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Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 6 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateJammu and Kashmir
Seats
6
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 6
Electors
50.23L
On the roll
Votes polled
22.20L
44.2% of electors
Median turnout
46.7%
Median of 6 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, BJP 2, INC 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 6 seats: JKNC 3, BJP 2, INC 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 6JKNC 3 · 1 short of majority
JKNC 350.0% Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BJP 233.3% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 116.7% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
JKNC 36.4%3 seats · 50.0%
BJP 28.6%2 seats · 33.3%
INC 19.2%1 seat · 16.7%
BSP 5.0%0 seats
JKAL 1.0%0 seats
Others 9.8%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 28.6%2 seats
UPA 19.2%1 seat
THIRD FRONT 0.5%0 seats
OTHERS 51.7%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. JKNC converted 36.4% of votes into 50.0% of seats, a seat premium of 13.6 pp.

    3 ÷ 6 = 50.0% · 50.0 − 36.4 = +13.6

  2. BSP polled 5.0% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 6 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 5.0 = −5.0

  3. Ladakh was decided by 30,557 votes, the closest of 6 seats; Jammu had the widest margin, 1,27,901.

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

  4. Turnout ran from 28.2% in Anantnag to 73.4% in Ladakh; the median seat polled 46.7%.

    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
025507510046.7%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 350.0% of seats
50–60 233.3% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 116.7% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestAnantnag28.2%
  • HighestLadakh73.4%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

6 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1998, all 6 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Baramulla Professor Saifuddin Soz Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 3,19,591 37,985 11.9 41.9
02 Srinagar Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 2,56,490 70,839 27.6 30.1
03 Anantnag Mufti Mohmad Sayeed Indian National Congress 2,26,597 52,000 22.9 28.2
04 LadakhCLOSEST Syed Hussain Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1,05,265 30,557 29.0 73.4
05 Udhampur Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 5,22,899 81,364 15.6 51.5
06 JammuWIDEST Vaid Vishno Dutt Bharatiya Janata Party 7,89,529 1,27,901 16.2 54.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,27,901 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · 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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