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46. Pahalgam

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-PAHALGAM

JKN 61.8%won by 43.5%INC 18.3%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.0% to 43.5%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 18.3% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
22,243
Margin
9,671
43.48%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1AB. KABIR BHATJKN · JKN13,74961.8%
  2. 2GULSHAN AKHTERIndian National Congress · INC4,07818.3%
  3. 3MUZAFFAR KHALIDJanata Dal · JD2,46811.1%
  4. 4AB. RASHID MISGERJKAL · JKAL1,5787.1%
  5. 5RAKESH KOULBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3701.7%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKN–INC swing
−9.4%
JKN share
52.9% → 61.8%
INC share
0.0% → 18.3%
Turnout
— → —
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