Election
Constituency

71. Nowshera

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1987

JK-NOWSHERA

INC 60.5%won by 45.9%IND 14.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 45.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKN (JKN) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.1% of the vote between them, up from 50.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
39,749
Margin
18,245
45.90%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BELI RAMIndian National Congress · INC24,05360.5%
  2. 2BALWANT SINGHIndependent · IND5,80814.6%
  3. 3KRISHAN LALIndependent · IND4,54511.4%
  4. 4SATYA PAL SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6336.6%
  5. 5SHAMSHER SINGHIndependent · IND1,6194.1%
  6. 6KHEM RAJ KHAJURIAJanata Party · JNP5371.4%
  7. 7KAMAL GORIAJharkhand People'S Party · JPP3680.9%
  8. 8JASWNATI DEVIIndependent · IND1860.5%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+34.1%
INC share
30.0% → 60.5%
IND share
18.2% → 14.6%
Turnout
— → —
70. Hiranagar72. Darhal
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