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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1996

Bishnah

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Winner — 1996

JAGDISH RAJ DUBEY
JD· United Front
JD 26.4%BSP 21.9%8 others 51.7%
Votes
10,941
26.4% share
Winning margin
1,884
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
68.7%
of 60,274

A closely fought contest. JAGDISH RAJ DUBEY won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDISH RAJ DUBEY
JD
United Front
10,94126.4%
2
HARI CHAND
BSP
BSP
9,05721.9%
3
KAMAL VERMA
IND
7,23917.5%
4
JANAK RAJ GUPTA
INC
INC
4,99412.1%
5
ASHWANI KUMAR
IND
3,8599.3%
6
SANGRAM SINGH CHARAK
JKN
2,3235.6%
7
MADAN LAL
BJP
BJP
1,9834.8%
8
SAT PAUL
JPP
7041.7%
9
KAMALJIT
IND
1810.4%
10
PREHLAD SINGH
IND
1200.3%

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 (53rd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 0.8% · max 94.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
53rd of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
80th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 26.4%BSP 21.9%IND 17.5%INC 12.1%IND 9.3%JKN 5.6%OTH 7.2%

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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