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Constituency

51. Kishtwar

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-KISHTWAR

JKN 50.6%won by 19.8%BJP 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.5% to 19.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
35,348
Margin
6,989
19.77%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKNBJP swing
−35.7%
JKN share
68.0% 50.6%
BJP share
12.5% 30.8%
Turnout