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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1996
Jammu East
Winner — 1996
VAID VISHNO DUTT
BJP· BJP
BJP 58.7%INC 20.2%8 others 21.2%
Votes
19,047
58.7% share
Winning margin
12,501
38.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
46.7%
of 69,525
Jammu East is a safe seat — VAID VISHNO DUTT won by 38.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAID VISHNO DUTT | BJP | 19,047 | 58.7% |
| 2 | RAMAN BHALLA | INC | 6,546 | 20.2% |
| 3 | RATTAN LAL | 3,688 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | ELYAS GILL | BSP | 1,515 | 4.7% |
| 5 | ANIL KUMAR GUPTA | IND | 1,022 | 3.1% |
| 6 | RATTAN LAL SARAF | United Front | 197 | 0.6% |
| 7 | HUSSAIN AHMED SIDDIQI | IND | 195 | 0.6% |
| 8 | WILLIAM GILL | IND | 129 | 0.4% |
| 9 | MANOHAR SINGH | JPP | 72 | 0.2% |
| 10 | SANJEEV GUPTA | IND | 55 | 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 (15th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe38.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.7% · min 7.0% · max 54.4%
How contested is turnout?
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76%
lowerhigher
15th of 90How crowded is the field?
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2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.4%
lowerhigher
87th of 90Where does the house stand?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 58.7%INC 20.2%JKN 11.4%OTH 9.8%
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.