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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1983
Jammu Cantonment
Winner — 1983
TRILOCHAN DATTA
IND
IND 50.6%INC 34.5%8 others 14.8%
Votes
16,094
50.6% share
Winning margin
5,108
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.4%
of 52,625
Jammu Cantonment is a safe seat — TRILOCHAN DATTA won by 16.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRILOCHAN DATTA | IND | 16,094 | 50.6% |
| 2 | HARBANS SINGH | Congress (I) | 10,986 | 34.5% |
| 3 | HANS RAJ DOGRA | 2,379 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | SEWA RAMAN | BJP | 1,288 | 4.0% |
| 5 | JAYA MALA | IND | 606 | 1.9% |
| 6 | MAHINDER SINGH KALIA | IND | 148 | 0.5% |
| 7 | JOGDISH RAJ | IND | 107 | 0.3% |
| 8 | KAMAL KUMAR DUBEY | IND | 72 | 0.2% |
| 9 | ROMESH CHANDER | JKP | 67 | 0.2% |
| 10 | INDER JEET SINGH SUDAN | IND | 51 | 0.2% |
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 (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.9% · max 76.9%
How contested is turnout?
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78%
lowerhigher
9th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 50.6%INC 34.5%JKN 7.5%OTH 7.4%
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.