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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 29 · 1972
Pulwama
Winner — 1972
SONA ULLAH DAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 51.1%IND 25.4%3 others 23.5%
Votes
10,002
51.1% share
Winning margin
5,024
25.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.7%
of 28,937
Pulwama is a safe seat — SONA ULLAH DAR won by 25.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SONA ULLAH DAR | Congress (R) | 10,002 | 51.1% |
| 2 | GHULAM HASSAN MIR | IND | 4,978 | 25.4% |
| 3 | QHULAM AHMAD | JMI | 3,692 | 18.9% |
| 4 | ABDUL AZIZ | IND | 490 | 2.5% |
| 5 | OMKAR NATH | IND | 414 | 2.1% |
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.
Average turnout (33rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 32.3% · min 1.6% · max 73.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
33rd of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 90How much NOTA?
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3.5%
lowerhigher
3rd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.1%IND 25.4%JMI 18.9%OTH 4.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.