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2. Kupwara

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-KUPWARA

JKN 37.9%won by 6.6%INC 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 6.6%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
15,212
Margin
1,011
6.65%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1SAIFULLAH MIRJKN · JKN5,76637.9%
  2. 2CH. SALAM-UD-DINIndian National Congress · INC4,75531.3%
  3. 3GHULAM MOHI-UD-DINIndependent · IND1,3018.6%
  4. 4ASSADULLAH BHATJanata Dal · JD1,0456.9%
  5. 5DIN MOHD. CHICHIIndependent · IND9896.5%
  6. 6M.Y. BEIGHIndependent · IND7194.7%
  7. 7GHULAM RASOOL SHAHJharkhand People'S Party · JPP6374.2%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKN–INC swing
−30.4%
JKN share
37.1% → 37.9%
INC share
0.0% → 31.3%
Turnout
— → —
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