Constituency
7. Rafiabad
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-RAFIABAD
JKN 35.9%won by 0.6%JKPDP 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.9% to 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJKPDP (JKPDP) finished second with 35.3% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 216 votes (0.59%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered3 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
36,772
Margin
216
0.59%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JKN- 1JAVAID AHMAD DARJKN · JKN13,19835.9%
- 2MOHAMMAD DILAWAR MIRJKPDP · JKPDP12,98235.3%
- 3ABDUL GANI VAKILIndian National Congress · INC7,51320.4%
- 4HARBAJAN SINGHIndependent · IND8402.3%
- 5GHULAM AHMAD DARJKANC · JKANC6711.8%
- 6FAROOQ AHMAD YATOOIndependent · IND4611.3%
- 7SONA ULLAH LONEBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4381.2%
- 8ABDUL KHALIQ SHEIKHAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB3891.1%
- 9GHULAM NABI PARRAYRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD2800.8%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency 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
- −34.4%
- JKN share
- 35.0% → 35.9%
- JKPDP share
- 0.0% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- — → —