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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 2002

Gandhinagar

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Winner — 2002

Raman Bhalla
INC· INC
INC 49.8%JKN 35.7%12 others 14.5%
Votes
37,010
49.8% share
Winning margin
10,493
14.1% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
48.5%
of 1,53,334

A clear win with a 14.1% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Raman Bhalla
INC
INC
37,01049.8%
2
Harbans Singh
JKN
26,51735.7%
3
Charanjit Singh
BJP
NDA
3,7005.0%
4
ONKAR SETH
IND
2,4363.3%
5
Pritam Chand
BSP
BSP
2,0702.8%
6
HUSSAIN ALI
NCP
NCP
5950.8%
7
Sat Pal Sharma
JD(S)
4210.6%
8
Vijay Deep gupta
IND
4020.5%
9
Manmohan singh
IND
3650.5%
10
MOHD. DIN
IND
2100.3%
11
Swaran Dass
LJP
1660.2%
12
Pawan Kumar
IND
1490.2%
13
Noor Jahan
IND
1480.2%
14
MINU JAMWAL
SJP(R)
1100.1%

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 (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.8%JKN 35.7%OTH 14.5%

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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