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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1996
Gandhinagar
Winner — 1996
PIARA SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 37.6%JKN 32.6%8 others 29.8%
Votes
19,779
37.6% share
Winning margin
2,637
5.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
49.8%
of 1,05,598
A clear win with a 5.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIARA SINGH | BJP | 19,779 | 37.6% |
| 2 | HARBANS SINGH | 17,142 | 32.6% | |
| 3 | RANGIL SINGH | INC | 7,560 | 14.4% |
| 4 | RAM PARKASH SHARMA | BSP | 4,506 | 8.6% |
| 5 | NARINDER SINGH RAINA | United Front | 2,200 | 4.2% |
| 6 | NARINDER SINGH | AIIC(T) | 632 | 1.2% |
| 7 | JASWANT SINGH SHAN | JKAL | 269 | 0.5% |
| 8 | PRITAM SINGH | United Front | 253 | 0.5% |
| 9 | KANTA DEVI SHARMA | IND | 194 | 0.4% |
| 10 | VIJAY KUMAR | IND | 64 | 0.1% |
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 (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean5.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.6%JKN 32.6%INC 14.4%BSP 8.6%OTH 6.9%
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.