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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 87

Poonch HaveliAssembly by-election result, 2007

Jahangir Hussain (INC) won Poonch Haveli in the 2007 assembly by-election with 31.1% of the vote, beating Yash Paul Sharma (Independent) by 4,398 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1996 election. In 1987, there was no seat no. 87. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2014. From 2024, seat no. 87 is Thannamandi. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Jahangir Hussain
INC 31.1%IND 24.5%6 others 44.3%
Votes
20,697
31.1% share
Winning margin
4,398
6.6% of votes
Candidates
8

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Jahangir Hussain
20,69731.1%
2
Yash Paul Sharma
IND
IND
16,29924.5%
3
Ajaz Ahmed Jan
JKNC
JKNC
16,22724.4%
4
Shah Mohammad Tantray
IND
IND
7,93511.9%
5
Pardeep Sharma
1,9572.9%
6
Sayed Nisar Hussain
IND
IND
1,9272.9%
7
Iftikhar Ahmed Bazoni
IND
IND
9121.4%
8
Janak Singh
AJKMP
AJKMP
5140.8%

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A clear win, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
6.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 80% of the votes.

Parties in the race 4.29

How did the vote split?

SEAT
31.1%won by INC
INC 31.1%IND 24.5%JKNC 24.4%IND 11.9%Others 8.0%

This seat number was reused from 2024. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Poonch Haveli, 1996–2014

  1. 1996GHULAM MOHD. JAN (JKN), margin 11.4%
  2. 2002GHULAM MOHD JAN (JKN), margin 1.1%
  3. 2008AJAZ AHMED JAN (JKN), margin 13.9%
  4. 2014SHAH MOHD TANTRAY (JKPDP), margin 4.6%