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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 62 · 2008Reserved (SC)
Ram Nagar
Winner — 2008
HARSH DEV SINGH
JKNPP· JKNPP
JKNPP 47.2%BSP 28.5%10 others 24.4%
Votes
30,609
47.2% share
Winning margin
12,146
18.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
64.5%
of 1,00,517
Ram Nagar is a safe seat — HARSH DEV SINGH won by 18.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARSH DEV SINGH | JKNPP | 30,609 | 47.2% |
| 2 | VINOD KHAJURIA | BSP | 18,463 | 28.5% |
| 3 | RANBIR SINGH PATHANIA | IND | 9,285 | 14.3% |
| 4 | THAKAR DASS | UPA | 1,491 | 2.3% |
| 5 | MANSA RAM | IND | 1,002 | 1.5% |
| 6 | SURAM CHAND KHAJURIA | IND | 886 | 1.4% |
| 7 | RAKESH CHAND | NDA | 828 | 1.3% |
| 8 | MOHINDER SINGH | UPA | 676 | 1.0% |
| 9 | SURAM CHAND | Samajwadi Party | 532 | 0.8% |
| 10 | JAGDISH SINGH | 441 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | SURAT SINGH SUMBERIA | JSM(P) | 336 | 0.5% |
| 12 | SANJU KUMAR | NDA | 322 | 0.5% |
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 (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe18.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.0% · min 1.6% · max 37.7%
How contested is turnout?
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73%
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31st of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 90How much NOTA?
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1.6%
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41st of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKNPP 47.2%BSP 28.5%IND 14.3%OTH 10.0%
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.