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8. Sopore

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-SOPORE

JKN 24.2%won by 5.9%INC 18.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JKN (JKN), which now leads by 5.9%.

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

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.6% between them, down from 57.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
18,017
Margin
1,064
5.91%

Candidates

24 contested · winner JKN
  1. 1MOHD ASHRAF GANIEJKN · JKN4,36824.2%
  2. 2ABDUL RASHID DARIndian National Congress · INC3,30418.3%
  3. 3AB KHALIQ BHATJKPDP · JKPDP2,35713.1%
  4. 4GH RASOOL KARIndependent · IND1,5558.6%
  5. 5KIFAYAT HUSSAIN MIRIndependent · IND9225.1%
  6. 6NAZIR AHMAD NAIKOOIndependent · IND8404.7%
  7. 7GH MOHD MIRIndependent · IND5633.1%
  8. 8GH RASOOL SHAHJKANC · JKANC5513.1%
  9. 9MOHD ABDULLAH DARJKDPN · JKDPN5272.9%
  10. 10GH NABI LONEIndependent · IND4222.3%
  11. 11KHAZIR MOHD GANIEIndependent · IND4212.3%
  12. 12FEROOZ AHMAD MALIKLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3441.9%
  13. 13GH AHMAD LONEIndependent · IND2691.5%
  14. 14MOHD ISMAIL ZARGARIndependent · IND2161.2%
  15. 15VIJAY CHICKEN KOULJKNUF · JKNUF2151.2%
  16. 16MOHD LATIEF MIRCHALSDP · SDP2071.1%
  17. 17SHABIR AHMAD PEERJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP1470.8%
  18. 18FAROOQ AHMAD WANIIndependent · IND1430.8%
  19. 19GH RASOOL DARIndependent · IND1350.7%
  20. 20ROSHAN LAL PANDITHIndependent · IND1300.7%
  21. 21ABDUL RASHID LONERashtriya Lok Dal · RLD1080.6%
  22. 22MOHD MAQBOOL WARIndependent · IND940.5%
  23. 23GH NABI DARIndependent · IND920.5%
  24. 24ASHFAQ YOUSUF BHATBahujan Samaj Party · BSP870.5%

Since 2002

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JKNflipped
JKN–INC swing
+14.7%
JKN share
24.4% → 24.2%
INC share
33.2% → 18.3%
Turnout
— → —
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