Elections Archive

GEN · Jammu Kashmir

Udhampur

Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta (BJP) won by 81,364 votes (15.8%).

Electors
10,16,243
Votes polled
5,22,899
Valid votes
Turnout
51.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 15.8% (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
11.3%(-19.2%)
Turnout
68.6%(-10.6%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
92.5%

Winning margin over time · Udhampur

1967197119771980198419891996199819992004200920142019202435%

Candidates

Candidates · Udhampur 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prof. Chaman Lal GuptaWinnerBJP2,50,81348.7%
2Rajinder Singh ChibJKN1,69,44932.9%
3Thakur Randhir SinghINC36,7317.1%
4Khalil AllahaBSP28,6175.6%
5Prof Bhim SinghNPAP13,7342.7%
6Dooni Chand ThakurBKKGP6,5121.3%
7Jagdish Raj ShastrySP3,5870.7%
8Shashi KumarABJS1,2560.2%
9Dev RajIND9280.2%
10Mehboob Ali KhanIND8160.2%
11Ashwani KumarIND7760.2%
12Ghulam AliIND7230.1%
13Koshal Kumar SharmaIND4930.1%
14Sudarshan KumarLS4830.1%
15Rajesh ManchandaRJD3900.1%

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