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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 66 · 1972
Jammu Cantonment
Winner — 1972
TRILOCHAN DUTTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.1%IND 13.4%6 others 31.5%
Votes
11,905
55.1% share
Winning margin
9,000
41.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.0%
of 32,249
Jammu Cantonment is a safe seat — TRILOCHAN DUTTA won by 41.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRILOCHAN DUTTA | Congress (R) | 11,905 | 55.1% |
| 2 | RAM LAL | IND | 2,905 | 13.4% |
| 3 | BACHAN SINGH PANCHHI | IND | 2,757 | 12.8% |
| 4 | ONKAR SETH | Grand Alliance | 2,581 | 11.9% |
| 5 | THAKRA SINGH | IND | 890 | 4.1% |
| 6 | HARBHAJAN SINGH | 242 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | PREM SINGH | IND | 167 | 0.8% |
| 8 | RACHPAL SINGH | 160 | 0.7% |
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 (28th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe41.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 30.1% · min 1.7% · max 96.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
28th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
71st of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.1%IND 13.4%IND 12.8%BJS 11.9%OTH 6.8%
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.