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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 24 · 2008

Sonawar

Winner — 2008

FAROOQ ABDULLAH
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 28.2%JKPDP 27.9%24 others 43.9%
Votes
7,018
28.2% share
Winning margin
94
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
26
Turnout
36.7%
of 67,796

Sonawar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 94 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

26 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
FAROOQ ABDULLAH
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
7,01828.2%
2
SHEIKH GHULAM QADIR PARDESI
6,92427.9%
3
KHEM LATA WAKHLOO
UPA
4,30117.3%
4
BASHIR AHMAD KATHOO
8943.6%
5
SYED MOHD. SHAH
IND
7433.0%
6
MERAJUDDIN GANAI
UPA
7122.9%
7
RAFI UD DIN AHMED
IND
5302.1%
8
GHULAM HUSSAIN BHAT
IND
4801.9%
9
GHULAM MOHD. RESHI
Samajwadi Party
4231.7%
10
ABDUL GHAFFAR MIR
IND
2961.2%
11
GHULAM MOHD. BAWAN
JKDPN
2771.1%
12
WAJAHAT HUSSAIN JAN
NDA
2571.0%
13
SYED MAQSOOD SHAH
IND
2320.9%
14
GHULAM MOHIUDDIN BHAT ALIAS SALEEM
SDP
2110.8%
15
GOWHAR AHMED MALIK
IND
2100.8%
16
ABDUL RASHID LONE
2090.8%
17
MOHD. SHAFI MIR
JKANC
1680.7%
18
SANJAY KACHROO
NDA
1650.7%
19
ABDUL RASHID WANI
IND
1550.6%
20
FAROOQ AHMED DAR
UCP
1430.6%
21
AMIN DAR
IND
1070.4%
22
SYED IRSHAD HUSSAIN
AJKMP
880.3%
23
NAZIR AHMED GANAI
NDP
870.3%
24
MADHUSUDAN LAL BHAT
RKSP
860.3%
25
ABDUL REHMAN KHAN
820.3%
26
MOHD. HUSSAIN BHAT
580.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (87th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.7% · min 0.4% · max 74.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
31%
lowerhigher
87th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
69th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
32nd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 28.2%JKPDP 27.9%INC 17.3%OTH 26.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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