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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 57 · 2008
Gulab Garh
Winner — 2008
ABDUL GANI MALIK
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 31.3%IND 24.2%12 others 44.6%
Votes
14,268
31.3% share
Winning margin
3,248
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
77.7%
of 58,727
A clear win with a 7.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL GANI MALIK | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 14,268 | 31.3% |
| 2 | MUMTAZ AHMED | IND | 11,020 | 24.2% |
| 3 | MUMTAZ KOUSER | 5,193 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | PREM SINGH | IND | 4,892 | 10.7% |
| 5 | SHAFIQ-UR-REHMAN | UPA | 3,280 | 7.2% |
| 6 | MOHD ISRAIL | NDA | 2,252 | 4.9% |
| 7 | PUSHMINDER SINGH | 1,424 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | MOHD AYUB | PDF | 735 | 1.6% |
| 9 | GULAM JALANI | BSP | 696 | 1.5% |
| 10 | AMAR SINGH | IND | 583 | 1.3% |
| 11 | ABDUL GANI QAZI | RKSP | 521 | 1.1% |
| 12 | ABDUL RASHID NAG | IND | 260 | 0.6% |
| 13 | ABDUL RASHID BALI | NDA | 256 | 0.6% |
| 14 | BASHIR AHMED | BCDP | 229 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 2.9% · max 30.1%
How contested is turnout?
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73%
lowerhigher
32nd of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
74th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 31.3%IND 24.2%JKPDP 11.4%IND 10.7%INC 7.2%OTH 15.3%
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.