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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1977

Jammu Cantonment

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Winner — 1977

PARDUMAN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 28.6%JNP 27.7%11 others 43.7%
Votes
5,600
28.6% share
Winning margin
174
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.3%
of 36,083

Jammu Cantonment was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 174 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PARDUMAN SINGH
INC
INC
5,60028.6%
2
VED BHASIN
JNP
Janata
5,42627.7%
3
ONKAR SETH
IND
3,72219.0%
4
BODH RAJ BALI
JKN
2,11010.8%
5
HARI SINGH
IND
9965.1%
6
NATHI RAM
IND
6503.3%
7
OM PRAKASH
IND
2871.5%
8
SUKHVINDER SINGH
IND
2591.3%
9
JAGDISH RAJ
IND
2281.2%
10
GURCHARAN SINGH
IND
1210.6%
11
BHATAT SINGH SANDHU
IND
860.4%
12
SANT RAM
IND
640.3%
13
ADARSH PAUL
IND
290.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.9% · max 76.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
9th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.6%JNP 27.7%IND 19.0%JKN 10.8%IND 5.1%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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