Constituency
8. Gulmarg
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-GULMARG
JKN 78.6%won by 66.9%JNP 11.7%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 61.2% to 66.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 11.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
19,976
Margin
13,366
66.91%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JKN- 1MOHMAD AKBAR LONEJKN · JKN15,70078.6%
- 2MIRZA GHULAM AHAMAD BEGJanata Party · JNP2,33411.7%
- 3GHULAM AHMAD LONEIndian National Congress · INC1,5247.6%
- 4THAKUR MANGAT SINGHIndependent · IND4182.1%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JKN
- Winner now
- JKN
- JKN–JNP swing
- −13.7%
- JKN share
- 80.6% → 78.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 11.7%
- Turnout
- — → —