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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 73 · 2002
Jammu West
Winner — 2002
Mangat Ram Sharma
INC· INC
INC 40.5%IND 28.0%15 others 31.6%
Votes
25,627
40.5% share
Winning margin
7,923
12.5% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
38.7%
of 1,63,689
A clear win with a 12.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mangat Ram Sharma | INC | 25,627 | 40.5% |
| 2 | Virander Kumar Gupta | IND | 17,704 | 28.0% |
| 3 | Chander Mohan Sharma | 7,631 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Anan Sharma | 2,822 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | RAJ KUMAR | BSP | 2,652 | 4.2% |
| 6 | Kavinder Gupta | NDA | 1,655 | 2.6% |
| 7 | HANS RAJ DOGRA | IND | 1,211 | 1.9% |
| 8 | Aslam Shah | IND | 830 | 1.3% |
| 9 | MUNISH SHARMA | IND | 652 | 1.0% |
| 10 | Joginder Singh | IND | 459 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Girdhari Lal | BRPP | 418 | 0.7% |
| 12 | Vikas Bali | IND | 408 | 0.6% |
| 13 | UDAY CHAND | IND | 333 | 0.5% |
| 14 | Rakesh Kumar | 305 | 0.5% | |
| 15 | Rajinder Sharma | NDA | 297 | 0.5% |
| 16 | Rajinder Gupta | IND | 181 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Krishan Chand Chargotra | RJD | 142 | 0.2% |
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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 (34th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.1% · min 6.2% · max 74.0%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
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34th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.97
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38th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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81st of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.5%IND 28.0%JKN 12.1%OTH 19.5%
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.