Constituency
51. Kishtwar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996
JK-KISHTWAR
JKN 50.6%won by 19.8%BJP 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedJKN 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
35,348
Margin
6,989
19.77%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JKN- 1BASHIR AHMED KICHLOOJKN · JKN17,88950.6%
- 2RAJINDER SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,90030.8%
- 3ABDUL MAJID MALIKIndependent · IND2,4657.0%
- 4ABDUL GANIJanata Dal · JD1,8105.1%
- 5GHULAM HUSSAIN ARMANIndian National Congress · INC1,2943.7%
- 6HANS RAJBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7862.2%
- 7PARDEEP KUMARIndependent · IND2040.6%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- JKN
- Winner now
- JKN
- JKN–BJP swing
- −35.7%
- JKN share
- 68.0% → 50.6%
- BJP share
- 12.5% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —