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Winner — 2002
Puran Singh
IND
IND 28.1%JKN 27.6%7 others 44.3%
Votes
11,832
28.1% share
Winning margin
217
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
46.6%
of 90,353
Darhal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 217 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puran Singh | IND | 11,832 | 28.1% |
| 2 | Ch. Liaqat Ali | 11,615 | 27.6% | |
| 3 | Zulfkar Ali | IND | 7,870 | 18.7% |
| 4 | Tasadiqe Hussain | PDP | 5,146 | 12.2% |
| 5 | Ahssain Ullah Pervaize Malik | INC | 2,285 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Mushtaq Hussain | 1,181 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Dev Raj Sharma | NDA | 911 | 2.2% |
| 8 | Zulifkar Hussain | BSP | 805 | 1.9% |
| 9 | Abdul Khaliq | IND | 470 | 1.1% |
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.
High turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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marginal0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.2% · min 0.5% · max 14.1%
How contested is turnout?
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79%
lowerhigher
6th of 90How crowded is the field?
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3.40
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.4%
lowerhigher
84th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 28.1%JKN 27.6%IND 18.7%PDP 12.2%INC 5.4%OTH 8.0%
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.