1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
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7 May, 23 May, 30 May
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The 1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 11th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 1 seat, Indian National Congress won 4 seats and Janta Dal won 1 seat.[1]
Constituency Details
[edit]| Constituency | Candidates Nominated | Electors | Voters | Polling % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baramulla | 15 | 704601 | 328688 | 46.65 |
| Srinagar | 17 | 786301 | 321928 | 40.94 |
| Anantnag | 23 | 764670 | 383861 | 50.20 |
| Ladakh | 13 | 131402 | 106347 | 80.93 |
| Udhampur | 47 | 862236 | 459456 | 53.29 |
| Jammu | 49 | 1206499 | 581314 | 48.18 |
List of Candidates
[edit]| Constituency | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | JD | ||||||||
| 1 | Baramulla | INC | Gh. Rasool Kar | Did not contest | JD | Sheikh Mohd Sadiq | ||||
| 2 | Srinagar | INC | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | BJP | Amar Nath Vaishanvi | JD | Farooq Ahmad Anderabi | |||
| 3 | Anantnag | INC | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | BJP | Sarla Taploo | JD | Mohamad Maqbool | |||
| 4 | Ladakh | INC | Phuntsog Namgyal | BJP | Spalzes Angmo | Did not contest | ||||
| 5 | Udhampur | INC | Janak Raj Gupta | BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | JD | Devi Dass Thakur | |||
| 6 | Jammu | INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | BJP | Vaid Vishno Dutt | JD | Balwan Singh | |||
Results
[edit]Results by Party/Alliance
[edit]| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Contested | Won | ||||||
| INC | 5,69,942 | 27.46 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| BJP | 3,95,300 | 19.04 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| JD | 3,66,074 | 17.63 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| BSP | 1,23,591 | 5.95 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| JKPP | 99,599 | 4.80 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| AIIC(T) | 17,276 | 0.83 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 5,04,098 | 24.28 | 84 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 20,75,880 | 100% | 110 | 6 | |||||
List of Elected MPs
[edit]| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Baramulla | Ghulam Rasool Kar | INC | 110,331 | 36.09 | Gh. Nabi Mir | IND | 45,350 | 14.83 | 64,981 | 21.26 | ||
| 2 | Srinagar | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | INC | 55,503 | 18.63 | Farooq Ahmad Anderabi | JD | 53,904 | 18.10 | 1,599 | 0.53 | ||
| 3 | Anantnag | Mohamad Maqbool | JD | 117,221 | 32.76 | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | INC | 59,137 | 16.53 | 58,084 | 16.23 | ||
| 4 | Ladakh | Phuntsog Namgyal | INC | 54,592 | 52.10 | Qamar Ali Akhoon | IND | 44,457 | 42.43 | 10,135 | 9.67 | ||
| 5 | Udhampur | Chaman Lal Gupta | BJP | 166,206 | 37.58 | Janak Raj Gupta | INC | 96,151 | 21.74 | 70,055 | 15.84 | ||
| 6 | Jammu | Mangat Ram Sharma | INC | 194,228 | 34.24 | Vishno Datt Sharma | BJP | 147,495 | 26.00 | 46,733 | 8.24 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu & Kashmir
[edit]| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maqbool Dar | Anantnag | MoS | Home Affairs | 10 July 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
JD | |
| 1 May 1997 |
19 March 1998 | |||||||
| 2 | Saifuddin Soz | Rajya Sabha (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Cabinet Minister | Environment and Forests | 21 Feb 1997 |
21 April 1997 |
JKNC | |
| 21 April 1997 |
19 March 1998 | |||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf
- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_II_LS96.pdf