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56. Banihal

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-BANIHAL

INC 17.4%won by 6.4%IND 11.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.4%.

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

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 28.4% between them, down from 67.2% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered8 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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not in source
Valid votes
47,683
Margin
3,033
6.36%

Candidates

24 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIKAR RASOOLIndian National Congress · INC8,28717.4%
  2. 2SHOWKAT JAVEDIndependent · IND5,25411.0%
  3. 3MOLVI ABDUL RASHIDIndependent · IND4,96010.4%
  4. 4SAJAD SHAHEENJKN · JKN4,5589.6%
  5. 5IMTIYAZ AHMEDIndependent · IND3,7637.9%
  6. 6RAJIVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3837.1%
  7. 7MOHD FAROOQ MIRIndependent · IND2,7415.7%
  8. 8OM PARKASHIndependent · IND2,6125.5%
  9. 9MOHD SALEEM BHATLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP2,1604.5%
  10. 10BAHAR AHMED RONYALJKPDP · JKPDP2,1304.5%
  11. 11FAROOQ AHMED MIRIndependent · IND1,5843.3%
  12. 12MUSHTAQ AHMED SOHAILPeople'S Democratic Front · PDF7941.7%
  13. 13MOHD SALEEMIndependent · IND7771.6%
  14. 14IRSHAD AHMEDJKANC · JKANC7671.6%
  15. 15SEWA SINGHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP6541.4%
  16. 16AJAZ AHMEDCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5581.2%
  17. 17BASHIR AHMED NAYAKJanata Dal (United) · JDU4711.0%
  18. 18GH RASOOL TANTRAYRPIA · RPIA4250.9%
  19. 19MOHD ANWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3850.8%
  20. 20MOHD AFZAL MALIKIndependent · IND3110.7%
  21. 21ATTA MOHD KATOCHIndependent · IND3040.6%
  22. 22ABDUL HAMID KHANBHBP · BHBP2950.6%
  23. 23SALEEMA BEGUMSDP · SDP2760.6%
  24. 24MOHD RAFIQ DAINGIndependent · IND2340.5%

Since 2002

Derived

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

Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+36.0%
INC share
17.9% → 17.4%
IND share
47.5% → 11.0%
Turnout
— → —
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