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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 51 · 2002
Kishtwar
Winner — 2002
Sajjad Hussain
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 41.3%INC 37.2%7 others 21.5%
Votes
16,725
41.3% share
Winning margin
1,663
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.8%
of 73,838
A closely fought contest. Sajjad Hussain won with a 4.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sajjad Hussain | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 16,725 | 41.3% |
| 2 | Gulam Haider Sheikh | INC | 15,062 | 37.2% |
| 3 | Rajinder Singh | IND | 6,551 | 16.2% |
| 4 | Ravinder Kumar | IND | 536 | 1.3% |
| 5 | BASHIR AHMAD | 522 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | RAJINDER KUMAR | 471 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Desh Raj | BSP | 356 | 0.9% |
| 8 | Pyarey Lal | IND | 142 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Joginder paul | IND | 108 | 0.3% |
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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 (49th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 33.1% · min 4.1% · max 92.7%
How contested is turnout?
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69%
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49th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.0%
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56th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 41.3%INC 37.2%IND 16.2%OTH 5.3%
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.