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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 65 · 2002

Kathua

Winner — 2002

Jatinder Singh
DM· DM
DM 25.6%BSP 20.8%20 others 53.7%
Votes
16,366
25.6% share
Winning margin
3,059
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
57.0%
of 1,12,359

A closely fought contest. Jatinder Singh won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Jatinder Singh
DM
DM
16,36625.6%
2
Sagar Chand
BSP
13,30720.8%
3
Lal Chand Sharma
NDA
9,76715.3%
4
Prof. Sain Dass
IND
6,3259.9%
5
Rattan Chand Krottara
INC
5,1188.0%
6
AJIT KUMAR
4,1116.4%
7
Harmohan Singh Andotra
IND
1,3362.1%
8
Sat Paul Sharma
IND
1,1061.7%
9
Dalbir Singh Jasrotia
IND
9551.5%
10
Sagar Singh
7161.1%
11
Dev Raj
6241.0%
12
Mohinder Paul
5980.9%
13
Yog Raj Sharma
NDA
5750.9%
14
SMT. KRITI VERMA
PDP
5630.9%
15
Ishwar Dass Khajuria
IND
5390.8%
16
KARAN SINGH
NCP
5200.8%
17
Bashir Ahmad
IND
4960.8%
18
Harbans Lal
RJD
3050.5%
19
Prithi Pal Sharma
IND
1950.3%
20
Vishal Salgotra
IND
1710.3%
21
OM PARKASH
IND
1670.3%
22
SUNIL SINGH
1610.3%

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.

Average turnout (46th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 2.4% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
46th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
78th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
87 seats · 44 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DM 25.6%BSP 20.8%BJP 15.3%IND 9.9%INC 8.0%JKN 6.4%OTH 14.1%

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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