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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1972
Amirakadal
Winner — 1972
ZAINAB BEGUM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 38.1%JMI 37.8%4 others 24.1%
Votes
7,446
38.1% share
Winning margin
72
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.1%
of 34,187
Amirakadal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 72 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZAINAB BEGUM | Congress (R) | 7,446 | 38.1% |
| 2 | MOHAMMED FAROOQ | JMI | 7,374 | 37.8% |
| 3 | SAIF UD DIN | IND | 2,390 | 12.2% |
| 4 | MOHAMMAD RAMZAN | IND | 1,133 | 5.8% |
| 5 | GHULAM MOHAMMAD KHAN | IND | 783 | 4.0% |
| 6 | OM PRAKASH SURI | Grand Alliance | 405 | 2.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
High turnout (7th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.4% · min 0.4% · max 86.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
7th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
61st of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.1%JMI 37.8%IND 12.2%IND 5.8%OTH 6.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— 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.