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Constituency

50. Banihal

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1987

JK-BANIHAL

JKN 57.9%won by 32.8%IND 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.8% to 32.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.1% between them, down from 92.5% — 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
24,083
Margin
7,893
32.77%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKNIND swing
−25.6%
JKN share
63.7% 57.9%
IND share
5.3% 25.1%
Turnout