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Constituency

61. Jammu West

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1987

JK-JAMMU-WEST

INC 49.0%won by 18.4%BJP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
33,073
Margin
6,074
18.37%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−30.8%
INC share
66.4% 49.0%
BJP share
17.2% 30.6%
Turnout