Elections Archive

GEN · Jammu Kashmir

Jammu

Vaid Vishno Dutt (BJP) won by 1,27,901 votes (16.4%).

Electors
14,42,853
Votes polled
7,89,529
Valid votes
Turnout
54.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 16.4% (median 7.6%). Back to Jammu Kashmir · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.4%(-10.1%)
Turnout
73.1%(-6.9%)
NOTA
0.4%
Top-2 squeeze
95.5%

Winning margin over time · Jammu

1967197119771980198419891996199819992004200920142019202434%

Candidates

Candidates · Jammu 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vaid Vishno DuttWinnerBJP3,36,47243.3%
2Janak Raj GuptaJKN2,08,57126.8%
3Mangat Ram SharmaINC1,40,83218.1%
4Girdhari LalBSP74,0309.5%
5Satish PoonchiLS3,6470.5%
6Som NathRPI2,6980.3%
7Rajinder KumarIND2,1990.3%
8Anam Hafiz ChoudharyIND1,6860.2%
9Surjit SinghIND1,1510.1%
10Sunil GuptaIND1,0310.1%
11Som NathIND9810.1%
12Sunder SinghIND7660.1%
12Hardev SinghSP7660.1%
14Vidhi Sharan SinghIND7590.1%
15Prem NathIND6980.1%
16Subash ChanderIND6850.1%
17Vijay KumarRJD5840.1%
18Ghulam AliIND3010.0%

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