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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 81 · 1996
Nowshera
Winner — 1996
RADHAY SHAM SHARMA
INC· INC
INC 50.7%JKN 26.8%4 others 22.5%
Votes
20,238
50.7% share
Winning margin
9,536
23.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.9%
of 64,532
Nowshera is a safe seat — RADHAY SHAM SHARMA won by 23.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RADHAY SHAM SHARMA | INC | 20,238 | 50.7% |
| 2 | RATTAN SINGH | 10,702 | 26.8% | |
| 3 | DARSHAN LAL | BJP | 7,984 | 20.0% |
| 4 | BALWANT SINGH | United Front | 549 | 1.4% |
| 5 | KALI DASS | JPP | 313 | 0.8% |
| 6 | GOPAL KRISHAN DUTTA | IND | 135 | 0.3% |
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 (8th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe23.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 6.1% · max 32.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
8th of 90How crowded is the field?
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1.89
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 90How much NOTA?
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1.0%
lowerhigher
55th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.7%JKN 26.8%BJP 20.0%OTH 2.5%
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.