Election
Constituency

53. Udhampur

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1983

JK-UDHAMPUR

INC 45.3%won by 23.4%BJP 21.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.3% to 45.3% of the vote here (+4.0%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 85.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
27,396
Margin
6,419
23.43%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BALAK RAMIndian National Congress · INC12,41745.3%
  2. 2SHIV CHARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,99821.9%
  3. 3JAY MALAIndependent · IND3,76813.8%
  4. 4GOPALSWAMIJKN · JKN2,96210.8%
  5. 5PARAS RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI9203.4%
  6. 6SURESH KUMARIndependent · IND2330.9%
  7. 7HARPAL SINGHIndependent · IND2250.8%
  8. 8AMRIT SAGARIndependent · IND1670.6%
  9. 9ABDUL KARIM KHANIndependent · IND1370.5%
  10. 10HEM RAJLKD · LKD1140.4%
  11. 11SAT PALIndependent · IND970.4%
  12. 12GULAB DINIndependent · IND960.4%
  13. 13ASHOK BAKSHIIndependent · IND770.3%
  14. 14ALI MOHD.Independent · IND660.2%
  15. 15MOHAN LALIndependent · IND530.2%
  16. 16RAJINDER SINGHIndependent · IND340.1%
  17. 17RAKESH CHANDERIndependent · IND320.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−17.9%
INC share
41.3% → 45.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 21.9%
Turnout
— → —
52. Reasi54. Chehani Ghordi
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