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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 57 · 1983Reserved (SC)
Bari Brahminan
Winner — 1983
GORI SHANKAR
INC· Congress (I)
INC 52.9%JKN 34.1%4 others 13.0%
Votes
15,721
52.9% share
Winning margin
5,590
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
71.0%
of 41,837
Bari Brahminan is a safe seat — GORI SHANKAR won by 18.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GORI SHANKAR | Congress (I) | 15,721 | 52.9% |
| 2 | GURBACHAN KUMARI RANA | 10,131 | 34.1% | |
| 3 | BABU RAM | IND | 1,559 | 5.3% |
| 4 | GIAN CHAND | BJP | 1,127 | 3.8% |
| 5 | RATTAN CHAND | IND | 838 | 2.8% |
| 6 | DHARAM PAUL | Lok Dal | 335 | 1.1% |
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.
Average turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 2.9% · max 30.1%
How contested is turnout?
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73%
lowerhigher
32nd of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
74th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.9%JKN 34.1%IND 5.3%OTH 7.7%
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.