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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 57 · 1996
Gulabgarh
Winner — 1996
ABDUL GHANI MALIK
JD· United Front
JD 40.9%JKN 37.5%4 others 21.6%
Votes
11,644
40.9% share
Winning margin
956
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.0%
of 43,183
A closely fought contest. ABDUL GHANI MALIK won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL GHANI MALIK | United Front | 11,644 | 40.9% |
| 2 | AJAZ AHMAD | 10,688 | 37.5% | |
| 3 | ABDUL GHANI BHAT | INC | 3,086 | 10.8% |
| 4 | BHAGWAN SINGH | BJP | 2,020 | 7.1% |
| 5 | MOHD. AKRAM | IND | 660 | 2.3% |
| 6 | MOHD. AYUB | JPP | 389 | 1.4% |
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 (32nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 2.9% · max 30.1%
How contested is turnout?
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73%
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32nd of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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74th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 40.9%JKN 37.5%INC 10.8%BJP 7.1%OTH 3.7%
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.