Constituency
71. Gandhi Nagar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-GANDHI-NAGAR
INC 36.3%won by 2.5%BJP 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
92,138
Margin
2,263
2.46%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1RAMAN BHALLAIndian National Congress · INC33,48636.3%
- 2NIRMAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,22333.9%
- 3TRILOCHAN SINGH WAZIRJKN · JKN18,93520.6%
- 4SHAMSHER SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,3194.7%
- 5ASHOK KUMAR BASOTRAIndependent · IND6460.7%
- 6SURJEET KOURJKPDP · JKPDP5850.6%
- 7JASWANT SINGHIndependent · IND4090.4%
- 8R.D VERMAIndependent · IND3780.4%
- 9GURDEEP SINGH PANDEYLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3470.4%
- 10DEPUTY NATH SHARMAIndependent · IND3220.3%
- 11JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND2830.3%
- 12SHIVA SAMBYALBCP · BCP2720.3%
- 13JAGJEET SINGHBHBP · BHBP2630.3%
- 14SHAKTI GUPTAJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP2610.3%
- 15ANIL GOURJSMP · JSMP1830.2%
- 16GHULAM QADIR DINGRKSP · RKSP1330.1%
- 17BANSI LAL BHATAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB930.1%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −42.4%
- INC share
- 49.8% → 36.3%
- BJP share
- 5.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —