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Jammu & Kashmir · PC 5 · 1989
Udhampur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1989
DHARAM PAUL
INC· INC
INC 39.8%JD 30.2%22 others 30.0%
Votes
1,27,161
40.7% share
Winning margin
30,810
9.9% of votes
Total votes cast
3,19,326
Candidates
24
Seat history
All Candidates
24 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHARAM PAUL | 1,27,161 | 40.7% | |
| 2 | ABDUL REHMAN | 96,351 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | BALDEV SINGH | 39,509 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | BHIM SINGH | JPP | 22,625 | 7.2% |
| 5 | GULABRAI | IND | 8,474 | 2.7% |
| 6 | ROMESH CHANDER | IND | 3,784 | 1.2% |
| 7 | BHAGURAM | IND | 2,744 | 0.9% |
| 8 | JUGAL KISHOR | IND | 1,884 | 0.6% |
| 9 | RAMLAL RAO | PBI | 1,718 | 0.6% |
| 10 | SUBASH | IND | 1,391 | 0.4% |
| 11 | ALI MOHD. | IND | 990 | 0.3% |
| 12 | RAKESH KUMAR | IND | 974 | 0.3% |
| 13 | RASAL CHAND | IND | 896 | 0.3% |
| 14 | ABDUL QAYOOM | IND | 809 | 0.3% |
| 15 | DEVRAJ | IND | 719 | 0.2% |
| 16 | RANOON DEVI | IND | 430 | 0.1% |
| 17 | RAHM ALI | IND | 411 | 0.1% |
| 18 | HARBANS SINGH | IND | 396 | 0.1% |
| 19 | DEWANCHAND | IND | 380 | 0.1% |
| 20 | DESRAJ | IND | 360 | 0.1% |
| 21 | JATINDER SINGH ALIAS BABU SINGH | IND | 259 | 0.1% |
| 22 | HARNAM DASS | IND | 200 | 0.1% |
| 23 | VINOD BALLI | IND | 166 | 0.1% |
| 24 | HEMRAJ | IND | 131 | 0.0% |
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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safe9.9%
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 40.7%JD 30.8%BJP 12.6%JPP 7.2%OTH 8.7%
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.