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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1996
Rafiabad
Winner — 1996
MOHMAD DILAWAR MIR
JD· United Front
JD 44.2%JKN 27.6%7 others 28.2%
Votes
9,084
44.2% share
Winning margin
3,418
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.9%
of 50,276
Rafiabad is a safe seat — MOHMAD DILAWAR MIR won by 16.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOHMAD DILAWAR MIR | United Front | 9,084 | 44.2% |
| 2 | GHULAM MOHD. KHAN | 5,666 | 27.6% | |
| 3 | MOHAMAD YOUSAF DAR | INC | 1,796 | 8.7% |
| 4 | MOHAMMAD MAQBOOL WAR | BJP | 1,014 | 4.9% |
| 5 | KARTAR SINGH | IND | 855 | 4.2% |
| 6 | GAINI SANANT SINGH | JPP | 832 | 4.0% |
| 7 | HARBACHAN SINGH | IND | 472 | 2.3% |
| 8 | MOHAMMAD YOUSAF GANAI | IND | 465 | 2.3% |
| 9 | ABDUL QAYOOM MIR | IND | 366 | 1.8% |
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.
Low turnout (80th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.6% · max 39.5%
How contested is turnout?
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46%
lowerhigher
80th of 90How crowded is the field?
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3.27
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
73rd of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 44.2%JKN 27.6%INC 8.7%OTH 19.5%
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.