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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1972
Akhnoor
Winner — 1972
DHARM PAUL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 75.0%BJS 16.4%2 others 8.6%
Votes
16,364
75.0% share
Winning margin
12,787
58.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
76.2%
of 28,635
Akhnoor is a safe seat — DHARM PAUL won by 58.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHARM PAUL | Congress (R) | 16,364 | 75.0% |
| 2 | BAKSHI THAKUR DAS | Grand Alliance | 3,577 | 16.4% |
| 3 | HARI CHAND | IND | 1,020 | 4.7% |
| 4 | DINA NATH | 854 | 3.9% |
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 (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe58.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 0.4% · max 58.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
19th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
88th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
75 seats · 38 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 75.0%BJS 16.4%OTH 8.6%
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.