1980 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1980
3,6 Jan
Jammu and Kashmir

The 1980 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 7th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference won 3 seats, Indian National Congress (I) won 1, Indian National Congress (U) won 1 seat and an independent candidate Phuntsog Namgyal of Ladakh constituency won 1 seat.[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency Electors Voters Polling %
Baramulla 489040 273949 56.02
Srinagar 519706 - -
Anantnag 511132 306998 60.06
Ladakh 77631 48000 61.83
Udhampur 578770 338969 58.57
Jammu 691358 410072 59.31

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Results

Party-wise Results

Party Elected MPs
INC (U) 1
INC (I) 1
JKN 3
IND 1
Total 6

List of Elected MPs

No. Constituency Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation Win Margin %
1 Baramulla Khawaja Mubarak Shah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 39.09%
2 Srinagar Farooq Abdullah (Returned) Jammu and Kashmir National Conference -
3 Anantnag Gh. Rasool Kochak Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 28.36%
4 Ladakh Phuntsog Namgyal Independent 13.25%
5 Udhampur Karan Singh Indian National Congress (U) 16.74%
6 Jammu Girdhari Lal Dogra Indian National Congress (I) 21.27%

See also

References

  1. ^ "1980 India General (7th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_II_LS_80.pdf
  3. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf
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