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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1996
Ramnagar
Winner — 1996
HARSH DEV SINGH
JPP
JPP 24.6%BSP 22.9%6 others 52.5%
Votes
9,049
24.6% share
Winning margin
601
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
53.1%
of 69,413
Ramnagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 601 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARSH DEV SINGH | JPP | 9,049 | 24.6% |
| 2 | KHALIL-ALLAH | BSP | 8,448 | 22.9% |
| 3 | BHUPINDER SINGH | INC | 8,071 | 21.9% |
| 4 | MOHAN LAL | BJP | 7,238 | 19.6% |
| 5 | DEV DATT | United Front | 2,783 | 7.5% |
| 6 | SUBHASH CHANDER | IND | 821 | 2.2% |
| 7 | NIRMAL CHANDER | JKAL | 240 | 0.7% |
| 8 | SUKHDEV SINGH | IND | 190 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.0% · min 1.6% · max 37.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
31st of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 90How much NOTA?
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1.6%
lowerhigher
41st of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JPP 24.6%BSP 22.9%INC 21.9%BJP 19.6%JD 7.5%OTH 3.4%
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.