Election
Constituency

23. Amirakadal

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-AMIRAKADAL

JKN 63.9%won by 49.3%JD 14.5%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.1% to 49.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 14.5% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% 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
6,665
Margin
3,288
49.33%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1MUHAMMED SHAFI BHATJKN · JKN4,25663.9%
  2. 2MOHD. ALTAF DARJanata Dal · JD96814.5%
  3. 3LALIT KUMAR MOZABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5548.3%
  4. 4BHIM SINGHJharkhand People'S Party · JPP4066.1%
  5. 5IFTIKHAR SADIQIndian National Congress · INC2784.2%
  6. 6JAVED IQBALIndependent · IND1271.9%
  7. 7HILAL AHMAD BHATAIICT · AIICT761.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKN–JD swing
−6.0%
JKN share
55.4% → 63.9%
JD share
0.0% → 14.5%
Turnout
— → —
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