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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 60 · 2002

Udhampur

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Winner — 2002

Balwant Singh
JKNPP· JKNPP
JKNPP 40.4%BJP 24.1%12 others 35.5%
Votes
24,679
40.4% share
Winning margin
9,952
16.3% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
58.4%
of 1,04,642

Udhampur is a safe seat — Balwant Singh won by 16.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Balwant Singh
JKNPP
JKNPP
24,67940.4%
2
Pawan Kumar Gupta
BJP
NDA
14,72724.1%
3
Yash Paul Khajuria
INC
INC
11,62319.0%
4
Kuldeep Kumar
JKN
5,7139.3%
5
Vijay Kumar
BSP
BSP
1,4782.4%
6
Som Raj
IND
9041.5%
7
Rajinder Kumar
IND
4890.8%
8
Hem Raj Sharma
JD(U)
NDA
4750.8%
9
Dwarka Nath
IND
3140.5%
10
Ravinder Kumar
SHS
2170.4%
11
Vishal Abrol
IND
1870.3%
12
Sansar Chand
JD(S)
1720.3%
13
Sanjay Kumar
RJD
RJD
720.1%
14
Suresh Chander
IND
530.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.9% · max 76.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
9th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKNPP 40.4%BJP 24.1%INC 19.0%JKN 9.3%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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