Constituency
167. Anantnag
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ANANTNAG
INC 32.1%won by 3.4%IND 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.1% to 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.8% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.8% to 52.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,71,302
Turnout
52.8%
Valid votes
2,48,650
Margin
8,331
3.35%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MOHD. SHAFI QURESHIIndian National Congress · INC79,74232.1%
- 2AB. RAZAK MIRIndependent · IND71,41128.7%
- 3PIYARAY LAL HANDOOIndependent · IND41,19116.6%
- 4GHULAM QADIR MIRIndependent · IND33,89113.6%
- 5GHULAM HASSAN INQALABIIndependent · IND22,4159.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −20.8%
- INC share
- 60.3% → 32.1%
- IND share
- 36.2% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- 63.5% → 52.8%