Constituency
39. Kulgam
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2024
JK-KULGAM
CPM 44.9%won by 10.5%IND 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 10.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2014 and 2024 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.4% — it polled just 0.9% in 2014.
- Multi-cornered3 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
74,978
Margin
7,838
10.45%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPM- 1MOHAMAD YOUSUF TARIGAMICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,63444.9%
- 2SAYAR AHMAD RESHIIndependent · IND25,79634.4%
- 3MOHD AMIN DARJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP7,56110.1%
- 4MOHAMMAD AAQIB DARJAKAP · JAKAP2,7263.6%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA1,3581.8%
- 6ZAMAN IRSHAD PARRYIndependent · IND9931.3%
- 7SUDARSHAN SINGHJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP7781.0%
- 8ABDUL AHAD MIRAASTK · AASTK6460.9%
- 9SAJAD AHMAD DARIndependent · IND6360.8%
- 10NAZIR AHMAD LAWAYJammu & Kashmir People Conference · JKPC5060.7%
- 11AFROOZA BANOOIndependent · IND3440.5%
Since 2014
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2014 and 2024. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −27.3%
- CPM share
- 38.7% → 44.9%
- IND share
- 0.9% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- 56.4% → —