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Jammu & Kashmir · PC 5 · 1996
Udhampur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1996
CHAMAN LAL GUPTA
BJP· BJP
BJP 36.2%INC 20.9%38 others 42.9%
Votes
1,66,206
37.6% share
Winning margin
70,055
15.8% of votes
Total votes cast
4,59,456
Candidates
40
Seat history
All Candidates
40 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAMAN LAL GUPTA | 1,66,206 | 37.6% | |
| 2 | JANAK RAJ GUPTA | 96,151 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | DEVI DASS THAKUR | 81,123 | 18.3% | |
| 4 | TULSI DAS | 32,011 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | BHIM SINGH | JPP | 23,611 | 5.3% |
| 6 | GULCHAIN SINGH CHARAK | AIIC(T) | 9,269 | 2.1% |
| 7 | JATINDER SINGH | IND | 2,830 | 0.6% |
| 8 | JIALAL KOTWAL | IND | 2,363 | 0.5% |
| 9 | DEVINDER KUMAR SHARMA | IND | 2,169 | 0.5% |
| 10 | DEV RAJ | IND | 1,996 | 0.5% |
| 11 | RAM SINGH | IND | 1,972 | 0.5% |
| 12 | JAGDEV RAJ | IND | 1,883 | 0.4% |
| 13 | BABU PARMA NAND | IND | 1,865 | 0.4% |
| 14 | GIRDHARI LAL DOGRA | IND | 1,734 | 0.4% |
| 15 | SANJAY LANGER | IND | 1,501 | 0.3% |
| 16 | BUA DITTA | IND | 1,436 | 0.3% |
| 17 | GOPAL KRISHAN | IND | 1,394 | 0.3% |
| 18 | RAJ KUMAR | IND | 1,184 | 0.3% |
| 19 | HASHAM ALI | IND | 1,166 | 0.3% |
| 20 | SHASHI | IND | 1,061 | 0.2% |
| 21 | PUNJAB SINGH | IND | 900 | 0.2% |
| 22 | SHAM NARAIN MEHTA | IND | 884 | 0.2% |
| 23 | SUSHIL KUMAR | IND | 865 | 0.2% |
| 24 | INDRA RANI | IND | 737 | 0.2% |
| 25 | SHEELA DEVI | IND | 652 | 0.1% |
| 26 | UTTAM CHAND | IND | 604 | 0.1% |
| 27 | MOHD. IQBAL | IND | 587 | 0.1% |
| 28 | MOHAN KRISHAN SHARMA | IND | 525 | 0.1% |
| 29 | BIKRAM SINGH | IND | 515 | 0.1% |
| 30 | SURJIT SINGH | IND | 512 | 0.1% |
| 31 | SUBASH CHANDER RATTANPAL | IND | 473 | 0.1% |
| 32 | ALI MOHD. | IND | 370 | 0.1% |
| 33 | RATTAN KUMAR | IND | 309 | 0.1% |
| 34 | ANCHAL SINGH | IND | 257 | 0.1% |
| 35 | KAMAL KUMAR DUBEY | IND | 254 | 0.1% |
| 36 | SUBASH CHANDER | IND | 244 | 0.1% |
| 37 | KIRPAL SINGH | IND | 217 | 0.1% |
| 38 | RAM LAL | IND | 208 | 0.1% |
| 39 | KRISHNA DEVI | IND | 190 | 0.0% |
| 40 | KAKU DUTT | IND | 79 | 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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safe15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
lowerhigher
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%
lowerhigher
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
BJP 37.6%INC 21.7%JD 18.3%BSP 7.2%JPP 5.3%OTH 9.8%
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.