Constituency
84. Kalakote
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2008
JK-KALAKOTE
JKN 45.6%won by 20.6%IND 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedJKN held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 20.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 2002.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 90.3% — 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
55,494
Margin
11,420
20.58%
Candidates
13 contested · winner JKN- 1RACHHPAL SINGHJKN · JKN25,31445.6%
- 2ASHOK KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND13,89425.0%
- 3ABDUL KHALIQJKPDP · JKPDP7,74214.0%
- 4RAJ KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,8516.9%
- 5BHARAT BUSHAN VAIDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4232.6%
- 6ABDUL GHANI KOHLIIndian National Congress · INC1,0171.8%
- 7MOHINDER KOURIndependent · IND4840.9%
- 8KHALIQ HUSSAINIndependent · IND4210.8%
- 9RAM PARKASH SHARMAIndependent · IND3380.6%
- 10ASHWANI KUMAR SHARMAJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP3150.6%
- 11MOHD SHAFIQAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB2750.5%
- 12MATOO KHANIndependent · IND2250.4%
- 13GHULAM RABBANIIndependent · IND1950.4%
Since 2002
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JKN
- Winner now
- JKN
- JKN–IND swing
- −26.0%
- JKN share
- 46.6% → 45.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- — → —