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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1983
Udhampur
Winner — 1983
BALAK RAM
INC· Congress (I)
INC 45.3%BJP 21.9%15 others 32.8%
Votes
12,417
45.3% share
Winning margin
6,419
23.4% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
58.0%
of 47,211
Udhampur is a safe seat — BALAK RAM won by 23.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALAK RAM | Congress (I) | 12,417 | 45.3% |
| 2 | SHIV CHARAN | BJP | 5,998 | 21.9% |
| 3 | JAY MALA | IND | 3,768 | 13.8% |
| 4 | GOPALSWAMI | 2,962 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | PARAS RAM | Left | 920 | 3.4% |
| 6 | SURESH KUMAR | IND | 233 | 0.8% |
| 7 | HARPAL SINGH | IND | 225 | 0.8% |
| 8 | AMRIT SAGAR | IND | 167 | 0.6% |
| 9 | ABDUL KARIM KHAN | IND | 137 | 0.5% |
| 10 | HEM RAJ | Lok Dal | 114 | 0.4% |
| 11 | SAT PAL | IND | 97 | 0.3% |
| 12 | GULAB DIN | IND | 96 | 0.3% |
| 13 | ASHOK BAKSHI | IND | 77 | 0.3% |
| 14 | ALI MOHD. | IND | 66 | 0.2% |
| 15 | MOHAN LAL | IND | 53 | 0.2% |
| 16 | RAJINDER SINGH | IND | 34 | 0.1% |
| 17 | RAKESH CHANDER | IND | 32 | 0.1% |
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 (11th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean23.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 1.6% · max 34.2%
How contested is turnout?
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78%
lowerhigher
11th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 90How much NOTA?
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1.5%
lowerhigher
45th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.3%BJP 21.9%IND 13.8%JKN 10.8%OTH 8.2%
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.