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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1977
Bandipora
Winner — 1977
MOHAMAD KHALIL
JKN 70.9%INC 9.0%4 others 20.0%
Votes
18,032
70.9% share
Winning margin
15,733
61.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
64.1%
of 39,637
Bandipora is a safe seat — MOHAMAD KHALIL won by 61.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOHAMAD KHALIL | 18,032 | 70.9% | |
| 2 | MOHAMAD ANWAR KHAN | INC | 2,299 | 9.0% |
| 3 | NIZAM - UL - DIN | Janata | 2,240 | 8.8% |
| 4 | MOHAMAD SULTAN SHAH | JMI | 1,957 | 7.7% |
| 5 | MOHMAD MAQSOOD | IND | 656 | 2.6% |
| 6 | ATTA ULLAH BHAT | IND | 235 | 0.9% |
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 (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe61.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.9% · min 0.6% · max 76.8%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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26th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.7%
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39th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 70.9%INC 9.0%JNP 8.8%JMI 7.7%OTH 3.5%
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.