Constituency
38. Kulgam
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996
JK-KULGAM
CPM 69.7%won by 51.6%JD 18.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 51.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 10.2% to 69.7% of the vote here (+59.4%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 18.1% — it did not contest here in 1987.
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
31,351
Margin
16,166
51.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1MOHD. YOUSUFCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,83769.7%
- 2HABIBULLAH LAWAYJanata Dal · JD5,67118.1%
- 3MOHD. ISMAIL BHATJKAL · JKAL2,7458.8%
- 4AB. AZIZ ZARGARIndian National Congress · INC1,0983.5%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JD swing
- +41.3%
- CPM share
- 10.2% → 69.7%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 18.1%
- Turnout
- — → —