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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1972
Nowshera
Winner — 1972
BELI RAM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 44.0%IND 43.8%2 others 12.2%
Votes
8,563
44.0% share
Winning margin
51
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
61.6%
of 31,539
Nowshera was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 51 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELI RAM | Congress (R) | 8,563 | 44.0% |
| 2 | NAND KUMAR | IND | 8,512 | 43.8% |
| 3 | SAT PAL | Grand Alliance | 1,570 | 8.1% |
| 4 | TARLOK CHAND | IND | 800 | 4.1% |
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.
High turnout (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%IND 43.8%BJS 8.1%OTH 4.1%
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.