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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Jammu

Parliamentary constituency 6 (GEN) · Jammu and Kashmir

State boardJammu and Kashmir 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#6 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants18Candidate lines
Electors14,42,853
Votes polled7,89,529
Turnout54.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerVaid Vishno DuttBharatiya Janata Party3,36,47242.6% of votes
MARGIN1,27,901 votes · 16.2 pp3,36,472 − 2,08,571
Runner-upJanak Raj Gupta Jammu & Kashmir National Conference2,08,57126.4% of votes
BJP 61.7% of top-two votesJKNC 38.3%

All candidates 18

  1. 01 Vaid Vishno DuttBJP3,36,472 42.6%
  2. 02 Janak Raj GuptaJKNC2,08,571 26.4%
  3. 03 Mangat Ram SharmaINC1,40,832 17.8%
  4. 04 Girdhari LalBSP74,030 9.4%
  5. 05 Satish PoonchiLS3,647 0.5%
  6. 06 Som NathRPI2,698 0.3%
  7. 07 Rajinder KumarIND2,199 0.3%
  8. 08 Anam Hafiz ChoudharyIND1,686 0.2%
  9. 09 Surjit SinghIND1,151 0.1%
  10. 10 Sunil GuptaIND1,031 0.1%
  11. 11 Som NathIND981 0.1%
  12. 12 Hardev SinghSP766 0.1%
  13. 12 Sunder SinghIND766 0.1%
  14. 14 Vidhi Sharan SinghIND759 0.1%
  15. 15 Prem NathIND698 0.1%
  16. 16 Subash ChanderIND685 0.1%
  17. 17 Vijay KumarRJD584 0.1%
  18. 18 Ghulam AliIND301 0.0%

Turnout 54.7%

025507510054.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 46.7%
Male 7.78 lakh53.9% Female 6.65 lakh46.1%

Share of 14,42,853 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males856
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 6 seats, 199846.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 18 candidates = 7,77,857Residual 11,672

Seat history 2019–1977

  1. 2019
    20.5 pp
    Jugal KishoreBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2014
    20.5 pp
    Jugal KishoreBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2009
    14.4 pp
    Madan Lal SharmaIndian National Congress
  4. 2004
    2.1 pp
    Madan Lal SharmaIndian National Congress
  5. 2002
    7.6 pp
    Chowdhary Talib HussainJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  6. 1999
    21.0 pp
    Vishno Datt SharmaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    16.2 pp
    Vaid Vishno DuttBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    8.0 pp
    Mangat Ram SharmaIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  10. 1989
    3.7 pp
    Janak Rai GuptaIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    20.9 pp
    Janak Raj GuptaIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    32.7 pp
    Girdhari Lal DograIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    7.9 pp
    Thakur Baldev SinghIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 1,40,832 votes, 1.1× the 1,27,901-vote margin.

    1,40,832 ÷ 1,27,901 = 1.1

  2. The top two polled 69.0% of votes; the other 16 candidates 29.5% between them.

    (3,36,472 + 2,08,571) ÷ 7,89,529 = 69.0% · 2,32,814 ÷ 7,89,529 = 29.5%

  3. Turnout of 54.7% was 8.0 pp above the state's median seat (46.7%).

    54.7 − 46.7 = +8.0

  4. The margin widened from 8.0 pp in 1996 to 16.2 pp.

    16.2 − 8.0 = +8.2 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, BJP in 1998.

    1996 INC · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 18 candidate lines7,77,857
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,89,529
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,672

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,672, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Jammu and Kashmir · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates18 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 6 seats on the Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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