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168. Anantnag

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ANANTNAG

INC 55.9%won by 24.1%JKN 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 16.5% to 55.9% of the vote here (+39.4%).
  • New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.7% of the vote between them, up from 49.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 20.0% to 26.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,04,983
Turnout
26.8%
Valid votes
2,15,417
Margin
52,000
24.14%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MUFTI MOHMAD SAYEEDIndian National Congress · INC1,20,44455.9%
  2. 2MOHD. YUSUF TENGJKN · JKN68,44431.8%
  3. 3MOHD. MAQBOOL DARJanata Dal · JD10,8185.0%
  4. 4SHOWKAT HUSSAIN WANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,8613.2%
  5. 5GHULAM NABI KHANRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,7870.8%
  6. 6DILAWARIndependent · IND1,7110.8%
  7. 7MOHD. AKBARAIICS · AIICS1,3650.6%
  8. 8MOHD. YUSSAF GANIENPAP · NPAP1,1940.6%
  9. 9GH. MOHD. LONEIndependent · IND7610.4%
  10. 10BASHIR AHMED AHANGERIndependent · IND6350.3%
  11. 11RAKESH PARDESIIndependent · IND6070.3%
  12. 12ALTAF AHMEDIndependent · IND4130.2%
  13. 13ABDUL RASHID LONEIndependent · IND3770.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JKN swing
+7.6%
INC share
16.5% → 55.9%
JKN share
0.0% → 31.8%
Turnout
46.8% → 26.8%
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