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2. Kupwara

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-KUPWARA

JKN 30.1%won by 9.3%JKPDP 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

JKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 9.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJKPDP (JKPDP) finished second with 20.7% — it did not contest here in 2002.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.8% between them, down from 86.2% — the field split more ways.

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
55,525
Margin
5,182
9.33%

Candidates

19 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1MIR SAIFULLAHJKN · JKN16,69630.1%
  2. 2FAYAZ AHMAD MIRJKPDP · JKPDP11,51420.7%
  3. 3SHABNAM GANI LONEIndependent · IND11,05019.9%
  4. 4ABDUL MAJEED KHANIndependent · IND2,6734.8%
  5. 5ABDUL AHAD MIRPeople'S Democratic Front · PDF2,4954.5%
  6. 6ABDUL MAJEED SHEIKHJKDPN · JKDPN2,2374.0%
  7. 7CHOWDRY SALAM - UD -DINIndian National Congress · INC2,0463.7%
  8. 8SONAULLA BHATIndependent · IND8141.5%
  9. 9NAZIR AHMAD KHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7591.4%
  10. 10ABDUL REHMAN LONEJanahitha Paksha · JP6971.3%
  11. 11MANZOOR AHMAD MIRIndependent · IND6401.2%
  12. 12MOHD MAQBOOL MIRJKANC · JKANC6121.1%
  13. 13GULZAR AHMAD LONEIndependent · IND5911.1%
  14. 14BASHIR AHMAD AWANIndependent · IND5751.0%
  15. 15MOHD SADIQ MALIKLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP5040.9%
  16. 16MOHD ISMAIL ZARGARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4740.9%
  17. 17SARDAR KHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4630.8%
  18. 18SAMER RAINAJKNUF · JKNUF3750.7%
  19. 19SYED MOHD RAFIQ SHAHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP3100.6%

Since 2002

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
JKN
Winner now
JKN
JKN–JKPDP swing
−33.9%
JKN share
43.2% → 30.1%
JKPDP share
0.0% → 20.7%
Turnout
— → —
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