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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1996
Udhampur
Winner — 1996
SHIV CHARAN GUPTA
BJP· BJP
BJP 57.8%INC 18.8%5 others 23.3%
Votes
22,928
57.8% share
Winning margin
15,465
39.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
55.3%
of 71,725
Udhampur is a safe seat — SHIV CHARAN GUPTA won by 39.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIV CHARAN GUPTA | BJP | 22,928 | 57.8% |
| 2 | BALAK RAM | INC | 7,463 | 18.8% |
| 3 | BHARAT BHUSHAN | 6,487 | 16.4% | |
| 4 | DWARKA NATH | United Front | 1,179 | 3.0% |
| 5 | SHIV NATH | United Front | 797 | 2.0% |
| 6 | BALWANT SINGH | JPP | 696 | 1.8% |
| 7 | YASH PAL | IND | 95 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe39.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.9% · max 76.9%
How contested is turnout?
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78%
lowerhigher
9th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 57.8%INC 18.8%JKN 16.4%OTH 7.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.