDHUIndependent · IND1,2030.2%
- 10MOHAN LAL SAPOLIAIndependent · IND1,1790.2%
- 11BABU RAM MANHASIndependent · IND6450.1%
- 12HARJEET SINGHIndependent · IND5620.1%
- 13SUBASH CHANDER SETHIIndependent · IND5480.1%
- 14SAT PAUL BHAGATIndependent · IND4610.1%
- 15BABU RAM SHARMAIndependent · IND4450.1%
- 16RAM SAROOPIndependent · IND3340.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JKN swing
- +21.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.5%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- 57.8% → 69.6%