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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Samba

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Winner — 1996

SOM NATH
BSP· BSP
BSP 42.1%INC 24.1%6 others 33.8%
Votes
14,107
42.1% share
Winning margin
6,017
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
55.1%
of 60,779

Samba is a safe seat — SOM NATH won by 17.9%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1987 vs 1996

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOM NATH
BSP
BSP
14,10742.1%
2
SWARAN LATA
INC
INC
8,09024.1%
3
PARMA NAND
BJP
BJP
5,49816.4%
4
SUBASH CHANDER
IND
2,2496.7%
5
TILAK RAJ ATRI
JD
United Front
1,8845.6%
6
NARSINGH DYAL
IND
1,0943.3%
7
KHAZAN CHAND
IND
4221.3%
8
HANS RAJ
IND
1770.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (27th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.0% · min 1.7% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
27th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
82nd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 42.1%INC 24.1%BJP 16.4%IND 6.7%JD 5.6%OTH 5.0%

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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