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73. Jammu West

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-JAMMU-WEST

BJP 40.3%won by 15.3%IND 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 2.6% to 40.3% of the vote here (+37.6%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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
85,174
Margin
13,037
15.31%

Candidates

34 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHAMAN LAL GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,28840.3%
  2. 2SURINDER SINGH SHANGARIIndependent · IND21,25125.0%
  3. 3MANGAT RAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC13,84816.3%
  4. 4CHANDER MOHAN SHARMAJKN · JKN6,0507.1%
  5. 5RATTAN LAL CHARGOTRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7912.1%
  6. 6ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND8871.0%
  7. 7MOHINDER PAUL SINGHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP8371.0%
  8. 8NARINDER KANTCommunist Party of India · CPI6580.8%
  9. 9CHAMUPATIRPI · RPI5850.7%
  10. 10RAVI KUMAR BALIJKPDP · JKPDP4960.6%
  11. 11KANWARJEETIndependent · IND4620.5%
  12. 12VIRINDER GUPTAJSMP · JSMP4510.5%
  13. 13SANJAY GUPTAIndependent · IND3590.4%
  14. 14VIJAY KUMAR BAJYALIndependent · IND3110.4%
  15. 15GEETA THAKURIndependent · IND2870.3%
  16. 16KRISHAN KUMAR KHOSAJKDPN · JKDPN2810.3%
  17. 17ROHIT BALIBCP · BCP2300.3%
  18. 18RAJESH KUMARIndependent · IND2130.3%
  19. 19SIKANDER SINGHIndependent · IND2110.2%
  20. 20UDAY CHANDIndependent · IND1720.2%
  21. 21VEENA DOGRARKSP · RKSP1620.2%
  22. 22KANCHAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1580.2%
  23. 23NARESH DOGRAIndependent · IND1500.2%
  24. 24JAI KUMAR UPADHAYAYIndependent · IND1450.2%
  25. 25ASHOK KUMAR GUPTALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1160.1%
  26. 26RANDEEP SINGH PARIHARIndependent · IND1150.1%
  27. 27RAJNEESH SHARMAJKANC · JKANC1130.1%
  28. 28RAJINDER KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND990.1%
  29. 29RAWAN KUMAR KASHYAPAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB970.1%
  30. 30KARAN SINGH SOMRIAIndependent · IND920.1%
  31. 31NARESH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND800.1%
  32. 32NARESH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND770.1%
  33. 33ANJU KOULIndependent · IND630.1%
  34. 34TIRATH KUMARIndependent · IND390.0%

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
BJPflipped
BJP–IND swing
+40.6%
BJP share
2.6% → 40.3%
IND share
28.0% → 25.0%
Turnout
— → —
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