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65. Kathua

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-KATHUA

BSP 25.3%won by 2.4%IND 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 2.4%.

  • BSP vote shareBSP went from 0.0% to 25.3% of the vote here (+25.3%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.2% between them, down from 79.6% — 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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Valid votes
48,026
Margin
1,129
2.35%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1SAGAR CHANDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,13025.3%
  2. 2LAL CHAND SHARMAIndependent · IND11,00122.9%
  3. 3SUBASH CHANDER SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC6,08212.7%
  4. 4CHAGGAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,63611.7%
  5. 5TH.BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND5,16710.8%
  6. 6KISHOR KUMARJKN · JKN2,7035.6%
  7. 7S. SUJAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,6943.5%
  8. 8PRICKHEHIT SINGHAIICT · AIICT1,2382.6%
  9. 9GIAN CHANDIndependent · IND6651.4%
  10. 10ASHWANI KUMARIndependent · IND6481.3%
  11. 11RAKESH KUMARJKAL · JKAL5121.1%
  12. 12DEV RAJIndependent · IND3670.8%
  13. 13KARTAR CHANDIndependent · IND1130.2%
  14. 14SURESH KUMARJharkhand People'S Party · JPP700.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BSPflipped
BSP–IND swing
+12.0%
BSP share
0.0% → 25.3%
IND share
9.6% → 22.9%
Turnout
— → —
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