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Constituency

80. Chhamb

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

JK-CHHAMB

INC 35.1%won by 1.8%BJP 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,030
Margin
662
1.84%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−14.2%
INC share
52.5% 35.1%
BJP share
36.5% 33.3%
Turnout