Constituency
81. Nowshera
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996
JK-NOWSHERA
INC 50.7%won by 23.9%JKN 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 23.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJKN (JKN) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1987.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,921
Margin
9,536
23.89%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RADHAY SHAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC20,23850.7%
- 2RATTAN SINGHJKN · JKN10,70226.8%
- 3DARSHAN LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,98420.0%
- 4BALWANT SINGHJanata Dal · JD5491.4%
- 5KALI DASSJharkhand People'S Party · JPP3130.8%
- 6GOPAL KRISHAN DUTTAIndependent · IND1350.3%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JKN swing
- −36.6%
- INC share
- 60.5% → 50.7%
- JKN share
- 0.0% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- — → —