Results/Lok Sabha/Jammu and Kashmir/Srinagar/1998 Results/Lok Sabha
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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Srinagar

Parliamentary constituency 2 (GEN) · Jammu and Kashmir

State boardJammu and Kashmir 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#2 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors8,53,183
Votes polled2,56,490
Turnout30.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerOmar AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference1,44,60956.4% of votes
MARGIN70,839 votes · 27.6 pp1,44,609 − 73,770
Runner-upAga Syed Mohdi Indian National Congress73,77028.8% of votes
JKNC 66.2% of top-two votesINC 33.8%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Omar AbdullahJKNC1,44,609 56.4%
  2. 02 Aga Syed MohdiINC73,770 28.8%
  3. 03 Abdul Rashid KabuliBJP11,135 4.3%
  4. 04 Bashir Ahmad KhandyIND4,152 1.6%
  5. 05 Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din AkhoonBSP3,656 1.4%
  6. 06 Hafiza BegumIND2,967 1.2%
  7. 07 Mohammad SultanIND2,009 0.8%

Turnout 30.1%

025507510030.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 46.7%
Male 4.56 lakh53.4% Female 3.97 lakh46.6%

Share of 8,53,183 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males872
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 6 seats, 199846.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 2,42,298Residual 14,192

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    27.9 pp
    Aga Syed Ruhullah MehdiJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  2. 2019
    37.5 pp
    Farooq AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  3. 2017
    12.5 pp
    Farooq AbdullahNC
  4. 2014
    13.5 pp
    Tariq Hameed KarraJammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
  5. 2009
    10.7 pp
    Farooq AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  6. 2004
    11.8 pp
    Omar AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  7. 1999
    36.2 pp
    Omer AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  8. 1998
    27.6 pp
    Omar AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  9. 1996
    0.5 pp
    Ghulam Mohammad MirIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  11. 1989
    Margin not recorded
    Mohammad Shafi BhatJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  12. 1984
    60.8 pp
    Abdul Rashid KabuliJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  13. 1980
    Margin not recorded
    Farooq AbdullahJammu & Kashmir National Conference
  14. 1977
    38.4 pp
    Akbar Jahan BegamJammu & Kashmir National Conference

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 60.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 85.1% of votes; the other 5 candidates 9.3% between them.

    (1,44,609 + 73,770) ÷ 2,56,490 = 85.1% · 23,919 ÷ 2,56,490 = 9.3%

  2. Turnout of 30.1% was 16.6 pp below the state's median seat (46.7%).

    30.1 − 46.7 = −16.6

  3. The margin widened from 0.5 pp in 1996 to 27.6 pp.

    27.6 − 0.5 = +27.1 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, JKNC in 1998.

    1996 INC · 1998 JKNC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines2,42,298
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,56,490
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 14,192

Candidate votes miss the published total by 14,192, 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

Candidates7 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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