Constituency
4. Kupwara
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-KUPWARA
JKN 56.4%won by 36.6%JNP 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 36.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JKN vote shareJKN went from 0.0% to 56.4% of the vote here (+56.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.2% 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
24,430
Margin
8,946
36.62%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JKN- 1ASSAD ULLAH SHAHJKN · JKN13,78056.4%
- 2GHULAM NABIJanata Party · JNP4,83419.8%
- 3ASHRAF SAHRAIJMI · JMI2,71111.1%
- 4SAFI ULAH BUTTIndian National Congress · INC1,6446.7%
- 5WAFADAR KHANIndependent · IND1,3205.4%
- 6MAKHAN LAL THUSOOIndependent · IND1410.6%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JKNflipped
- JKN–JNP swing
- +36.6%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 56.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —