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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1977
Jandrah Gharota
Winner — 1977
DHAN RAJ
JNP· Janata
JNP 38.1%INC 27.2%4 others 34.7%
Votes
8,550
38.1% share
Winning margin
2,438
10.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.9%
of 37,477
A clear win with a 10.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHAN RAJ | Janata | 8,550 | 38.1% |
| 2 | RANJIT SINGH | INC | 6,112 | 27.2% |
| 3 | CHOUDHARY NURUL DIN KARATIA | 3,450 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | JATINDER DEV | IND | 3,397 | 15.1% |
| 5 | NANAK CHAND | IND | 507 | 2.3% |
| 6 | BHAGAT RAM SHARMA | IND | 438 | 1.9% |
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 (24th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe10.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 4.8% · max 37.3%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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24th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.0%
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58th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 38.1%INC 27.2%JKN 15.4%IND 15.1%OTH 4.2%
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.