Elections 98

State:	Jammu & Kashmir
Constituency:	Anantnag
Total Votes Polled:	226597
Winner: INC	Mufti Mohmad Sayeed	120444
Runner Up: JKN	Mohd. Yusuf Teng	68444
Margin: 52000 (43%)

Elections 96

State:	Jammu & Kashmir
Constituency:	Anantnag
Total Votes Polled:	383861
Winner: JD	Mohamad Maqbool Dar	117221
Runner Up: INC	Taj Mohi-Ud-Din	59137
Margin: 58084 (16.23%)

After the Congress and the NC divided the seat between themselves, with the former winning it the first three times and the latter the next three, in 1996 it was the Janata Dal's Mohammad Maqbool Dar's turn to annexe the seat, courtesy the NC.