Constituency
38. Kulgam
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2014
JK-KULGAM
CPM 38.7%won by 0.6%JKPDP 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.5% to 0.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 334 votes (0.63%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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Electorate
94,362
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
53,178
Margin
334
0.63%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1MOHAMAD YOUSUF TARIGAMICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,57438.7%
- 2NAZIR AHMAD LAWAYJKPDP · JKPDP20,24038.1%
- 3IMRAN NABI DARJKN · JKN8,27315.6%
- 4GHULAM HASSAN ZARGARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9443.7%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA6741.3%
- 6PEER NAZIM-UD-DINIndian National Congress · INC5191.0%
- 7TOWSEEF AHMAD SHAHIndependent · IND4830.9%
- 8RASHIDA MIRIndependent · IND3500.7%
- 9RIYAZ AHMAD SHAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1210.2%
Since 2008
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–JKPDP swing
- +0.2%
- CPM share
- 34.2% → 38.7%
- JKPDP share
- 33.8% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → 56.4%