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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 40 · 2016 by-elections
Anantnag
Winner — 2016 by-elections
Mehbooba Mufti (E)
JPDP
JPDP 63.0%INC 20.0%6 others 17.0%
Votes
17,701
63.0% share
Winning margin
12,085
43.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Anantnag is a safe seat — Mehbooba Mufti (E) won by 43.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehbooba Mufti (E) | JPDP | 17,701 | 63.0% |
| 2 | Hilal Ahmad Shah | 5,616 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Iftikhar Hussain Misger | JNC | 2,811 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Mujieb-UR-Rehman | INDEPENDENT | 642 | 2.3% |
| 5 | Manzoor Ahmad Khan | INDEPENDENT | 541 | 1.9% |
| 6 | Mushtaq Ahmad Shah | INDEPENDENT | 333 | 1.2% |
| 7 | Tejinder Singh | INDEPENDENT | 240 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Masroor Ahmad Mir | INDEPENDENT | 209 | 0.7% |
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 (69th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe43.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.5% · min 1.3% · max 57.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
58%
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69th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
5.44
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.2%
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25th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
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5.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JPDP 63.0%INC 20.0%JNC 10.0%OTH 7.0%
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.