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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1977
Akhnoor
Winner — 1977
DHARAM PAL
INC· INC
INC 37.7%IND 19.7%3 others 42.6%
Votes
8,635
37.7% share
Winning margin
4,118
18.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.3%
of 33,101
Akhnoor is a safe seat — DHARAM PAL won by 18.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHARAM PAL | INC | 8,635 | 37.7% |
| 2 | GOBIND RAM | IND | 4,517 | 19.7% |
| 3 | DEWAN CHAND | Janata | 4,342 | 18.9% |
| 4 | KULDIP KUMAR | IND | 4,276 | 18.6% |
| 5 | PRITAM LAL | 1,154 | 5.0% |
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 (46th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean18.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 2.4% · max 32.9%
How contested is turnout?
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70%
lowerhigher
46th of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
78th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.7%IND 19.7%JNP 18.9%IND 18.6%JKN 5.0%
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.