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Jammu & Kashmir · PC 2 · 2017 by-election
Srinagar
Winner — 2017 by-election
Farooq Abdullah
NC
NC 56.2%PDP 43.8%
Votes
48,555
56.2% share
Winning margin
10,776
12.5% of votes
Total votes cast
86,334
Candidates
2
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farooq Abdullah | NC | 48,555 | 56.2% |
| 2 | Nazir Ahmad Khan | PDP | 37,779 | 43.8% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (5th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.6% · min 0.5% · max 63.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
39%
lowerhigher
5th of 5How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 5How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
2nd of 5How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NC 56.2%PDP 43.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2024. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.