Constituency
16. Kangan
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-KANGAN
JKN 55.0%won by 22.1%JKPDP 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.1% to 22.1%.
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 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJKPDP (JKPDP) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 2002.
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
34,939
Margin
7,715
22.08%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JKN- 1ALTAF AHMADJKN · JKN19,21055.0%
- 2BASHIR AHMAD MIRJKPDP · JKPDP11,49532.9%
- 3NAZIR AHMAD RAINABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8692.5%
- 4GHULAM AHMAD RATHERIndian National Congress · INC7212.1%
- 5RAFIQ AHMADIndependent · IND6071.7%
- 6MOHAMMAD SULTAN LONEJanahitha Paksha · JP5631.6%
- 7SHABIR AHMAD MIRJKANC · JKANC4401.3%
- 8GH MUSTAFA KASANABahujan Samaj Party · BSP4291.2%
- 9AB RASHID GANIEJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP3150.9%
- 10MOHD AMIN SOFIIndependent · IND2900.8%
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
- −42.6%
- JKN share
- 64.7% → 55.0%
- JKPDP share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —