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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 87 · 2002
Poonch Haveli
Winner — 2002
GHULAM MOHD JAN
JKN· Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned)
JKN 47.4%INC 46.3%4 others 6.3%
Votes
27,364
47.4% share
Winning margin
646
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.7%
of 95,028
Poonch Haveli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 646 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GHULAM MOHD JAN | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (unaligned) | 27,364 | 47.4% |
| 2 | Yeshpal Sharma | INC | 26,718 | 46.3% |
| 3 | Chaman Lal | 1,176 | 2.0% | |
| 4 | MOHD MUSHTAQ | IND | 1,020 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Lal Hussain Mushtaq | PDP | 793 | 1.4% |
| 6 | DR. MOHD SHARIF QASMI | NDA | 641 | 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.
Average turnout (23rd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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marginal1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.5% · min 1.1% · max 13.9%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
23rd of 90How crowded is the field?
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3.62
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.2%
lowerhigher
49th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 47.4%INC 46.3%OTH 6.3%
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.