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Constituency

40. Anantnag

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-ANANTNAG

JKN 31.5%won by 3.2%JKAL 28.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • JKN vote shareJKN went from 0.0% to 31.5% of the vote here (+31.5%).
  • New challengerJKAL (JKAL) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.8% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
19,257
Margin
618
3.21%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1SAFDAR ALI BEGJKN · JKN6,06631.5%
  2. 2BASHIR AHMAD DADAJKAL · JKAL5,44828.3%
  3. 3MEHBOOB BEGIndian National Congress · INC4,41222.9%
  4. 4NAZIR AHMADJanata Dal · JD2,36912.3%
  5. 5SHOWKAT HUSSAIN WANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5843.0%
  6. 6MOHD. IQBALJharkhand People'S Party · JPP3782.0%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JKNflipped
JKN–JKAL swing
+3.2%
JKN share
0.0% → 31.5%
JKAL share
0.0% → 28.3%
Turnout
— → —
39. Homeshalibugh41. Devsar
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