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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altaf Ahmad | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 16,987 | 64.7% |
| 2 | Ghulam Mohd. Dar | PDP | 5,948 | 22.7% |
| 3 | Nazir Ahmad | 1,039 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Abdul Rehman | INC | 845 | 3.2% |
| 5 | AMIN DAR | IND | 576 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Rashid Ganiee | JKAL | 544 | 2.1% |
| 7 | Mohd. Khalil Wani | IND | 310 | 1.2% |
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?
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safe42.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.4% · min 0.4% · max 86.2%
How contested is turnout?
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79%
lowerhigher
7th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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61st of 90Where 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?
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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.