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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1977
Jammu East
Winner — 1977
RAM NATH BHALGOTRA
JNP· Janata
JNP 61.8%INC 24.1%11 others 14.1%
Votes
13,179
61.8% share
Winning margin
8,038
37.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
52.4%
of 40,693
Jammu East is a safe seat — RAM NATH BHALGOTRA won by 37.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM NATH BHALGOTRA | Janata | 13,179 | 61.8% |
| 2 | AMRIT KUMAR MALHOTRA | INC | 5,141 | 24.1% |
| 3 | SUBASH DUTTA | IND | 754 | 3.5% |
| 4 | GURBAKSH SINGH | 748 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | MOHAN LAL VIDHARITHI | IND | 388 | 1.8% |
| 6 | SHANTA BHARTI | IND | 348 | 1.6% |
| 7 | VIJAY KUMAR DEWAN | IND | 177 | 0.8% |
| 8 | GOPAL DASS | IND | 135 | 0.6% |
| 9 | KEWAL KRISHAN | IND | 100 | 0.5% |
| 10 | OM PARKASH MALIK | IND | 99 | 0.5% |
| 11 | RAVI CHANDER | IND | 95 | 0.5% |
| 12 | MANOHAR SINGH | IND | 87 | 0.4% |
| 13 | MOHAN LAL | IND | 82 | 0.4% |
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.
Average turnout (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe37.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.0% · min 1.6% · max 37.7%
How contested is turnout?
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73%
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31st of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.68
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53rd of 90How much NOTA?
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1.6%
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41st of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 61.8%INC 24.1%OTH 14.1%
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.