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Constituency

71. Gandhi Nagar

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-GANDHI-NAGAR

INC 36.3%won by 2.5%BJP 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 2.5%.

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 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKN (JKN) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.2% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
92,138
Margin
2,263
2.46%

Since 2002

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−42.4%
INC share
49.8% 36.3%
BJP share
5.0% 33.9%
Turnout