Constituency
80. Chhamb
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-CHHAMB
INC 48.6%won by 4.6%BJP 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.2% to 4.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — 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
52,140
Margin
2,395
4.59%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1TARA CHANDIndian National Congress · INC25,33548.6%
- 2CHAMAN LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,94044.0%
- 3MOHAN LALJKN · JKN2,3214.5%
- 4JANAK RAJJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP6451.2%
- 5GANGA DUTTBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4880.9%
- 6BODH RAJIndependent · IND2600.5%
- 7BIRU MALIndependent · IND1510.3%
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
- −41.7%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 48.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —