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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 74 · 2002
Bishnah
Winner — 2002
Ashwani Kumar Sharma
IND
IND 32.7%JKN 24.2%14 others 43.1%
Votes
17,961
32.7% share
Winning margin
4,663
8.5% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
67.4%
of 81,424
A clear win with a 8.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | IND | 17,961 | 32.7% |
| 2 | Kamal Verma | 13,298 | 24.2% | |
| 3 | Jagdish Raj Dubey | INC | 8,268 | 15.1% |
| 4 | Girdhari Lal | BSP | 7,874 | 14.3% |
| 5 | Ashok Kumar | PDP | 2,060 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Hari Chand | IND | 943 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Swaran Singh | 780 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Sat Pal Saina | IND | 566 | 1.0% |
| 9 | Ghanisham Singh | 519 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Ashok Kumar | NDA | 517 | 0.9% |
| 11 | Joginder Kumar | 492 | 0.9% | |
| 12 | Ashok Kumar | IND | 483 | 0.9% |
| 13 | Narinder Paul Mangotra | 406 | 0.7% | |
| 14 | Balbir Singh | IND | 293 | 0.5% |
| 15 | Sudesh Puri | 222 | 0.4% | |
| 16 | Prithi Singh | IND | 213 | 0.4% |
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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 (53rd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe8.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 0.8% · max 94.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
53rd of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
80th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 32.7%JKN 24.2%INC 15.1%BSP 14.3%OTH 13.7%
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.