Constituency
12. Baramulla
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-BARAMULLA
JKN 55.6%won by 34.0%JMI 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.6% to 34.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJMI (JMI) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% 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
20,684
Margin
7,037
34.02%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JKN- 1GHULAM UD DIN SHAHJKN · JKN11,50955.6%
- 2GHULAM MEHA SAFIJMI · JMI4,47221.6%
- 3ABDUL HAMID KAKROOJanata Party · JNP3,63217.6%
- 4ABDUL SALAM RATHERIndependent · IND6543.2%
- 5PIARAY LALIndependent · IND1700.8%
- 6JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND1290.6%
- 7MOHD. MAQBOOL GAFOORIndependent · IND1180.6%
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–JMI swing
- −24.3%
- JKN share
- 58.3% → 55.6%
- JMI share
- 0.0% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —