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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 84 · 1996
Kalakote
Winner — 1996
ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 45.5%JKN 13.5%8 others 41.0%
Votes
14,169
45.5% share
Winning margin
9,975
32.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.4%
of 57,209
Kalakote is a safe seat — ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA won by 32.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA | INC | 14,169 | 45.5% |
| 2 | PURAN SINGH THAKUR | 4,194 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | GIAN SINGH | IND | 4,096 | 13.2% |
| 4 | LIAQAT ALI | IND | 3,432 | 11.0% |
| 5 | KULDEEP RAJ GUPTA | BJP | 2,742 | 8.8% |
| 6 | KASHMIR SINGH KANWAR | IND | 1,573 | 5.0% |
| 7 | MOHD. YAQUB BHATTI | United Front | 576 | 1.9% |
| 8 | KAMAL GOURIA | JPP | 195 | 0.6% |
| 9 | QURBAN HUSSAIN SHAH | IND | 106 | 0.3% |
| 10 | MOHAN LAL | IND | 54 | 0.2% |
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 (30th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe32.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 2.9% · max 32.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
30th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.3%
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90th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.5%JKN 13.5%IND 13.2%IND 11.0%BJP 8.8%IND 5.0%OTH 3.0%
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.