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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Samba
Winner — 1972
GOURI SHANKAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 54.9%BJS 33.3%1 others 11.8%
Votes
9,700
54.9% share
Winning margin
3,818
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
58.2%
of 30,352
Samba is a safe seat — GOURI SHANKAR won by 21.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOURI SHANKAR | Congress (R) | 9,700 | 54.9% |
| 2 | GIAN CHAND | Grand Alliance | 5,882 | 33.3% |
| 3 | MUNSHI RAM | IND | 2,082 | 11.8% |
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 (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.9% · max 76.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
9th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.9%BJS 33.3%IND 11.8%
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.