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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1983

Hiranagar

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Winner — 1983

RAM DASS
INC· Congress (I)
INC 39.9%BJP 29.6%10 others 30.5%
Votes
13,218
39.9% share
Winning margin
3,430
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
66.9%
of 49,475

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM DASS
INC
Congress (I)
13,21839.9%
2
BALDEV SINGH
BJP
BJP
9,78829.6%
3
NEK RAM
IND
3,1699.6%
4
SUBHASH CHANDER
IND
2,4917.5%
5
INDERJIT SHARMA
JKN
2,4137.3%
6
GOPAL DASS SHARMA
IND
5481.6%
7
KAMAL KUMAR DUBEY
IND
4101.2%
8
KIRSHAN DUTT
IND
3010.9%
9
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
2940.9%
10
SARDARI LAL
JNP
Janata
2690.8%
11
DURGA DASS
IND
1630.5%
12
K.D. DOGRA
IND
550.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.2% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
25th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
83rd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.9%BJP 29.6%IND 9.6%IND 7.5%JKN 7.3%OTH 6.2%

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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