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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1987
Jammu East
Winner — 1987
CHAMAN LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 49.5%INC 38.0%17 others 12.5%
Votes
13,930
49.5% share
Winning margin
3,233
11.5% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
62.9%
of 44,743
A clear win with a 11.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAMAN LAL | BJP | 13,930 | 49.5% |
| 2 | VED PARKASH | INC | 10,697 | 38.0% |
| 3 | SHANTI DEVI | IND | 1,398 | 5.0% |
| 4 | JAI MALA | JPP | 634 | 2.3% |
| 5 | GHULAM RASUL AZGER | IND | 277 | 1.0% |
| 6 | SRI RAM SUDHIR | IND | 254 | 0.9% |
| 7 | KRISHAN DASS BAROTRA | IND | 192 | 0.7% |
| 8 | SHAM LAL | IND | 136 | 0.5% |
| 9 | KEWAL KRISHAN | IND | 133 | 0.5% |
| 10 | HARI OM RAINA | Janata | 123 | 0.4% |
| 11 | RATTAN LAL SARAF | IND | 101 | 0.4% |
| 12 | RAM PIYARI KHAJURIA | IND | 88 | 0.3% |
| 13 | BHUSHAN LAL GUPTA | IND | 73 | 0.3% |
| 14 | PAWAN KUMAR | IND | 32 | 0.1% |
| 15 | ASHWANI KUMAR | IND | 20 | 0.1% |
| 16 | TALAT NAIZ | IND | 16 | 0.1% |
| 17 | VIDYA DEVI | IND | 13 | 0.1% |
| 18 | SANJAY KISHORE | IND | 12 | 0.0% |
| 19 | RAM SAROOP CHOUDHARY | IND | 3 | 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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safe11.5%
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
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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?
SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.5%INC 38.0%OTH 12.4%
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.