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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1987Reserved (SC)

Kathua

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Winner — 1987

OM PARKASH
INC· INC
INC 49.6%BJP 30.0%9 others 20.4%
Votes
16,805
49.6% share
Winning margin
6,630
19.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
68.8%
of 49,243

Kathua is a safe seat — OM PARKASH won by 19.6%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
OM PARKASH
INC
INC
16,80549.6%
2
KULBHUSHAN KUMAR
BJP
BJP
10,17530.0%
3
ROOP LAL
IND
3,2609.6%
4
DHIAN CHAND
IND
1,0813.2%
5
SAGAR CHAND
IND
7312.2%
6
HANS RAJ
JPP
4821.4%
7
NARDEV SINGH
LKD
Lok Dal
4121.2%
8
KARTAR CHAND
IND
3010.9%
9
ANCHAL SINGH
ICS(SCS)
2400.7%
10
BODH RAJ
IND
2360.7%
11
BALDEV RAJ
IND
1530.5%

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.

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Average turnout (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 0.4% · max 58.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
19th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
88th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
76 seats · 39 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.6%BJP 30.0%IND 9.6%OTH 10.7%

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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