Constituency
36. Shopian
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996
JK-SHOPIAN
JKN 49.1%won by 15.7%JD 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 15.7%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 1987.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.5% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
21,061
Margin
3,300
15.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JKN- 1SHIEKH MOHD. RAFIJKN · JKN10,34049.1%
- 2GH. NABI SHAHJanata Dal · JD7,04033.4%
- 3MOHD. SHAFI BANDAYIndian National Congress · INC2,26610.8%
- 4FAROOQ AHMAD MIRIndependent · IND1,4156.7%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- JKN
- Winner now
- JKN
- JKN–JD swing
- −32.3%
- JKN share
- 48.0% → 49.1%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- — → —