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62. Jammu East

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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1983

JK-JAMMU-EAST

INC 56.0%won by 26.1%BJP 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 24.1% to 56.0% of the vote here (+31.9%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.

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
25,476
Margin
6,643
26.08%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1OM PARKASHIndian National Congress · INC14,26256.0%
  2. 2CHAMAN LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,61929.9%
  3. 3AJAY KUMARJKN · JKN1,5956.3%
  4. 4GOBIND RAMIndependent · IND7362.9%
  5. 5AMAR NATHIndependent · IND5882.3%
  6. 6SANJESH GUPTAJanata Party · JNP1200.5%
  7. 7KENNYIndependent · IND1140.4%
  8. 8SUBASH CHANDERIndependent · IND1000.4%
  9. 9RAJIV MOHANIndependent · IND720.3%
  10. 10HARI OM RAINAIndependent · IND590.2%
  11. 11LILA KARANIndependent · IND430.2%
  12. 12KUNDAN LALIndependent · IND420.2%
  13. 13MOHAN LAL SAPOLIAIndependent · IND420.2%
  14. 14KAMAL KUMAR DUBEYIndependent · IND380.1%
  15. 15RAJAN NARULAIndependent · IND240.1%
  16. 16RAJ GUPTAIndependent · IND130.1%
  17. 17RATTAN LALIndependent · IND90.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+2.0%
INC share
24.1% → 56.0%
BJP share
0.0% → 29.9%
Turnout
— → —
61. Jammu West63. Jandrah Gharota
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