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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1972
Charari Shariff
Winner — 1972
ABDUL QAYUM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 77.6%IND 12.7%2 others 9.7%
Votes
16,788
77.6% share
Winning margin
14,044
64.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.6%
of 26,853
Charari Shariff is a safe seat — ABDUL QAYUM won by 64.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL QAYUM | Congress (R) | 16,788 | 77.6% |
| 2 | ABDUL RAHIM RATHER | IND | 2,744 | 12.7% |
| 3 | ROUGH NATH BHAT | IND | 2,054 | 9.5% |
| 4 | GHULAM RASOOL SOFI | IND | 56 | 0.3% |
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.
Low turnout (86th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe64.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.7% · min 3.2% · max 69.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
32%
lowerhigher
86th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 90How much NOTA?
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2.4%
lowerhigher
17th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 77.6%IND 12.7%IND 9.5%OTH 0.3%
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.