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74. Bishnah

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008

JK-BISHNAH

IND 22.5%won by 0.8%BSP 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.5% to 0.8%.

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 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKN (JKN) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 44.1% between them, down from 56.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
62,674
Margin
489
0.78%

Candidates

27 contested · winner IND
  1. 1ASHWANI KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND14,07822.5%
  2. 2KAMAL VERMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,58921.7%
  3. 3GULCHAIN SINGH CHARAKIndian National Congress · INC8,21213.1%
  4. 4YASH PALJKN · JKN5,3068.5%
  5. 5SHILPI VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,2558.4%
  6. 6ROMESH KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND3,7516.0%
  7. 7ASHOK KUMAR DUBEYIndependent · IND2,2073.5%
  8. 8CHATTAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8553.0%
  9. 9ROMESH CHANDERIndependent · IND1,1691.9%
  10. 10GURBACAHAN KUMARI RANAIndependent · IND1,0721.7%
  11. 11YASH PAL SHARMAIndependent · IND9791.6%
  12. 12VIKAS DUTTAIndependent · IND7811.2%
  13. 13ROMESH LAL KHAJURIAJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP7581.2%
  14. 14MEHAR SINGHBCDP · BCDP3970.6%
  15. 15BINDER MOHANJSMP · JSMP3830.6%
  16. 16BANARASI DASSJKANC · JKANC3530.6%
  17. 17RAJ MOHANI SHARMAIndependent · IND3410.5%
  18. 18KARTAR CHAN VERMAIndependent · IND3330.5%
  19. 19SUDESH PURILoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3000.5%
  20. 20MANOHAR LALNationalist Congress Party · NCP2780.4%
  21. 21DAVINDER SINGH MANHASIndependent · IND2680.4%
  22. 22SWARN SINGHIndependent · IND2190.3%
  23. 23AJMEER SINGHIndependent · IND1910.3%
  24. 24SWARN SINGHIndependent · IND1840.3%
  25. 25JATINDER PAL SINGHIndependent · IND1620.3%
  26. 26MANGAL DASSDGPP · DGPP1270.2%
  27. 27BANSI LAL TIDYALPeople'S Democratic Front · PDF1260.2%

Since 2002

Derived

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

Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–BSP swing
−17.6%
IND share
32.7% → 22.5%
BSP share
14.3% → 21.7%
Turnout
— → —
73. Jammu West75. R.S. Pura
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