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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1996
Gool Arnas
Winner — 1996
ABDUL WAHID SHAH
JKN 44.9%INC 26.0%2 others 29.1%
Votes
9,783
44.9% share
Winning margin
4,114
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
57.4%
of 37,959
Gool Arnas is a safe seat — ABDUL WAHID SHAH won by 18.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL WAHID SHAH | 9,783 | 44.9% | |
| 2 | MOHD. AYUB KHAN | INC | 5,669 | 26.0% |
| 3 | KESHIB SINGH | BJP | 4,819 | 22.1% |
| 4 | GHULAM RASOOL NISHAT | United Front | 1,524 | 7.0% |
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 (10th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 8.2% · max 22.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
10th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.4%
lowerhigher
46th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 44.9%INC 26.0%BJP 22.1%JD 7.0%
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.