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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1983
Jandrah Gharota
Winner — 1983
BALWAN SINGH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 43.2%IND 14.3%10 others 42.5%
Votes
12,628
43.2% share
Winning margin
8,438
28.9% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
63.0%
of 46,364
Jandrah Gharota is a safe seat — BALWAN SINGH won by 28.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALWAN SINGH | Congress (I) | 12,628 | 43.2% |
| 2 | RATTAN CHAND | IND | 4,190 | 14.3% |
| 3 | DHAN RAJ | Janata | 3,751 | 12.8% |
| 4 | BALBIR SINGH | 3,614 | 12.4% | |
| 5 | SOHAN LAL | BJP | 1,612 | 5.5% |
| 6 | NOOR UD DIN KATARIA | IND | 1,213 | 4.2% |
| 7 | KARAN DEV SINGH | IND | 973 | 3.3% |
| 8 | VIJAY RATTAN | IND | 411 | 1.4% |
| 9 | VED PARKASH | Lok Dal | 335 | 1.1% |
| 10 | SUSHIL KUMAR | IND | 229 | 0.8% |
| 11 | NANAK CHAND | IND | 222 | 0.8% |
| 12 | BASANT RAM | IND | 47 | 0.2% |
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?
SEAT
safe28.9%
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?
SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.2%IND 14.3%JNP 12.8%JKN 12.4%BJP 5.5%OTH 11.7%
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.