Constituency
2. Handwara
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-HANDWARA
JNP 51.8%won by 7.1%JKN 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 7.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 51.8% of the vote here (+51.8%).
- New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
32,869
Margin
2,319
7.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1ABDUL GANI LONEJanata Party · JNP17,02151.8%
- 2SHARIF UD DINJKN · JKN14,70244.7%
- 3SHEIKH ABDUL RAHMANIndependent · IND5751.7%
- 4GHULAM RASOOL WARIndian National Congress · INC5711.7%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–JKN swing
- +7.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 51.8%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- — → —