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171. Jammu

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JAMMU

BJP 43.3%won by 16.4%JKN 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 16.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.0% to 43.3% of the vote here (+17.3%).
  • New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.1% of the vote between them, up from 60.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 53.9%.

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

Electorate
14,42,853
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
7,77,857
Margin
1,27,901
16.44%

Candidates

18 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VAID VISHNO DUTTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,36,47243.3%
  2. 2JANAK RAJ GUPTAJKN · JKN2,08,57126.8%
  3. 3MANGAT RAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,40,83218.1%
  4. 4GIRDHARI LALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP74,0309.5%
  5. 5SATISH POONCHILok Shakti · LS3,6470.5%
  6. 6SOM NATHRPI · RPI2,6980.3%
  7. 7RAJINDER KUMARIndependent · IND2,1990.3%
  8. 8ANAM HAFIZ CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,6860.2%
  9. 9SURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND1,1510.1%
  10. 10SUNIL GUPTAIndependent · IND1,0310.1%
  11. 11SOM NATHIndependent · IND9810.1%
  12. 12HARDEV SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP7660.1%
  13. 13SUNDER SINGHIndependent · IND7660.1%
  14. 14VIDHI SHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND7590.1%
  15. 15PREM NATHIndependent · IND6980.1%
  16. 16SUBASH CHANDERIndependent · IND6850.1%
  17. 17VIJAY KUMARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5840.1%
  18. 18GHULAM ALIIndependent · IND3010.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JKN swing
−9.6%
BJP share
26.0% → 43.3%
JKN share
0.0% → 26.8%
Turnout
47.0% → 53.9%
170. Udhampur172. Bidar
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