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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1987
Udhampur
Winner — 1987
BALAK RAM
INC· INC
INC 53.7%BJP 38.6%9 others 7.6%
Votes
18,847
53.7% share
Winning margin
5,295
15.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
64.0%
of 54,857
Udhampur is a safe seat — BALAK RAM won by 15.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALAK RAM | INC | 18,847 | 53.7% |
| 2 | SHIV CHARAN | BJP | 13,552 | 38.6% |
| 3 | ROMESH KUMAR KAPOOR | JPP | 1,034 | 3.0% |
| 4 | PARAS RAM | IND | 522 | 1.5% |
| 5 | GOPAL SWAMI | IND | 321 | 0.9% |
| 6 | ROMESH CHANDER | IND | 311 | 0.9% |
| 7 | RATTAN SINGH GADDI | IND | 183 | 0.5% |
| 8 | HASHIM DIN | IND | 118 | 0.3% |
| 9 | PREETAM SINGH | JKP | 93 | 0.3% |
| 10 | REHAM ALI | IND | 72 | 0.2% |
| 11 | YOGINDERA SINGH | IND | 29 | 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 (11th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean15.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 1.6% · max 34.2%
How contested is turnout?
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78%
lowerhigher
11th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 90How much NOTA?
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1.5%
lowerhigher
45th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.7%BJP 38.6%OTH 7.7%
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.