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- Updated on November 3, 2026
- IST 10:24 am
She took 42.3% of 5,756 verified votes, more than three times the runner-up’s share.
A clear win
Fifteen nominees were on the ballot for Most Popular Performance in a Negative Role (Television) at IFTA 2026.
Kanika Mann (Naagin 7) won with 2,435 of 5,756 verified votes, 42.3%. The runner-up, Shagun Sharma (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2), got 12.0%. The winner’s share was 3.5 times the runner-up’s.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 had two nominees, Shagun Sharma and Barkha Bisht, who together took 17.1%.
Who decided it
Every IFTA vote is OTP-verified, one per WhatsApp number per category, and every voter’s age and gender is recorded at sign-up. So this is not a survey sample. It is the full count of who voted.
- Women cast 4,568 of the 5,756 votes (79%). Kanika Mann won 45.6% of women’s votes and 28.9% of men’s.
- Voters under 25 cast 72% of all votes. The biggest single group was voters aged 18–24 (2,808 votes).
- Women aged 12–17 were Kanika Mann’s strongest group: 49.7% of their 1,222 votes went to Kanika Mann.
- 73% of Kanika Mann’s votes came from women under 25 (1,770 of 2,435).
It did not lead everywhere: voters aged 45–59 preferred Sahil Arora (27.8%) and voters aged 60+ preferred Sahil Arora (26.6%).
Same winner, different second choices
Men’s second choice was Sahil Arora (Mangal Lakshmi) with 18.9%. Among women he got 2.8%, the biggest gender gap in this category.
- Krushal Ahuja: 3.3% of women’s votes, 1.9% of men’s, 1.7 times as popular with women.
- Kinshuk Mahajan: 4.5% of women’s votes, 2.8% of men’s, 1.6 times as popular with women.
- Barkha Bisht: 5.5% of women’s votes, 3.6% of men’s, 1.5 times as popular with women.
Across IFTA 2026
Rimjhim – Choti Umar Bada Safar won six of the nine Television categories, but had no nominee here. The other two non-Rimjhim wins went to Dilip Joshi (Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah) and Laughter Chefs S3.
In the voters’ own words
Voters could add a reason with their vote. A few of them:
“I have seen her acting skills and it is graceful as well as flawless ❤️”
“Best Performance”
“Great actor”
This is not a ratings chart or a critics’ list. It measures which audience turned up to vote, and how hard.
See the full results
IFTA 2026 voting has closed and the results are in. No jury, no award fixing: every winner was decided by India’s votes. See the full Most Popular Performance in a Negative Role (Television) result, or all results: Bollywood · OTT · Television
All vote figures from the IFTA 2026 Most Popular Performance in a Negative Role (Television) results on PolBol (5,756 verified votes, results final). Group figures are as published there; combined totals are added up from the published counts. Nominee images: IFTA 2026.
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