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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1999 by-elections
Langate
Winner — 1999 by-elections
Mohd. Sultan Pandit
IND
IND 26.3%JKN 25.9%4 others 47.8%
Votes
4,537
26.3% share
Winning margin
72
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Langate was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 72 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohd. Sultan Pandit | IND | 4,537 | 26.3% |
| 2 | Bashir Ahmad Wani | 4,465 | 25.9% | |
| 3 | Mohd. Amin | 3,757 | 21.8% | |
| 4 | Nazir Ahmad Lone | IND | 3,449 | 20.0% |
| 5 | Mohd. Maqbool Mir | 769 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Mohd. Yousif Quereshi | IND | 255 | 1.5% |
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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safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.9% · min 0.6% · max 76.8%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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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?
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2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.3%JKN 25.9%INC 21.8%IND 20.0%OTH 5.9%
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.