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167. Srinagar

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SRINAGAR

JKN 57.3%won by 38.0%IND 19.3%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.2% to 38.0%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 19.3% — it polled just 1.7% in 1998.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 90.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 17.0% to 11.4%.

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

Electorate
8,54,081
Turnout
11.4%
Valid votes
96,984
Margin
36,859
38.01%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1Omer AbdullahJKN · JKN55,54257.3%
  2. 2Mebooba MuftiIndependent · IND18,68319.3%
  3. 3Aga Syed MehdiIndian National Congress · INC18,45319.0%
  4. 4Fayaz Ahamd BhatBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0912.2%
  5. 5Abul Hassan BhatRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD7920.8%
  6. 6Hafiza BagumIndependent · IND4980.5%
  7. 7Mohd. Yousuf ShahJKAL · JKAL3100.3%
  8. 8Nazir AhmadJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP2370.2%
  9. 9Molvi Habibul RehmanSJPR · SJPR2250.2%
  10. 10Waheeda ShahIndependent · IND1530.2%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKN–IND swing
−20.0%
JKN share
59.7% → 57.3%
IND share
1.7% → 19.3%
Turnout
28.4% → 11.4%
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