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Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 6 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateJammu and Kashmir
Seats
6
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 6
Electors
44.56L
On the roll
Votes polled
21.82L
49.0% of electors
Median turnout
49.2%
Median of 6 seats
INC margin
0
Exactly at majority · 4 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

6 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 6 seats: INC 4, BJP 1, JD 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 6 seats: INC 4, BJP 1, JD 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 6INC 4 · at majority
INC 466.7% Indian National Congress
BJP 116.7% Bharatiya Janata Party
JD 116.7% Janata Dal

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 27.5%4 seats · 66.7%
BJP 19.0%1 seat · 16.7%
JD 17.6%1 seat · 16.7%
BSP 6.0%0 seats
JPP 4.8%0 seats
Others 25.1%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

UPA 27.5%4 seats
NDA 19.0%1 seat
THIRD FRONT 17.6%1 seat
OTHERS 35.9%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 27.5% of votes into 66.7% of seats, a seat premium of 39.2 pp.

    4 ÷ 6 = 66.7% · 66.7 − 27.5 = +39.2

  2. BSP polled 6.0% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 6 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 6.0 = −6.0

  3. Srinagar was decided by 1,599 votes, the closest of 6 seats; Udhampur had the widest margin, 70,055.

    min / max of margin over 6 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; INC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 6 · INC 1

  5. Turnout ran from 40.9% in Srinagar to 80.9% in Ladakh; the median seat polled 49.2%.

    min / median / max over 6 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

6 of 6 seats carry a turnout
025507510049.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 350.0% of seats
50–60 233.3% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 116.7% of seats
  • LowestSrinagar40.9%
  • HighestLadakh80.9%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

6 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1996, all 6 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Baramulla Gh. Rasool Kar Indian National Congress 3,28,688 64,981 19.8 46.7
02 SrinagarCLOSEST Ghulam Mohammad Mir Indian National Congress 3,21,928 1,599 0.5 40.9
03 Anantnag Mohamad Maqbool Janata Dal 3,83,861 58,084 15.1 50.2
04 Ladakh Phuntsog Namgyal Indian National Congress 1,06,347 10,135 9.5 80.9
05 UdhampurWIDEST Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 4,59,456 70,055 15.2 53.3
06 Jammu Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress 5,81,314 46,733 8.0 48.2
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 70,055 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Jammu and Kashmir · 6 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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