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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 81 · 2002
Nowshera
Winner — 2002
Romesh Chander
INC· INC
INC 40.3%JKN 31.5%3 others 28.3%
Votes
20,511
40.3% share
Winning margin
4,474
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.8%
of 88,099
A clear win with a 8.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romesh Chander | INC | 20,511 | 40.3% |
| 2 | Radhey Sham Sharma | 16,037 | 31.5% | |
| 3 | VISHWINDER DEV | IND | 9,424 | 18.5% |
| 4 | SUSHIL KUMAR | IND | 3,228 | 6.3% |
| 5 | Yesh Paul | BSP | 1,757 | 3.5% |
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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safe8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 6.1% · max 32.1%
How contested is turnout?
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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?
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87 seats · 44 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.3%JKN 31.5%IND 18.5%IND 6.3%OTH 3.5%
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.