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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1977
Nowshera
Winner — 1977
BELI RAM
INC· INC
INC 30.9%IND 29.2%3 others 39.9%
Votes
7,832
30.9% share
Winning margin
416
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.9%
of 43,048
Nowshera was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 416 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BELI RAM | INC | 7,832 | 30.9% |
| 2 | RATTAN SINGH | IND | 7,416 | 29.3% |
| 3 | TILAK RAJ | Janata | 6,077 | 24.0% |
| 4 | NAND KUMAR | 3,790 | 14.9% | |
| 5 | JAGDEV RAJ | IND | 242 | 0.9% |
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.
High turnout (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.3% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
lowerhigher
14th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
79th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.9%IND 29.3%JNP 24.0%JKN 14.9%OTH 0.9%
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.