Constituency
72. Jammu East
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-JAMMU-EAST
BJP 50.7%won by 33.3%INC 17.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 33.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 25.0% to 50.7% of the vote here (+25.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.2% of the vote between them, up from 59.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
31,364
Margin
10,433
33.26%
Candidates
20 contested · winner BJP- 1ASHOK KUMAR KHAJURIABharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,90750.7%
- 2NARENDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC5,47417.5%
- 3SANJAY MAHEYIndependent · IND3,88512.4%
- 4PARDEEP BALIJKN · JKN2,0176.4%
- 5ZAFFAR JAVED AHMEDJKDPN · JKDPN1,6105.1%
- 6RAJEEV GUPTABahujan Samaj Party · BSP6732.1%
- 7BHIM SINGHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP4561.5%
- 8SHANTI DEVIJKPDP · JKPDP4541.4%
- 9BILLALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3001.0%
- 10BRIJ MOHANIndependent · IND760.2%
- 11SWARN SHARMAJSMP · JSMP760.2%
- 12SANJEEV KUMARIndependent · IND700.2%
- 13OM PARKASH SADOTRABHBP · BHBP700.2%
- 14JAMIL AKHTERIndependent · IND610.2%
- 15SANJEEV KUMAR SAREENIndependent · IND550.2%
- 16MAHESH CHANDER PADHARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD550.2%
- 17RAJIV MAHAJANIndependent · IND410.1%
- 18MOHIT GUPTABSKRP · BSKRP350.1%
- 19PERVAIZ AHMEDAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB310.1%
- 20SURINDER MAHAJANIndependent · IND180.1%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +43.1%
- BJP share
- 25.0% → 50.7%
- INC share
- 34.9% → 17.5%
- Turnout
- — → —