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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1983

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Winner — 1983

DHARAM PAL
INC· Congress (I)
INC 45.7%JKN 33.3%6 others 21.0%
Votes
13,067
45.7% share
Winning margin
3,540
12.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
75.2%
of 38,073

A clear win with a 12.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHARAM PAL
INC
Congress (I)
13,06745.7%
2
GAVIND RAM
JKN
9,52733.3%
3
DEWAN CHAND
BJP
BJP
2,6219.2%
4
MOHAN LAL
IND
2,1267.4%
5
MADAN LAL VERMA
IND
8052.8%
6
RAJINDER SINGH
IND
1920.7%
7
DINA NATH
IND
1670.6%
8
MADAN LAL SHARMA
IND
1090.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (46th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 2.4% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
46th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
78th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.7%JKN 33.3%BJP 9.2%IND 7.4%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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