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56. Banihal

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-BANIHAL

IND 46.7%won by 13.4%JKN 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JKN (JKN) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 25.1% to 46.7% of the vote here (+21.5%).
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
23,401
Margin
3,147
13.45%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1MOHD. FAROOQ MIRIndependent · IND10,92546.7%
  2. 2MOLVI ABDUL RASHIDJKN · JKN7,77833.2%
  3. 3ABDUL AZIZBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0848.9%
  4. 4HAMIDULLAH KHANIndian National Congress · INC1,1044.7%
  5. 5ABDUL SAMADJanata Dal · JD5272.3%
  6. 6ABDUL RASHIDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3931.7%
  7. 7BALBIR SINGHIndependent · IND3131.3%
  8. 8ABDUL LATIFIndependent · IND1540.7%
  9. 9SHER SINGHIndependent · IND1230.5%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
JKN
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–JKN swing
+46.2%
IND share
25.1% → 46.7%
JKN share
57.9% → 33.2%
Turnout
— → —
55. Ramban57. Gulabgarh
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