Results/Lok Sabha/Jammu and Kashmir/1980 Results/Lok Sabha
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Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1980

Results board · 6 constituencies

Seats
6
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 6
Electors
28.68L
On the roll
Votes polled
13.78L
Summed over 5 of 6 seats
Median turnout
59.3%
Median of 5 seats
JKNC short
−1
Below majority · 3 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

6 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 6 seats: JKNC 3, INC 1, INC(U) 1, IND 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 6 seats: JKNC 3, INC 1, INC(U) 1, IND 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 6JKNC 3 · 1 short of majority
JKNC 350.0% Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
INC 116.7% Indian National Congress
INC(U) 116.7% Indian National Congress (U)
IND 116.7% Independents

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
JKNC 36.9%3 seats · 50.0%
INC 18.7%1 seat · 16.7%
INC(U) 14.5%1 seat · 16.7%
JNP 8.6%0 seats
Others 21.3%1 seat · 16.7%

Vote share not published

  • IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown
  1. JKNC converted 36.9% of votes into 50.0% of seats, a seat premium of 13.1 pp.

    3 ÷ 6 = 50.0% · 50.0 − 36.9 = +13.1
  2. JNP polled 8.6% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 6 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 8.6 = −8.6
  3. Ladakh was decided by 6,052 votes, the closest of 5 seats; Jammu had the widest margin, 1,34,257.

    min / max of margin over 5 seats with a recorded margin
  4. Turnout ran from 56.0% in Baramulla to 61.8% in Ladakh; the median seat polled 59.3%.

    min / median / max over 5 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

5 of 6 seats carry a turnout
025507510059.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 360.0% of seats
60–70 240.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBaramulla56.0%
  • HighestLadakh61.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

6 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1980, all 6 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Baramulla Khawaja Mubarak Shah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 2,73,949 1,03,277 37.7 56.0
02 Srinagar Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference not recorded not recorded not recorded not recorded
03 Anantnag Gh. Rasool Kochak Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 3,06,998 83,970 27.4 60.1
04 LadakhCLOSEST Phuntsog Namgyal Independent 48,000 6,052 12.6 61.8
05 Udhampur Karan Singh Indian National Congress (U) 3,38,969 55,429 16.4 58.6
06 JammuWIDEST Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress 4,10,072 1,34,257 32.7 59.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,34,257 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · 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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