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Jammu & Kashmir · Assembly Constituency 76 · 2008
Suchet Garh
Winner — 2008
SHAM LAL CHOUDHARY
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 39.4%JKN 22.8%17 others 37.8%
Votes
17,995
39.4% share
Winning margin
7,592
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
79.8%
of 57,246
Suchet Garh is a safe seat — SHAM LAL CHOUDHARY won by 16.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
19 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHAM LAL CHOUDHARY | BJP (NDA) | 17,995 | 39.4% |
| 2 | TARANJEET SINGH | 10,403 | 22.8% | |
| 3 | GARU RAM CHOUDHARY | UPA | 6,545 | 14.3% |
| 4 | TARLOK SINGH BAJWA | 6,357 | 13.9% | |
| 5 | MOHAN SINGH | BSP | 1,154 | 2.5% |
| 6 | ASHOK KUMAR | 504 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | KUNDAN LAL SHARMA | KRD | 373 | 0.8% |
| 8 | MAKHAN SINGH | Samajwadi Party | 318 | 0.7% |
| 9 | GIRDHARI LAL | IND | 306 | 0.7% |
| 10 | HARI SINGH | BHBP | 294 | 0.6% |
| 11 | SATISH GUPTA | UPA | 242 | 0.5% |
| 12 | KRISHAN LAL | IND | 234 | 0.5% |
| 13 | DARSHAN SINGH | IND | 224 | 0.5% |
| 14 | SHIV RATTAN SINGH | JSM(P) | 185 | 0.4% |
| 15 | HARJEET KUMAR | IND | 182 | 0.4% |
| 16 | RAJ SINGH | RKSP | 114 | 0.3% |
| 17 | RAKESH KUMAR | IND | 102 | 0.2% |
| 18 | KASTURI SINGH | IND | 87 | 0.2% |
| 19 | ANIL SHARMA | BCP | 63 | 0.1% |
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?
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lean16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 0.3% · max 26.1%
How contested is turnout?
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65%
lowerhigher
58th of 90How crowded is the field?
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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 39.4%JKN 22.8%INC 14.3%JKPDP 13.9%OTH 9.6%
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.