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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1977
Jammu West
Winner — 1977
HARBANS LAL BHAGOTRA
JNP· Janata
JNP 54.8%INC 38.0%6 others 7.3%
Votes
10,956
54.8% share
Winning margin
3,357
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
52.9%
of 37,810
Jammu West is a safe seat — HARBANS LAL BHAGOTRA won by 16.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARBANS LAL BHAGOTRA | Janata | 10,956 | 54.8% |
| 2 | ROMESH CHANDER | INC | 7,599 | 38.0% |
| 3 | RATTAN LAL GUPTA | 684 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | SOM NATH | IND | 333 | 1.7% |
| 5 | MASTER MODH SHARIF | IND | 267 | 1.3% |
| 6 | SEWA RAMAN | IND | 91 | 0.5% |
| 7 | MONAN LAL | IND | 52 | 0.3% |
| 8 | CH. RAM SARUP | IND | 24 | 0.1% |
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.
High turnout (12th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.1% · min 3.9% · max 49.1%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
lowerhigher
12th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 90How much NOTA?
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2.2%
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24th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 54.8%INC 38.0%OTH 7.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— 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.