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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 38 · 1987
Bijbehara
Winner — 1987
HAJI ABDUL GANI SHAH
JKN 47.7%IND 47.4%2 others 4.8%
Votes
16,818
47.7% share
Winning margin
100
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.4%
of 43,845
Bijbehara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 100 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAJI ABDUL GANI SHAH | 16,818 | 47.7% | |
| 2 | MOHD. SULTAN | IND | 16,718 | 47.4% |
| 3 | GHULAM MOHD. LOAN | IND | 1,580 | 4.5% |
| 4 | NAZIR AHMED | IND | 126 | 0.4% |
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 (48th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 0.3% · max 51.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
48th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 90How much NOTA?
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3.5%
lowerhigher
2nd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 47.7%IND 47.4%OTH 4.8%
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.