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8. Sopore

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-SOPORE

JKN 64.5%won by 51.8%INC 12.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 51.8%.

  • JKN vote shareJKN went from 44.3% to 64.5% of the vote here (+20.1%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 12.7% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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
22,400
Margin
11,599
51.78%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1HAJI ABDUL AHAD VAKILJKN · JKN14,44164.5%
  2. 2GH. NABI MIRCHAIndian National Congress · INC2,84212.7%
  3. 3GHULAM NABI SOFIJanata Dal · JD1,7347.7%
  4. 4GH. NABI LONEIndependent · IND1,2575.6%
  5. 5GHULAM MOHD. MALIKIndependent · IND1,0914.9%
  6. 6AB. RASHID WANIIndependent · IND1,0354.6%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JKNflipped
JKN–INC swing
+7.4%
JKN share
44.3% → 64.5%
INC share
0.0% → 12.7%
Turnout
— → —
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