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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1997 by-elections
Doda
Winner — 1997 by-elections
Khalid Najeeb
JKN 75.2%BJP 24.8%
Votes
23,564
75.2% share
Winning margin
15,775
50.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Doda is a safe seat — Khalid Najeeb won by 50.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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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lean50.3%
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?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 75.2%BJP 24.8%
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.