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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1983
Jammu West
Winner — 1983
RANGIL SINGH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 66.4%BJP 17.2%11 others 16.4%
Votes
16,672
66.4% share
Winning margin
12,341
49.1% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
50.6%
of 49,676
Jammu West is a safe seat — RANGIL SINGH won by 49.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RANGIL SINGH | Congress (I) | 16,672 | 66.4% |
| 2 | TILAK RAJ SHARMA | BJP | 4,331 | 17.2% |
| 3 | UDHEY CHAND | IND | 1,824 | 7.3% |
| 4 | SUDERSHAN LAL MAHAJAN | 1,210 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | OM PARKASH S/O SH. BELI RAM | IND | 309 | 1.2% |
| 6 | OM PARKASH S/O SH. DHANI RAM | IND | 264 | 1.1% |
| 7 | JATINDER PAUL | IND | 225 | 0.9% |
| 8 | SUBASH CHANDER GUPTA | IND | 111 | 0.4% |
| 9 | RANJIT SINGH | IND | 59 | 0.2% |
| 10 | KULDEEP GUPTA | IND | 49 | 0.2% |
| 11 | SHAM LAL | IND | 33 | 0.1% |
| 12 | JAG MOHAN KHANA | IND | 16 | 0.1% |
| 13 | ANOOP KAUL | IND | 14 | 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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safe49.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.1% · min 3.9% · max 49.1%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
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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
INC 66.4%BJP 17.2%IND 7.3%OTH 9.1%
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.