Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1980
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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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