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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 55 · 1987Reserved (SC)
Ramnagar
Winner — 1987
CHANDHU LAL
INC· INC
INC 58.8%JPP 28.0%3 others 13.3%
Votes
14,311
58.8% share
Winning margin
7,504
30.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
50.4%
of 48,369
Ramnagar is a safe seat — CHANDHU LAL won by 30.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHANDHU LAL | INC | 14,311 | 58.8% |
| 2 | GIRDHARI LAL | JPP | 6,807 | 27.9% |
| 3 | PRITHVI CHAND | BJP | 2,615 | 10.7% |
| 4 | KESRU RAM | Lok Dal | 416 | 1.7% |
| 5 | BHAGAT RAM | IND | 203 | 0.8% |
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 (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe30.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 6.0% · max 34.1%
How contested is turnout?
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72%
lowerhigher
37th of 90How crowded is the field?
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3.62
fewer partiesmore parties
24th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.8%
lowerhigher
35th of 90Where does the house stand?
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76 seats · 39 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.8%JPP 27.9%BJP 10.7%OTH 2.5%
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.