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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1962
Amira Kadal
Winner — 1962
SHAM LAL SARAF
NC
NC 85.5%PSP 14.5%
Votes
10,313
85.5% share
Winning margin
8,560
70.9% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
63.9%
of 18,895
Amira Kadal is a safe seat — SHAM LAL SARAF won by 70.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHAM LAL SARAF | NC | 10,313 | 85.5% |
| 2 | OM PRAKASH | Praja Socialist Party | 1,753 | 14.5% |
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 (72nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe70.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 35.3% · min 1.6% · max 87.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
72nd of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 90How much NOTA?
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3.3%
lowerhigher
6th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NC 85.5%PSP 14.5%
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.