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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 24 · 2002
Sonawar
Winner — 2002
Mohd. Yaseen Shah
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 54.7%PDP 27.6%3 others 17.7%
Votes
3,445
54.7% share
Winning margin
1,705
27.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
10.0%
of 63,272
Sonawar is a safe seat — Mohd. Yaseen Shah won by 27.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohd. Yaseen Shah | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 3,445 | 54.7% |
| 2 | Gh. Hussain Wani | PDP | 1,740 | 27.6% |
| 3 | Smt. KhemLata Wakhloo | INC | 680 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Gopi Krishen Mujoo | NDA | 232 | 3.7% |
| 5 | Hafiza Bagum | IND | 206 | 3.3% |
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 (87th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe27.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.7% · min 0.4% · max 74.6%
How contested is turnout?
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31%
lowerhigher
87th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
69th of 90How much NOTA?
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2.0%
lowerhigher
32nd of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 54.7%PDP 27.6%INC 10.8%OTH 7.0%
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.