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Constituency

4. Kupwara

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1983

JK-KUPWARA

JKN 48.3%won by 26.0%JKP 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.6% to 26.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 76.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,176
Margin
7,073
26.03%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKNJKP swing
−30.4%
JKN share
56.4% 48.3%
JKP share
0.0% 22.2%
Turnout