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Winner — 1972
DIWAKAR SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.8%BJS 24.8%6 others 19.4%
Votes
12,495
55.8% share
Winning margin
6,937
30.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
75.6%
of 29,641
Chamb is a safe seat — DIWAKAR SINGH won by 30.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIWAKAR SINGH | Congress (R) | 12,495 | 55.8% |
| 2 | RAM NATH | Grand Alliance | 5,558 | 24.8% |
| 3 | BODH RAJ | IND | 2,999 | 13.4% |
| 4 | SHANKAR SINGH | IND | 510 | 2.3% |
| 5 | CHAIN SINGH | IND | 281 | 1.3% |
| 6 | SURESH KUMAR | 255 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | DEVI DAYAL NIDAR | IND | 184 | 0.8% |
| 8 | CHHAIL | IND | 129 | 0.6% |
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 (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean30.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.2% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
25th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
83rd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.8%BJS 24.8%IND 13.4%OTH 6.1%
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.