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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1980 by-elections
Hiranagar
Winner — 1980 by-elections
B.SINGH
BJP 48.1%INC(I) 28.7%8 others 23.2%
Votes
14,846
48.1% share
Winning margin
5,989
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Hiranagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 5,989 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.SINGH | 14,846 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | R.DAS |  INC(I) | 8,857 | 0.0% |
| 3 | K.CHANDER | 4,439 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | G.D.SHARMA | IND | 839 | 0.0% |
| 5 | K.D.DOGRA | IND | 739 | 0.0% |
| 6 | S.LAL | IND | 375 | 0.0% |
| 7 | J.KUMAR | 292 | 0.0% | |
| 8 | K.K.DUBEY | IND | 206 | 0.0% |
| 9 | R.SINGH | IND | 176 | 0.0% |
| 10 | R.CHANDER | IND | 108 | 0.0% |
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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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lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.2% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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25th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.37
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65th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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83rd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
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— DOESN'T APPLYWho 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.