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Jammu & Kashmir · PC 5 · 1977
Udhampur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1977
KARAN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 54.9%JNP 30.0%4 others 15.1%
Votes
1,30,272
56.7% share
Winning margin
58,956
25.7% of votes
Total votes cast
2,37,356
Candidates
6
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KARAN SINGH | 1,30,272 | 56.7% | |
| 2 | OM PARKASH SARAF | 71,316 | 31.0% | |
| 3 | SADULLAH TANTRAY | IND | 14,144 | 6.2% |
| 4 | JIA LAL | IND | 7,309 | 3.2% |
| 5 | JAGAT RAM ARYAN | IND | 4,032 | 1.8% |
| 6 | GOVERDHAN DUTT | IND | 2,724 | 1.2% |
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.
High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe25.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
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1st of 5How crowded is the field?
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2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 5How much NOTA?
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0.4%
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5th of 5How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.7%JNP 31.0%IND 6.2%OTH 6.1%
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.