Constituency
68. Samba
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996
JK-SAMBA
BSP 42.1%won by 17.9%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 17.9%.
- BSP vote shareBSP went from 0.0% to 42.1% of the vote here (+42.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.2% of the vote between them, up from 47.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
33,521
Margin
6,017
17.95%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BSP- 1SOM NATHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,10742.1%
- 2SWARAN LATAIndian National Congress · INC8,09024.1%
- 3PARMA NANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,49816.4%
- 4SUBASH CHANDERIndependent · IND2,2496.7%
- 5TILAK RAJ ATRIJanata Dal · JD1,8845.6%
- 6NARSINGH DYALIndependent · IND1,0943.3%
- 7KHAZAN CHANDIndependent · IND4221.3%
- 8HANS RAJIndependent · IND1770.5%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BSPflipped
- BSP–INC swing
- +45.3%
- BSP share
- 0.0% → 42.1%
- INC share
- 27.3% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —