Constituency
65. Kathua
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2002
JK-KATHUA
DM 25.6%won by 4.8%BSP 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to DM (DM), which now leads by 4.8%.
- DM vote shareDM went from 0.0% to 25.6% of the vote here (+25.6%).
- Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
64,021
Margin
3,059
4.78%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DM- 1JATINDER SINGHDM · DM16,36625.6%
- 2SAGAR CHANDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,30720.8%
- 3LAL CHAND SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,76715.3%
- 4PROF. SAIN DASSIndependent · IND6,3259.9%
- 5RATTAN CHAND KROTTARAIndian National Congress · INC5,1188.0%
- 6AJIT KUMARJKN · JKN4,1116.4%
- 7HARMOHAN SINGH ANDOTRAIndependent · IND1,3362.1%
- 8SAT PAULIndependent · IND1,1061.7%
- 9DALBIR SINGH JASROTIAIndependent · IND9551.5%
- 10SAGAR SINGHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS7161.1%
- 11DEV RAJCommunist Party of India · CPI6241.0%
- 12MOHINDER PAULShiv Sena · SHS5980.9%
- 13YOG RAJ SHARMAJanata Dal (United) · JDU5750.9%
- 14SMT. KRITI VERMAJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP5630.9%
- 15ISHWAR DASS KHAJURIAIndependent · IND5390.8%
- 16KARAN SINGHNationalist Congress Party · NCP5200.8%
- 17BASHIR AHMADIndependent · IND4960.8%
- 18HARBANS LALRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3050.5%
- 19PRITHI PAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1950.3%
- 20VISHAL SALGOTRAIndependent · IND1710.3%
- 21OM PARKASHIndependent · IND1670.3%
- 22SUNIL SINGHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP1610.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BSP
- Winner now
- DMflipped
- DM–BSP swing
- +30.0%
- DM share
- 0.0% → 25.6%
- BSP share
- 25.3% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- — → —