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Constituency

72. Jammu East

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-JAMMU-EAST

BJP 58.7%won by 38.5%INC 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.5% to 38.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.8% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
32,466
Margin
12,501
38.50%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
+27.0%
BJP share
49.5% 58.7%
INC share
38.0% 20.2%
Turnout