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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1987
Nowshera
Winner — 1987
BELI RAM
INC· INC
INC 60.5%IND 14.6%6 others 24.9%
Votes
24,053
60.5% share
Winning margin
18,245
45.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.4%
of 58,942
Nowshera is a safe seat — BELI RAM won by 45.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELI RAM | INC | 24,053 | 60.5% |
| 2 | BALWANT SINGH | IND | 5,808 | 14.6% |
| 3 | KRISHAN LAL | IND | 4,545 | 11.4% |
| 4 | SATYA PAL SHARMA | BJP | 2,633 | 6.6% |
| 5 | SHAMSHER SINGH | IND | 1,619 | 4.1% |
| 6 | KHEM RAJ KHAJURIA | Janata | 537 | 1.4% |
| 7 | KAMAL GORIA | JPP | 368 | 0.9% |
| 8 | JASWNATI DEVI | IND | 186 | 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.
High turnout (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean45.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.5%IND 14.6%IND 11.4%BJP 6.6%OTH 6.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.