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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 76 · 2002
Suchetgarh
Winner — 2002
Gharu Ram
INC· INC
INC 27.4%BJP 27.1%13 others 45.4%
Votes
11,344
27.4% share
Winning margin
137
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
69.8%
of 59,238
Suchetgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 137 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gharu Ram | INC | 11,344 | 27.4% |
| 2 | RAJINDER SINGH CHIB | NDA | 11,207 | 27.1% |
| 3 | Taranjeet Singh | 5,524 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Trilok Singh | PDP | 5,127 | 12.4% |
| 5 | SHAM LAL | IND | 3,715 | 9.0% |
| 6 | MOHAN SINGH | BSP | 1,776 | 4.3% |
| 7 | Kasturi Singh | 600 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | TILAK RAJ | NCP | 474 | 1.1% |
| 9 | DALIP SINGH | 318 | 0.8% | |
| 10 | RAJINDER SINGH | 306 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | Smt. Vijay Chib | IND | 298 | 0.7% |
| 12 | KISHOR KUMAR | 268 | 0.7% | |
| 13 | Smt. Balvinder Kour | 153 | 0.4% | |
| 14 | Dr. Mohinder Singh | 126 | 0.3% | |
| 15 | Babu Ram | RJD | 96 | 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 (58th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.3% · max 26.1%
How contested is turnout?
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65%
lowerhigher
58th of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.99
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
66th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 27.4%BJP 27.1%JKN 13.4%PDP 12.4%IND 9.0%OTH 10.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.