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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1983

Darhal

Winner — 1983

BASHIR AHMED
INC· Congress (I)
INC 40.3%JKN 33.3%4 others 26.4%
Votes
13,435
40.3% share
Winning margin
2,335
7.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.6%
of 49,284

A clear win with a 7.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASHIR AHMED
Congress (I)
13,43540.3%
2
MOHD. HUSSAIN
11,10033.3%
3
MOHD. SADIQ
IND
7,34522.1%
4
KULDIP RAJ
BJP
9933.0%
5
CHOONI LAL
IND
2880.9%
6
MOHD. RASHID
IND
1520.5%

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 (15th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.7% · min 7.0% · max 54.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
15th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
87th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.3%JKN 33.3%IND 22.1%OTH 4.3%

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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