Constituency
67. Basohli
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-BASOHLI
INC 30.0%won by 5.9%IND 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.5% to 5.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.1% between them, down from 81.0% — 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
16,118
Margin
944
5.86%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1MANGAT RAMIndian National Congress · INC4,82930.0%
- 2UTTAM CHANDIndependent · IND3,88524.1%
- 3SURINDER KUMARJKN · JKN2,45915.3%
- 4PARKASH RANIJanata Party · JNP2,16713.4%
- 5RAM CHANDIndependent · IND9085.6%
- 6TARA CHAND PADHAIndependent · IND9075.6%
- 7DARSHAN KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND6193.8%
- 8NATNU RAMIndependent · IND2361.5%
- 9TARA CHAND SHARMAIndependent · IND1080.7%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 30.0%
- IND share
- 12.1% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —