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73. Jammu West

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2002

JK-JAMMU-WEST

INC 40.5%won by 12.5%IND 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.4% to 40.5% of the vote here (+20.0%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it polled just 1.0% in 1996.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
63,327
Margin
7,923
12.51%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANGAT RAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC25,62740.5%
  2. 2VIRANDER KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND17,70428.0%
  3. 3CHANDER MOHAN SHARMAJKN · JKN7,63112.1%
  4. 4ANAN SHARMAShiv Sena · SHS2,8224.5%
  5. 5RAJ KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6524.2%
  6. 6KAVINDER GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6552.6%
  7. 7HANS RAJ DOGRAIndependent · IND1,2111.9%
  8. 8ASLAM SHAHIndependent · IND8301.3%
  9. 9MUNISH SHARMAIndependent · IND6521.0%
  10. 10JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND4590.7%
  11. 11GIRDHARI LALBRPP · BRPP4180.7%
  12. 12VIKAS BALIIndependent · IND4080.6%
  13. 13UDAY CHANDIndependent · IND3330.5%
  14. 14RAKESH KUMARJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP3050.5%
  15. 15RAJINDER SHARMAJanata Dal (United) · JDU2970.5%
  16. 16RAJINDER GUPTAIndependent · IND1810.3%
  17. 17KRISHAN CHAND CHARGOTRARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1420.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
−6.9%
INC share
20.4% → 40.5%
IND share
1.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
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