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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 86 · 2002
Mendhar
Winner — 2002
Javed Ahmad Rana
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 51.4%IND 34.9%3 others 13.7%
Votes
24,530
51.4% share
Winning margin
7,865
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
59.8%
of 79,826
Mendhar is a safe seat — Javed Ahmad Rana won by 16.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javed Ahmad Rana | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 24,530 | 51.4% |
| 2 | Rafiq Hussain Khan | IND | 16,665 | 34.9% |
| 3 | Mohd Zaffar-Ullah | INC | 4,299 | 9.0% |
| 4 | Majid Ahmad Khan | IND | 1,212 | 2.5% |
| 5 | Mumtaz Ahmad Khan | IND | 1,023 | 2.1% |
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.
Average turnout (39th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean16.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 1.2% · max 27.6%
How contested is turnout?
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71%
lowerhigher
39th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.2%
lowerhigher
50th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 51.4%IND 34.9%INC 9.0%OTH 4.7%
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.