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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1996
Jammu West
Winner — 1996
HANS RAJ
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.7%INC 20.4%8 others 33.9%
Votes
22,506
45.7% share
Winning margin
12,438
25.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
42.8%
of 1,15,286
Jammu West is a safe seat — HANS RAJ won by 25.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HANS RAJ | BJP | 22,506 | 45.7% |
| 2 | YOGESH SAWHNEY | INC | 10,068 | 20.4% |
| 3 | PAWAN KUMAR | BSP | 6,767 | 13.7% |
| 4 | CHANDER MOHAN | 6,276 | 12.7% | |
| 5 | AYOUDHIA KUMAR | United Front | 2,123 | 4.3% |
| 6 | TILAK RAJ MAHAJAN | IND | 480 | 1.0% |
| 7 | UDHAY CHAND | JPP | 429 | 0.9% |
| 8 | SUNIL KUMAR | IND | 315 | 0.6% |
| 9 | DEEP KUMAR MALIA | JKAL | 262 | 0.5% |
| 10 | SATISH POONCHI | IND | 57 | 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.
Average turnout (34th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe25.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.1% · min 6.2% · max 74.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
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34th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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81st of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.7%INC 20.4%BSP 13.7%JKN 12.7%OTH 7.4%
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.