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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1983
Bhillawar
Winner — 1983
PURAN SINGH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 43.4%JKN 16.3%17 others 40.3%
Votes
12,054
43.4% share
Winning margin
7,515
27.0% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
59.6%
of 46,659
Bhillawar is a safe seat — PURAN SINGH won by 27.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PURAN SINGH | Congress (I) | 12,054 | 43.4% |
| 2 | KASHMIR SINGH | 4,539 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | RATTAN CHAND | IND | 3,414 | 12.3% |
| 4 | DHIAN SINGH | BJP | 2,156 | 7.8% |
| 5 | JAGDISH SINGH | IND | 1,851 | 6.7% |
| 6 | KRISHNADEV SINGH | IND | 945 | 3.4% |
| 7 | KARTAR CHAND | IND | 733 | 2.6% |
| 8 | LABHU RAM | IND | 399 | 1.4% |
| 9 | HARI CHAND | IND | 393 | 1.4% |
| 10 | JOGINDER PAUL | IND | 332 | 1.2% |
| 11 | RAJ KUMAR | Janata | 172 | 0.6% |
| 12 | MUNSHI RAM | IND | 160 | 0.6% |
| 13 | HARDEV SINGH | IND | 149 | 0.5% |
| 14 | KAMAL KUMAR | IND | 130 | 0.5% |
| 15 | RAM BHAJ | IND | 126 | 0.5% |
| 16 | NATHU RAM | IND | 103 | 0.4% |
| 17 | PURANA CHAND | IND | 50 | 0.2% |
| 18 | SAT PAUL | IND | 47 | 0.2% |
| 19 | SUBASH CHANDER | IND | 37 | 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.
Average turnout (27th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe27.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.0% · min 1.7% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
27th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
82nd of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.4%JKN 16.3%IND 12.3%BJP 7.8%IND 6.7%OTH 13.6%
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.