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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 66 · 2002

Billawar

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Winner — 2002

Manohar Lal Sharma
IND
IND 47.8%INC 19.6%12 others 32.6%
Votes
24,736
47.8% share
Winning margin
14,561
28.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
63.8%
of 81,170

Billawar is a safe seat — Manohar Lal Sharma won by 28.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Manohar Lal Sharma
IND
24,73647.8%
2
Balbir Singh
INC
INC
10,17519.6%
3
KASHMIR SINGH
IND
7,36914.2%
4
Suram Singh
JKN
2,6805.2%
5
GOVIND RAM
JKNPP
1,5263.0%
6
Hukam Chand
NCP
NCP
1,1422.2%
7
OMA DATT MANHAS
BSP
BSP
9531.8%
8
Hari Chand Jalmaria
IND
9071.8%
9
Sudesh kumar
IND
7061.4%
10
Kulbushan Gupta
SHS
4910.9%
11
Mohinder Kumar
IND
4650.9%
12
Vijay Rajya Pathania
SJP(R)
2680.5%
13
Ranjit Singh
IND
2020.4%
14
Bishen Dass
IND
1630.3%

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.

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Average turnout (28th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
28.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 30.1% · min 1.7% · max 96.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
28th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
71st of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.8%INC 19.6%IND 14.2%JKN 5.2%OTH 13.2%

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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