Constituency
61. Jammu West
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1987
JK-JAMMU-WEST
INC 49.0%won by 18.4%BJP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.1% to 18.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
33,073
Margin
6,074
18.37%
Candidates
18 contested · winner INC- 1MANGAT RAMIndian National Congress · INC16,20449.0%
- 2CHANDER MOHAN SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,13030.6%
- 3BISHWA NATHIndependent · IND3,1319.5%
- 4UDHAY CHANDJharkhand People'S Party · JPP1,5664.7%
- 5SHAM SUNDERJanata Party · JNP5851.8%
- 6RATTAN LALIndependent · IND3821.2%
- 7VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRAIndependent · IND3431.0%
- 8FARRKH JAVEEDIndependent · IND2670.8%
- 9DES RAJ DENISHIndependent · IND1110.3%
- 10SATISH CHANDER POONCHIIndependent · IND880.3%
- 11SUBASH CHANDERIndependent · IND570.2%
- 12SHANTI SAROOR SHARMAIndependent · IND530.2%
- 13PUSHP LATAIndependent · IND420.1%
- 14SUSHIL BALIIndependent · IND370.1%
- 15AJAY SHARMAIndependent · IND270.1%
- 16KULWINDER SINGHIndependent · IND260.1%
- 17SUHASH CHANDER SHARMAIndependent · IND120.0%
- 18SHYAM LALIndependent · IND120.0%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −30.8%
- INC share
- 66.4% → 49.0%
- BJP share
- 17.2% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —