Constituency
66. Billawar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-BILLAWAR
INC 35.8%won by 13.5%BJP 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.6% to 35.8% of the vote here (+16.1%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.1% between them, down from 67.4% — 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
62,215
Margin
8,383
13.47%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1MANOHAR LAL SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC22,26235.8%
- 2SATISH SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,87922.3%
- 3SANJEEV KHAJURIAJKN · JKN9,39815.1%
- 4BALBIR SINGHIndependent · IND6,38710.3%
- 5PANKAJ DOGRAIndependent · IND3,8346.2%
- 6KARTAR SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8713.0%
- 7HARI CHAND JALMERIAJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP1,5752.5%
- 8ASHOK KUMAR JASROTIAIndependent · IND6011.0%
- 9SUNIL SINGHIndependent · IND5830.9%
- 10SUBASH CHANDERSamajwadi Party · SP5670.9%
- 11JATINDER MALHOTRAIndependent · IND3120.5%
- 12AKHTER ALIJKPDP · JKPDP2840.5%
- 13RANJEET SINGHIndependent · IND2700.4%
- 14UTTAM CHANDJSMP · JSMP1980.3%
- 15PARSHOTAM CHANDJanata Dal (United) · JDU1940.3%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −6.2%
- INC share
- 19.6% → 35.8%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —