Jammu EastAssembly by-election result, 1998
Ashok Kumar (BJP) won Jammu East in the 1998 assembly by-election with 54.9% of the vote, beating Ved Kumar (INC) by 6,197 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1996 election. In 1987, seat no. 72 was Darhal. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2014. From 2024, seat no. 72 is Bishnah. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Ashok Kumar won by 25.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok Kumar | 13,16454.9% | |
| 2 | Ved Kumar | 6,96729.1% | |
| 3 | Rattan Lal Gupta Advocate JKNC | JKNC | 2,69311.2% |
| 4 | Dhan Raj Bargotra | 4641.9% | |
| 5 | Vipan Mahajan IND | IND | 3531.5% |
| 6 | Shri Kant IND | IND | 1520.6% |
| 7 | Uday Chand IND | IND | 1310.6% |
| 8 | Rajesh Gupta IND | IND | 250.1% |
| 9 | Som Nath IND | IND | 240.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
BJP, INC and JKNC took 95% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.50 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2024. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
Ask the state
RBI 2024-25Figures for the state as a whole, not for this seat.