Constituency
69. Kathua
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-KATHUA
JNP 44.9%won by 4.5%INC 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 4.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 44.9% of the vote here (+44.9%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
22,319
Margin
999
4.48%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1DHAIN CHANDJanata Party · JNP10,02244.9%
- 2PUNJABU RAM ALIAS PUNJAB SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,02340.4%
- 3VED PARKASHJKN · JKN3,27414.7%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +58.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- — → —