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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1996
Vijaypur
Winner — 1996
SURJIT SINGH
JKN 35.7%BSP 35.3%8 others 29.0%
Votes
17,529
35.8% share
Winning margin
218
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
66.5%
of 73,696
Vijaypur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 218 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURJIT SINGH | 17,529 | 35.8% | |
| 2 | MANJIT SINGH | BSP | 17,311 | 35.3% |
| 3 | RANI GARGI BLOWRIA | INC | 5,484 | 11.2% |
| 4 | SURESH JAMWAL | BJP | 4,221 | 8.6% |
| 5 | GURBACHAN KUMARI RANA | United Front | 2,069 | 4.2% |
| 6 | RATTAN CHAND SHARMA | IND | 1,118 | 2.3% |
| 7 | RASPAL SINGH BOGAL | IND | 454 | 0.9% |
| 8 | RAGUBIR SINGH SLATHIA | IND | 326 | 0.7% |
| 9 | SOM NATH | JPP | 312 | 0.6% |
| 10 | SHASHI MAHAJAN | IND | 213 | 0.4% |
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 (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 0.4% · max 58.6%
How contested is turnout?
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75%
lowerhigher
19th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.4%
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88th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JKN 35.8%BSP 35.3%INC 11.2%BJP 8.6%OTH 9.2%
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.