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Constituency

24. Khan Sahib

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1983

JK-KHAN-SAHIB

JKN 58.1%won by 38.8%INC 19.3%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.9% to 38.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.4% between them, down from 92.0% — 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
23,648
Margin
9,180
38.82%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKNINC swing
−35.1%
JKN share
73.9% 58.1%
INC share
0.0% 19.3%
Turnout