Constituency
68. Samba
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-SAMBA
JKNPP 27.1%won by 3.7%BJP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 3.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Multi-cornered5 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
53,899
Margin
1,989
3.69%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JKNPP- 1YASH PAUL KUNDALJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP14,63127.1%
- 2SATWANT KOURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,64223.5%
- 3SUASH CHANDERIndian National Congress · INC10,71419.9%
- 4SOM NATHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,64712.3%
- 5SOM NATHJKN · JKN6,36111.8%
- 6KARTAR CHANDIndependent · IND1,2352.3%
- 7ANITA DEVIJKPDP · JKPDP5361.0%
- 8VIJAY KUMAR ATRISamajwadi Party · SP2880.5%
- 9MULKH RAJIndependent · IND2760.5%
- 10MAHESHWAR RAJIndependent · IND2460.5%
- 11ANIL KUMARJSMP · JSMP1780.3%
- 12CHAJJU RAMAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1450.3%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JKNPP
- Winner now
- JKNPP
- JKNPP–BJP swing
- −7.5%
- JKNPP share
- 25.3% → 27.1%
- BJP share
- 14.1% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —