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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 56 · 2002

Banihal

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Winner — 2002

Molvi Abdul Rashid
IND
IND 47.5%JKN 19.7%7 others 32.8%
Votes
11,393
47.5% share
Winning margin
6,674
27.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.5%
of 59,137

Banihal is a safe seat — Molvi Abdul Rashid won by 27.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Molvi Abdul Rashid
IND
11,39347.5%
2
MOHD. FAROOQ MIR
JKN
4,71919.7%
3
Mohd Ayub khan
INC
INC
4,28917.9%
4
Mohd Yousuf
BSP
BSP
1,0124.2%
5
ABDUL AZIZ
IND
7673.2%
6
Bahar Ahmed Ronyal
PDP
7373.1%
7
Peer Abdul Majeed
JKNPP
4892.0%
8
Gazanfar Ali
IND
4601.9%
9
JAVED AHMED SHAH
IND
1140.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (20th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.7% · min 6.4% · max 90.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
20th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
16th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.5%JKN 19.7%INC 17.9%OTH 14.9%

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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