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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 10 · 2002
Bandipora
Winner — 2002
Usman Abdul Majid
JKAL· JKAL
JKAL 25.8%INC 24.7%4 others 49.5%
Votes
5,722
25.8% share
Winning margin
253
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
31.3%
of 70,963
Bandipora was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 253 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usman Abdul Majid | JKAL JKAL | 5,722 | 25.8% |
| 2 | Habibullah Bhat | INC | 5,469 | 24.7% |
| 3 | Javeed Hussain Shah | 5,407 | 24.4% | |
| 4 | Mohammad Abdullah Wani | PDP | 3,706 | 16.7% |
| 5 | ABDUL MAJID MIR | IND | 1,148 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Mohd Amin Khan | IND | 727 | 3.3% |
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.
Low turnout (74th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.1% · max 63.9%
How contested is turnout?
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54%
lowerhigher
74th of 90How crowded is the field?
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6.35
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
65th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
6.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKAL 25.8%INC 24.7%JKN 24.4%PDP 16.7%IND 5.2%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— 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.