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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1987

Jammu West

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Winner — 1987

MANGAT RAM
INC· INC
INC 49.0%BJP 30.7%15 others 20.3%
Votes
16,204
49.0% share
Winning margin
6,074
18.4% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
60.4%
of 54,692

Jammu West is a safe seat — MANGAT RAM won by 18.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANGAT RAM
INC
INC
16,20449.0%
2
CHANDER MOHAN SHARMA
BJP
BJP
10,13030.6%
3
BISHWA NATH
IND
3,1319.5%
4
UDHAY CHAND
JPP
1,5664.7%
5
SHAM SUNDER
JNP
Janata
5851.8%
6
RATTAN LAL
IND
3821.2%
7
VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA
IND
3431.0%
8
FARRKH JAVEED
IND
2670.8%
9
DES RAJ DENISH
IND
1110.3%
10
SATISH CHANDER POONCHI
IND
880.3%
11
SUBASH CHANDER
IND
570.2%
12
SHANTI SAROOR SHARMA
IND
530.2%
13
PUSHP LATA
IND
420.1%
14
SUSHIL BALI
IND
370.1%
15
AJAY SHARMA
IND
270.1%
16
SUHASH CHANDER SHARMA
IND
120.0%
17
SHYAM LAL
IND
120.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (12th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.1% · min 3.9% · max 49.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
12th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
24th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.0%BJP 30.6%IND 9.5%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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