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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 68 · 2002Reserved (SC)
Samba
Winner — 2002
Yash Paul
JKNPP· JKNPP
JKNPP 25.3%INC 23.6%6 others 51.1%
Votes
11,079
25.3% share
Winning margin
746
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.4%
of 74,934
Samba was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 746 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yash Paul | JKNPP | 11,079 | 25.3% |
| 2 | Swarn Lata | INC | 10,333 | 23.6% |
| 3 | SOM NATH | BSP | 9,367 | 21.4% |
| 4 | Subash Chander | NDA | 6,172 | 14.1% |
| 5 | SOM NATH | 6,077 | 13.9% | |
| 6 | PRABH DAYAL | PDP | 273 | 0.6% |
| 7 | BISHAN DASS | NCP | 262 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Surinder Pal | IND | 217 | 0.5% |
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 (27th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.0% · min 1.7% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
27th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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82nd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKNPP 25.3%INC 23.6%BSP 21.4%BJP 14.1%JKN 13.9%OTH 1.7%
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.