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Constituency

1. Karnah

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-KARNAH

JKN 62.2%won by 37.2%JD 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 37.2%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Safe seatJKN won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
17,269
Margin
6,428
37.22%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKNJD swing
−13.7%
JKN share
50.9% 62.2%
JD share
0.0% 25.0%
Turnout