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170. Udhampur

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-UDHAMPUR

BJP 49.0%won by 29.8%JKN 19.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.8% to 29.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 81.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.6% to 39.1%.

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

Electorate
10,16,952
Turnout
39.1%
Valid votes
3,97,187
Margin
1,18,307
29.79%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,94,67849.0%
  2. 2Jagjiwan LalJKN · JKN76,37119.2%
  3. 3Balbir SinghIndian National Congress · INC75,83819.1%
  4. 4Roop LalBahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,2785.6%
  5. 5Prof. Bhim SinghJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP12,7873.2%
  6. 6Jagdish RajIndependent · IND5,9471.5%
  7. 7Abdul KabirSJPR · SJPR2,2830.6%
  8. 8Pardeep SinghNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,1310.5%
  9. 9Kabir ShahJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,6850.4%
  10. 10Gulam MohdRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD6230.2%
  11. 11Dev RajIndependent · IND6010.2%
  12. 12Shashi KumarABJS · ABJS5280.1%
  13. 13Rajinder SharmaJanahitha Paksha · JP5010.1%
  14. 14Des RajRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4300.1%
  15. 15Surender Pal MahajanIndependent · IND3560.1%
  16. 16Pandit Hem Raj SharmaIndependent · IND1500.0%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JKN swing
+14.0%
BJP share
48.7% → 49.0%
JKN share
32.9% → 19.2%
Turnout
50.7% → 39.1%
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