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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1983
Banihal
Winner — 1983
ABDUL RASHID
JKN 63.7%INC 28.9%3 others 7.5%
Votes
15,046
63.7% share
Winning margin
8,225
34.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
65.7%
of 35,942
Banihal is a safe seat — ABDUL RASHID won by 34.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL RASHID | 15,046 | 63.7% | |
| 2 | SONA ULLAH | Congress (I) | 6,821 | 28.9% |
| 3 | ABDUL SAMAD | IND | 1,246 | 5.3% |
| 4 | ABDUL HAMEED | IND | 328 | 1.4% |
| 5 | ABDUL LATEEF | IND | 189 | 0.8% |
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 (2nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe34.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 3.6% · max 34.8%
How contested is turnout?
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83%
lowerhigher
2nd of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.1%
lowerhigher
53rd of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 63.7%INC 28.9%IND 5.3%OTH 2.2%
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.