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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1996
Ganderbal
Winner — 1996
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
JKN 70.2%INC 15.5%2 others 14.3%
Votes
16,440
70.3% share
Winning margin
12,823
54.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.2%
of 49,558
Ganderbal is a safe seat — FAROOQ ABDULLAH won by 54.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAROOQ ABDULLAH | 16,440 | 70.3% | |
| 2 | QAZI MOHD. AFZAL | INC | 3,617 | 15.5% |
| 3 | MOHD. YOUSUF | IND | 1,729 | 7.4% |
| 4 | MOHD. AKBAR | United Front | 1,617 | 6.9% |
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 (29th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe54.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.9% · min 1.1% · max 59.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
29th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 90How much NOTA?
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2.7%
lowerhigher
10th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 70.3%INC 15.5%IND 7.4%JD 6.9%
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.