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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1962
Nowshera
Winner — 1962
BELI RAM
NC
NC 54.3%DNC 23.1%3 others 22.6%
Votes
11,608
54.3% share
Winning margin
6,669
31.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
61.4%
of 34,800
Nowshera is a safe seat — BELI RAM won by 31.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELI RAM | NC | 11,608 | 54.3% |
| 2 | KRISHAN DEV SETHI | DNC | 4,939 | 23.1% |
| 3 | NAND KUMAR | Praja Socialist Party | 2,651 | 12.4% |
| 4 | VED PRAKASH | PP | 1,622 | 7.6% |
| 5 | BEHARI LAL | IND | 557 | 2.6% |
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 (7th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe31.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.4% · min 0.4% · max 86.2%
How contested is turnout?
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79%
lowerhigher
7th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
61st of 90Where does the house stand?
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75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NC 54.3%DNC 23.1%PSP 12.4%PP 7.6%OTH 2.6%
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.