Constituency
65. Kathua
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-KATHUA
IND 25.8%won by 3.2%BSP 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: DM (DM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 3.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 9.9% to 25.8% of the vote here (+15.9%).
- Multi-cornered6 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
74,070
Margin
2,362
3.19%
Candidates
20 contested · winner IND- 1CHARANJIT SINGHIndependent · IND19,12325.8%
- 2SOM RAJBahujan Samaj Party · BSP16,76122.6%
- 3JATINDER SINGH ALIAS BABUIndependent · IND10,88714.7%
- 4SAIN DASSBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,91310.7%
- 5LAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC6,0538.2%
- 6NARESH KUMARIndependent · IND3,7525.1%
- 7RAVINDER SINGH SLATHIAJKN · JKN2,1262.9%
- 8RAVINDER SINGH PATHANIAJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP1,7342.3%
- 9RAKESH KUMARLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP9901.3%
- 10SUSHIL KUMARIndependent · IND9851.3%
- 11KULBHUSHAN KUMARIndependent · IND6680.9%
- 12KAMALJEET SINGHIndependent · IND4930.7%
- 13GURVINDER SINGHIndependent · IND4720.6%
- 14SURINDER SINGHJKPDP · JKPDP4030.5%
- 15MOHD GULZARJKDPN · JKDPN3960.5%
- 16BODH RAJRPI · RPI3520.5%
- 17MOHINDER SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3200.4%
- 18SAGAR CHANDIndependent · IND2530.3%
- 19VISHAL SALGOTRAIndependent · IND2020.3%
- 20VIKAS SHARMAJKANC · JKANC1870.3%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DM
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–BSP swing
- +14.1%
- IND share
- 9.9% → 25.8%
- BSP share
- 20.8% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —