Constituency
56. Samba
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1987
JK-SAMBA
INC 27.3%won by 7.7%IND 19.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.5% to 7.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKN (JKN) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.0% between them, down from 65.8% — the field split more ways.
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
37,736
Margin
2,911
7.71%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1PARKASH SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC10,31827.3%
- 2HOSHIAR SINGHIndependent · IND7,40719.6%
- 3SATYA PALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,24819.2%
- 4SOM NATHIndependent · IND7,15919.0%
- 5BALRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND2,2415.9%
- 6MOHD. DINIndependent · IND1,0602.8%
- 7GURNAM SINGHIndependent · IND8652.3%
- 8SUDARSHAN SAMBYALJharkhand People'S Party · JPP6011.6%
- 9DHANANTAR SINGHIcs (Scs) · ICSSCS3290.9%
- 10KULDIP SHARMAJanata Party · JNP1910.5%
- 11SARDAR SINGHIndependent · IND1100.3%
- 12MANOHAR SINGHIndependent · IND730.2%
- 13ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND690.2%
- 14SHIV RATTAN DEV SINGHIndependent · IND650.2%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −32.5%
- INC share
- 44.7% → 27.3%
- IND share
- 4.5% → 19.6%
- Turnout
- — → —