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Jammu & Kashmir · PC 5 · 1999
Udhampur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.3%JKN 18.9%14 others 32.8%
Votes
1,94,678
49.0% share
Winning margin
1,18,307
29.8% of votes
Total votes cast
4,03,210
Candidates
16
Seat history
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta | NDA (NDA) | 1,94,678 | 49.0% |
| 2 | Jagjiwan Lal | 76,371 | 19.2% | |
| 3 | Balbir Singh | 75,838 | 19.1% | |
| 4 | Roop Lal | 22,278 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Prof. Bhim Singh | 12,787 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Jagdish Raj | IND | 5,947 | 1.5% |
| 7 | Abdul Kabir | SJP(R) | 2,283 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Pardeep Singh | 2,131 | 0.5% | |
| 9 | Kabir Shah | 1,685 | 0.4% | |
| 10 | Gulam Mohd | 623 | 0.2% | |
| 11 | Dev Raj | IND | 601 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Shashi Kumar | ABJS | 528 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Rajinder Sharma | JP | 501 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Des Raj | 430 | 0.1% | |
| 15 | Surender Pal Mahajan | IND | 356 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Pandit Hem Raj Sharma | IND | 150 | 0.0% |
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Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe29.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
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1st of 5How crowded is the field?
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2.18
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5th of 5How much NOTA?
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0.4%
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5th of 5How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.0%JKN 19.2%INC 19.1%BSP 5.6%OTH 7.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2024. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.