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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1983

Samba

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Winner — 1983

PARKASH SHARMA
INC· Congress (I)
INC 44.7%JKN 21.1%15 others 34.2%
Votes
13,515
44.7% share
Winning margin
7,115
23.5% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
62.8%
of 48,223

Samba is a safe seat — PARKASH SHARMA won by 23.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PARKASH SHARMA
INC
Congress (I)
13,51544.7%
2
SURJEET SINGH
JKN
6,40021.1%
3
SATYA PAL
BJP
BJP
3,76012.4%
4
PERSIDH SINGH
IND
1,3544.5%
5
MANSHI RAM
LKD
Lok Dal
1,2694.2%
6
BABU RAM
IND
1,1663.9%
7
MOHINDER
JNP
Janata
8392.8%
8
BHOPINDER SINGH
JKP
5201.7%
9
BALRAJ SINGH
IND
4251.4%
10
KARTAR SINGH
IND
3611.2%
11
DHORAB SINGH
IND
1840.6%
12
OM PARKASH
IND
1410.5%
13
MONOHAR SINGH
IND
1190.4%
14
DEV RAJ KAPOOR
IND
710.2%
15
VAISHNO BARAT CHANDAN
IND
690.2%
16
SAT PAL
IND
440.1%
17
SUBASH BADYAL
IND
250.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (20th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.7% · min 6.4% · max 90.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
20th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.4%
lowerhigher
16th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%JKN 21.1%BJP 12.4%OTH 21.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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