Constituency
35. Kulgam
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-KULGAM
JKN 42.6%won by 11.7%JMI 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 11.7%.
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 42.6% of the vote here (+42.6%).
- New challengerJMI (JMI) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.5% 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
20,718
Margin
2,430
11.73%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JKN- 1GHULAM NABI DARJKN · JKN8,83342.6%
- 2ABDUL RAZAK MIRJMI · JMI6,40330.9%
- 3MOHAMMAD YAQUB BAHTJanata Party · JNP2,94414.2%
- 4HABIBUYLLAH LOQAYIndian National Congress · INC1,8518.9%
- 5GHULAM MOHAMMAD BANDAYIndependent · IND4422.1%
- 6MOHAN LALIndependent · IND2451.2%
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–JMI swing
- +11.7%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 42.6%
- JMI share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —