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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1972
Handwara
Winner — 1972
ABDUL GANI LONE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 88.4%IND 11.6%
Votes
24,291
88.4% share
Winning margin
21,108
76.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
84.9%
of 32,362
Handwara is a safe seat — ABDUL GANI LONE won by 76.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL GANI LONE | Congress (R) | 24,291 | 88.4% |
| 2 | SHARIF UD DIN | IND | 3,183 | 11.6% |
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.
Average turnout (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe76.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.9% · min 0.6% · max 76.8%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
26th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.7%
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39th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 88.4%IND 11.6%
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.