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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1972
Jasmergarh
Winner — 1972
GIRDHARI LAL DOGRA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 52.6%BJS 37.0%2 others 10.4%
Votes
14,581
52.6% share
Winning margin
4,333
15.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
71.3%
of 38,875
Jasmergarh is a safe seat — GIRDHARI LAL DOGRA won by 15.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIRDHARI LAL DOGRA | Congress (R) | 14,581 | 52.6% |
| 2 | BALDEV SINGH | Grand Alliance | 10,248 | 37.0% |
| 3 | DURGA DASS | IND | 2,242 | 8.1% |
| 4 | GOPAL DASS | IND | 652 | 2.4% |
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 (10th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe15.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 8.2% · max 22.9%
How contested is turnout?
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78%
lowerhigher
10th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.4%
lowerhigher
46th of 90Where does the house stand?
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75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%BJS 37.0%IND 8.1%OTH 2.4%
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.