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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 15 · 1972
Ganderbal
Winner — 1972
MOHD. MAQBOOL BHAT
INC· Congress (R)
INC 66.8%JMI 20.0%3 others 13.2%
Votes
11,891
66.8% share
Winning margin
8,337
46.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.4%
of 29,466
Ganderbal is a safe seat — MOHD. MAQBOOL BHAT won by 46.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOHD. MAQBOOL BHAT | Congress (R) | 11,891 | 66.8% |
| 2 | GHULAM MOHAMAD GANAI | JMI | 3,554 | 20.0% |
| 3 | BASHIR AHMED BEG | IND | 1,250 | 7.0% |
| 4 | GHULAM AHMED BHAT | Grand Alliance | 604 | 3.4% |
| 5 | MOHAMAD ISMAIL | IND | 498 | 2.8% |
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 (60th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe46.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 36.8% · min 1.1% · max 92.2%
How contested is turnout?
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63%
lowerhigher
60th of 90How crowded is the field?
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5.86
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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72nd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
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5.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.8%JMI 20.0%IND 7.0%OTH 6.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.