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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Hiranagar
Winner — 1996
PREM LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 35.9%INC 30.8%4 others 33.3%
Votes
15,922
36.0% share
Winning margin
2,292
5.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.1%
of 73,663
A clear win with a 5.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PREM LAL | BJP | 15,922 | 36.0% |
| 2 | GIRDHARI LAL | INC | 13,630 | 30.8% |
| 3 | GOPAL DASS | IND | 6,878 | 15.5% |
| 4 | HANS RAJ | BSP | 5,641 | 12.7% |
| 5 | NAND LAL | 1,920 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | ASHOK KUMAR | JPP | 299 | 0.7% |
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 (18th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe5.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.8% · min 4.2% · max 49.0%
How contested is turnout?
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75%
lowerhigher
18th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.9%
lowerhigher
59th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.0%INC 30.8%IND 15.5%BSP 12.7%OTH 5.0%
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.