Constituency

160. Anantnag

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-ANANTNAG

INC 60.3%won by 24.1%IND 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 24.1%.

New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 36.5% to 63.5%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

3,93,878

Turnout

63.5%

Valid votes

2,50,148

Margin

60,393

24.14%