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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAROOQ ABDULLAH | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 7,018 | 28.2% |
| 2 | SHEIKH GHULAM QADIR PARDESI | 6,924 | 27.9% | |
| 3 | KHEM LATA WAKHLOO | UPA | 4,301 | 17.3% |
| 4 | BASHIR AHMAD KATHOO | 894 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | SYED MOHD. SHAH | IND | 743 | 3.0% |
| 6 | MERAJUDDIN GANAI | UPA | 712 | 2.9% |
| 7 | RAFI UD DIN AHMED | IND | 530 | 2.1% |
| 8 | GHULAM HUSSAIN BHAT | IND | 480 | 1.9% |
| 9 | GHULAM MOHD. RESHI | Samajwadi Party | 423 | 1.7% |
| 10 | ABDUL GHAFFAR MIR | IND | 296 | 1.2% |
| 11 | GHULAM MOHD. BAWAN | JKDPN | 277 | 1.1% |
| 12 | WAJAHAT HUSSAIN JAN | NDA | 257 | 1.0% |
| 13 | SYED MAQSOOD SHAH | IND | 232 | 0.9% |
| 14 | GHULAM MOHIUDDIN BHAT ALIAS SALEEM | SDP | 211 | 0.8% |
| 15 | GOWHAR AHMED MALIK | IND | 210 | 0.8% |
| 16 | ABDUL RASHID LONE | 209 | 0.8% | |
| 17 | MOHD. SHAFI MIR | JKANC | 168 | 0.7% |
| 18 | SANJAY KACHROO | NDA | 165 | 0.7% |
| 19 | ABDUL RASHID WANI | IND | 155 | 0.6% |
| 20 | FAROOQ AHMED DAR | UCP | 143 | 0.6% |
| 21 | AMIN DAR | IND | 107 | 0.4% |
| 22 | SYED IRSHAD HUSSAIN | AJKMP | 88 | 0.3% |
| 23 | NAZIR AHMED GANAI | NDP | 87 | 0.3% |
| 24 | MADHUSUDAN LAL BHAT | RKSP | 86 | 0.3% |
| 25 | ABDUL REHMAN KHAN | 82 | 0.3% | |
| 26 | MOHD. HUSSAIN BHAT | 58 | 0.2% |
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
safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.7% · min 0.4% · max 74.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
31%
lowerhigher
87th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
69th of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
32nd of 90Where 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 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.