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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1983
Pahalgam
Winner — 1983
PIYARE LAL HANDOO
JKN 56.8%INC 36.3%2 others 7.0%
Votes
15,654
56.8% share
Winning margin
5,659
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
76.8%
of 35,886
Pahalgam is a safe seat — PIYARE LAL HANDOO won by 20.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIYARE LAL HANDOO | 15,654 | 56.8% | |
| 2 | MOHAMAD TAHIR | Congress (I) | 9,995 | 36.3% |
| 3 | MANZOOR AHMAD GAINA | JKP | 1,402 | 5.1% |
| 4 | GHULAM HASSAN INQALIBI | IND | 521 | 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 (68th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 2.0% · max 57.3%
How contested is turnout?
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59%
lowerhigher
68th of 90How crowded is the field?
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6.20
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 90How much NOTA?
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2.6%
lowerhigher
12th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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6.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 56.8%INC 36.3%JKP 5.1%OTH 1.9%
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.