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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Udhampur

Parliamentary constituency 5 (GEN) · Jammu and Kashmir

State boardJammu and Kashmir 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#5 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants15Candidate lines
Electors10,16,243
Votes polled5,22,899
Turnout51.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerProf. Chaman Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party2,50,81348.0% of votes
MARGIN81,364 votes · 15.6 pp2,50,813 − 1,69,449
Runner-upRajinder Singh Chib Jammu & Kashmir National Conference1,69,44932.4% of votes
BJP 59.7% of top-two votesJKNC 40.3%

All candidates 15

  1. 01 Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaBJP2,50,813 48.0%
  2. 02 Rajinder Singh ChibJKNC1,69,449 32.4%
  3. 03 Thakur Randhir SinghINC36,731 7.0%
  4. 04 Khalil AllahaBSP28,617 5.5%
  5. 05 Prof Bhim SinghNPP13,734 2.6%
  6. 06 Dooni Chand ThakurBKKP6,512 1.2%
  7. 07 Jagdish Raj ShastrySP3,587 0.7%
  8. 08 Shashi KumarAKHILB1,256 0.2%
  9. 09 Dev RajIND928 0.2%
  10. 10 Mehboob Ali KhanIND816 0.2%
  11. 11 Ashwani KumarIND776 0.1%
  12. 12 Ghulam AliIND723 0.1%
  13. 13 Koshal Kumar SharmaIND493 0.1%
  14. 14 Sudarshan KumarLS483 0.1%
  15. 15 Rajesh ManchandaRJD390 0.1%

Turnout 51.5%

025507510051.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 46.7%
Male 5.47 lakh53.8% Female 4.70 lakh46.2%

Share of 10,16,243 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males859
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 6 seats, 199846.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 5,15,308Residual 7,591

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    10.4 pp
    Jugal KishoreBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    30.3 pp
    Dr. Jitendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    5.9 pp
    Dr. Jitendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    2.2 pp
    Ch. Lal SinghIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    7.8 pp
    Ch. Lal SinghIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    29.3 pp
    Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    15.6 pp
    Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    15.2 pp
    Chaman Lal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  10. 1989
    9.6 pp
    Dharam PaulIndian National Congress
  11. 1988
    0.9 pp
    Mohd.A.KhanIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    30.0 pp
    Girdhari Lal DograIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    16.4 pp
    Karan SinghIndian National Congress (U)
  14. 1977
    24.8 pp
    Karan SinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 80.4% of votes; the other 13 candidates 18.2% between them.

    (2,50,813 + 1,69,449) ÷ 5,22,899 = 80.4% · 95,046 ÷ 5,22,899 = 18.2%

  2. Turnout of 51.5% was 4.8 pp above the state's median seat (46.7%).

    51.5 − 46.7 = +4.8

  3. The margin widened from 15.2 pp in 1996 to 15.6 pp.

    15.6 − 15.2 = +0.4 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 BJP · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines5,15,308
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,22,899
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 7,591

Candidate votes miss the published total by 7,591, 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

Candidates15 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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