Constituency
51. Kishtwar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-KISHTWAR
JKN 37.5%won by 4.8%BJP 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 4.8%.
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 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 32.7% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.2% between them, down from 78.5% — 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
51,356
Margin
2,465
4.80%
Candidates
13 contested · winner JKN- 1SAJJAD AHMAD KICHLOOJKN · JKN19,24837.5%
- 2SUNIL KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,78332.7%
- 3SYED ASGAR ALIJKPDP · JKPDP10,40320.3%
- 4THAKUR JUGAL BHANDARIIndian National Congress · INC1,6213.2%
- 5SIDDHARTH METHAJKDPN · JKDPN8831.7%
- 6MOHAMMAD ASHRAF GIRIIndependent · IND6891.3%
- 7GURNAM SINGHIndependent · IND4730.9%
- 8RAM SINGH CHAUHANIndependent · IND3790.7%
- 9RAVINDER KUMARIndependent · IND2790.5%
- 10ANIL KUMARJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP2740.5%
- 11KHURSHID AHMEDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1810.4%
- 12HUKAM CHANDIndependent · IND810.2%
- 13JASWANT SINGHIndependent · IND620.1%
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–BJP swing
- −36.5%
- JKN share
- 41.3% → 37.5%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —