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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1983
Jammu East
Winner — 1983
OM PARKASH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 56.0%BJP 29.9%15 others 14.1%
Votes
14,262
56.0% share
Winning margin
6,643
26.1% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
58.3%
of 43,723
Jammu East is a safe seat — OM PARKASH won by 26.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OM PARKASH | Congress (I) | 14,262 | 56.0% |
| 2 | CHAMAN LAL | BJP | 7,619 | 29.9% |
| 3 | AJAY KUMAR | 1,595 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | GOBIND RAM | IND | 736 | 2.9% |
| 5 | AMAR NATH | IND | 588 | 2.3% |
| 6 | SANJESH GUPTA | Janata | 120 | 0.5% |
| 7 | KENNY | IND | 114 | 0.5% |
| 8 | SUBASH CHANDER | IND | 100 | 0.4% |
| 9 | RAJIV MOHAN | IND | 72 | 0.3% |
| 10 | HARI OM RAINA | IND | 59 | 0.2% |
| 11 | LILA KARAN | IND | 43 | 0.2% |
| 12 | KUNDAN LAL | IND | 42 | 0.2% |
| 13 | MOHAN LAL SAPOLIA | IND | 42 | 0.2% |
| 14 | KAMAL KUMAR DUBEY | IND | 38 | 0.1% |
| 15 | RAJAN NARULA | IND | 24 | 0.1% |
| 16 | RAJ GUPTA | IND | 13 | 0.1% |
| 17 | RATTAN LAL | IND | 9 | 0.0% |
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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safe26.1%
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
fewer partiesmore parties
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
INC 56.0%BJP 29.9%JKN 6.3%OTH 7.8%
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.