Constituency
75. Mendhar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-MENDHAR
IND 31.0%won by 0.4%JKN 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 31.0% of the vote here (+31.0%).
- New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.6% 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
21,177
Margin
77
0.36%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1RAFIQ HISSAIN KHANIndependent · IND6,55631.0%
- 2MOHD. SADIQJKN · JKN6,47930.6%
- 3SHAH MOHD.Indian National Congress · INC6,14829.0%
- 4MAJID AHMED KHANJanata Party · JNP1,9949.4%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JKN swing
- +0.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 31.0%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —