Constituency
18. Habakadal
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-HABAKADAL
JKN 47.5%won by 6.6%JNP 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 6.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JKN vote shareJKN went from 20.9% to 47.5% of the vote here (+26.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — 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
34,415
Margin
2,272
6.60%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JKN- 1GHULAM MOHAMMAD BUTTJKN · JKN16,35647.5%
- 2JAG MOHINIJanata Party · JNP14,08440.9%
- 3TIKA LAL TAPLOOIndependent · IND2,9908.7%
- 4SRI KANTH KAULIndian National Congress · INC6491.9%
- 5SOFI GHULAM AHMEDIndependent · IND1530.4%
- 6GHULAM MOHI DIN QAZIIndependent · IND930.3%
- 7MOHAMMAD AMIMIndependent · IND900.3%
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
- −14.3%
- JKN share
- 20.9% → 47.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —