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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 76 · 1996
Suchetgarh
Winner — 1996
CHUNI LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 26.3%INC 25.8%6 others 47.9%
Votes
7,925
26.3% share
Winning margin
136
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
70.5%
of 42,762
Suchetgarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 136 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHUNI LAL | BJP | 7,925 | 26.3% |
| 2 | GHARU RAM | INC | 7,789 | 25.8% |
| 3 | RAJINDER SINGH CHIB | JPP | 5,912 | 19.6% |
| 4 | MAKHAN SINGH | BSP | 4,968 | 16.5% |
| 5 | SOUCHET SINGH | United Front | 1,834 | 6.1% |
| 6 | RAJESH KUMAR SHARMA | AIIC(T) | 815 | 2.7% |
| 7 | NANAK SINGH | 719 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | KHARAK SINGH | JKAL | 189 | 0.6% |
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 (58th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.3% · max 26.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
58th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.99
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 90How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
66th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 26.3%INC 25.8%JPP 19.6%BSP 16.5%JD 6.1%OTH 5.7%
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.