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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1983
Nowshera
Winner — 1983
BELI RAM
INC· Congress (I)
INC 30.0%JKN 20.8%13 others 49.1%
Votes
10,395
30.1% share
Winning margin
3,193
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
64.0%
of 54,078
A clear win with a 9.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELI RAM | Congress (I) | 10,395 | 30.1% |
| 2 | RACHPAL SINGH | 7,202 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | RATTAN SINGH | IND | 6,310 | 18.2% |
| 4 | NAND KUMAR | IND | 5,337 | 15.4% |
| 5 | CHANDI RAM | IND | 1,544 | 4.5% |
| 6 | ASHOK KUMAR | IND | 1,223 | 3.5% |
| 7 | KALI DASS | BJP | 1,065 | 3.1% |
| 8 | KHEM RAJ | IND | 458 | 1.3% |
| 9 | BACHAN LAL | IND | 278 | 0.8% |
| 10 | KAMAL | Janata | 275 | 0.8% |
| 11 | KISHOTI DUTT | IND | 235 | 0.7% |
| 12 | INDERJIT GUPTA | Lok Dal | 146 | 0.4% |
| 13 | JASWANTI | IND | 47 | 0.1% |
| 14 | BALWANT SINGH | IND | 43 | 0.1% |
| 15 | TIRATH RAM | IND | 39 | 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 (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.1%JKN 20.8%IND 18.2%IND 15.4%OTH 15.4%
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.