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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 79 · 2002
Akhnoor
Winner — 2002
Madan Lal Sharma
INC· INC
INC 29.4%JKN 27.5%8 others 43.1%
Votes
17,102
29.4% share
Winning margin
1,065
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
71.2%
of 81,788
Akhnoor was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,065 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madan Lal Sharma | INC | 17,102 | 29.4% |
| 2 | GOVIND RAM SHARMA | 16,037 | 27.5% | |
| 3 | Dr. Gafoor Ahmed | BSP | 9,737 | 16.7% |
| 4 | RAM SAROOP | NDA | 8,700 | 14.9% |
| 5 | Kuldeep Sharma | IND | 4,891 | 8.4% |
| 6 | DEVINDER KUMAR | PDP | 539 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Roshan Lal | 481 | 0.8% | |
| 8 | PRITAM LAL | 314 | 0.5% | |
| 9 | JAGDISH RAJ | IND | 270 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Jugal Kishore | 171 | 0.3% |
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.
Average turnout (54th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 0.7% · max 36.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
54th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
81st of 90How much NOTA?
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0.4%
lowerhigher
86th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 29.4%JKN 27.5%BSP 16.7%BJP 14.9%IND 8.4%OTH 3.0%
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.