Constituency
21. Khanyar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-KHANYAR
JKN 74.2%won by 64.7%JKPDP 9.5%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 89.7% to 64.7%.
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 19.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJKPDP (JKPDP) finished second with 9.5% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
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
8,514
Margin
5,508
64.69%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JKN- 1ALI MOHAMMAD SAGARJKN · JKN6,31474.2%
- 2SHOWKAT AHMAD HAFIZJKPDP · JKPDP8069.5%
- 3FIRDOUS AHMAD SHEIKHJKPDF · JKPDF6447.6%
- 4MOHMAD LATIF LONEIndependent · IND2122.5%
- 5MUSHTAQ AHMAD JANJKANC · JKANC1742.0%
- 6MOHAMAD ASLAM DARIndian National Congress · INC1391.6%
- 7MOHAMMAD MAQBOOLJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP730.9%
- 8DILNAWAZ AHMAD KOULBahujan Samaj Party · BSP670.8%
- 9GOWHAR AHMAD FAROOQIIndependent · IND570.7%
- 10MOHMAD ALTAF RATHERSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP280.3%
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
- −29.2%
- JKN share
- 93.8% → 74.2%
- JKPDP share
- 0.0% → 9.5%
- Turnout
- — → —