Constituency
170. Udhampur
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-UDHAMPUR
BJP 48.7%won by 15.8%JKN 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 15.8% to 15.8%.
- New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,16,243
Turnout
50.7%
Valid votes
5,15,308
Margin
81,364
15.79%
Candidates
15 contested · winner BJP- 1PROF. CHAMAN LAL GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,50,81348.7%
- 2RAJINDER SINGH CHIBJKN · JKN1,69,44932.9%
- 3THAKUR RANDHIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC36,7317.1%
- 4KHALIL ALLAHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP28,6175.6%
- 5PROF BHIM SINGHNPAP · NPAP13,7342.7%
- 6DOONI CHAND THAKURBKKGP · BKKGP6,5121.3%
- 7JAGDISH RAJ SHASTRYSamajwadi Party · SP3,5870.7%
- 8SHASHI KUMARABJS · ABJS1,2560.2%
- 9DEV RAJIndependent · IND9280.2%
- 10MEHBOOB ALI KHANIndependent · IND8160.2%
- 11ASHWANI KUMARIndependent · IND7760.2%
- 12GHULAM ALIIndependent · IND7230.1%
- 13KOSHAL KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND4930.1%
- 14SUDARSHAN KUMARLok Shakti · LS4830.1%
- 15RAJESH MANCHANDARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3900.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–JKN swing
- −21.8%
- BJP share
- 37.6% → 48.7%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 51.3% → 50.7%