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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2002

Kangan

Winner — 2002

Altaf Ahmad
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 64.7%PDP 22.7%5 others 12.6%
Votes
16,987
64.7% share
Winning margin
11,039
42.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
52.0%
of 50,452

Kangan is a safe seat — Altaf Ahmad won by 42.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Altaf Ahmad
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
16,98764.7%
2
Ghulam Mohd. Dar
PDP
5,94822.7%
3
Nazir Ahmad
1,0394.0%
4
Abdul Rehman
INC
8453.2%
5
AMIN DAR
IND
5762.2%
6
Rashid Ganiee
JKAL
5442.1%
7
Mohd. Khalil Wani
IND
3101.2%

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 (7th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
42.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.4% · min 0.4% · max 86.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
7th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
61st of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 64.7%PDP 22.7%OTH 12.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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