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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1987
Hiranagar
Winner — 1987
BALDEV SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.2%INC 38.5%7 others 16.3%
Votes
17,088
45.2% share
Winning margin
2,508
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
71.0%
of 53,257
A clear win with a 6.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALDEV SINGH | BJP | 17,088 | 45.2% |
| 2 | RAM DAS DOGRA | INC | 14,580 | 38.5% |
| 3 | NEK RAM | IND | 3,999 | 10.6% |
| 4 | VIJAY | IND | 661 | 1.8% |
| 5 | GANESH DASS | Janata | 489 | 1.3% |
| 6 | BALWANT RAI SHARMA | JPP | 334 | 0.9% |
| 7 | LAKSHMI KANTALIAS SETHI | Lok Dal | 298 | 0.8% |
| 8 | NASIB CHAND | IND | 210 | 0.6% |
| 9 | HEM RAJ THAPA | IND | 174 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.2% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
25th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
83rd of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.2%INC 38.5%IND 10.6%OTH 5.7%
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.