Constituency
49. Kishtwar
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 2024
JK-KISHTWAR
BJP 48.0%won by 0.9%JKNC 47.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.6% to 0.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2014 and 2024 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) finished second with 47.1% — it did not contest here in 2014.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 86.1% — 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
60,524
Margin
521
0.86%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1SHAGUN PARIHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,05348.0%
- 2SAJJAD AHMED KICHLOOJammu & Kashmir National Conference · JKNC28,53247.1%
- 3FIRDOOS AHMED TAKJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP9971.6%
- 4NOTANOTA · NOTA6151.0%
- 5ROOP LALIndependent · IND5710.9%
- 6SUMIT KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4410.7%
- 7RAVI KUMARIndependent · IND1770.3%
- 8ANOOP KUMARIndependent · IND1380.2%
Since 2014
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2014 and 2024. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–JKNC swing
- −44.5%
- BJP share
- 45.4% → 48.0%
- JKNC share
- 0.0% → 47.1%
- Turnout
- 78.1% → —