Jammu East Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India
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Jammu East Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Jammu East is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]
| Jammu East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 76 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jammu |
| Established | 1977 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Ram Nath Bhalgotra | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Om Parkash | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Chaman Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Vaid Vishno Dutt | ||
| 2002 | Yogesh Kumar Sawhney | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 | Ashok Kumar Khajuria | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Rajesh Gupta | ||
| 2024 | Yudhvir Sethi | ||
Election results
Assembly Election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Yudhvir Sethi | 42,589 | 61.46% | ||
| INC | Yogesh Sawhney | 24,475 | 35.32% | ||
| Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | Aditya Gupta | 448 | 0.65% | ||
| BSP | Rajesh Gupta | 339 | 0.49% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 565 | 0.82% | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,114 | ||||
| Turnout | 69,298 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sat Paul Sharma | 69,626 | 70.63% |  30.38 | |
| INC | Surinder Singh Shingari | 18,997 | 19.27% | 3.01 | |
| JKNC | Dharamveer Singh | 4,733 | 4.80% |  2.30 | |
| JKPDP | Sarv Daman Bhasin | 2,419 | 2.45% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 359 | 0.36% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 50,629 | 51.36% | 36.06 | ||
| Turnout | 98,574 | 64.09% | 3.24 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,53,794 | 9.88 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 30.38 |
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Assembly Election 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chaman Lal Gupta | 34,288 | 40.26% | 37.64 | |
| Independent | Surinder Singh Shangari | 21,251 | 24.95% | New | |
| INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | 13,848 | 16.26% | 24.21 | |
| JKNC | Chander Mohan Sharma | 6,050 | 7.10% | 4.95 | |
| BSP | Rattan Lal Chargotra | 1,791 | 2.10% | 2.09 | |
| Independent | Ashok Kumar | 887 | 1.04% | New | |
| JKNPP | Mohinder Paul Singh | 837 | 0.98% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 13,037 | 15.31% | 2.80 | ||
| Turnout | 85,174 | 60.85% | 22.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,39,965 | 14.49 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 0.21 |
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Assembly Election 2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | 25,627 | 40.47% | 11.57 | |
| Independent | Virander Kumar Gupta | 17,704 | 27.96% | New | |
| JKNC | Chander Mohan Sharma | 7,631 | 12.05% | New | |
| SS | Anan Sharma | 2,822 | 4.46% | New | |
| BSP | Raj Kumar | 2,652 | 4.19% | New | |
| BJP | Kavinder Gupta | 1,655 | 2.61% | 52.00 | |
| Independent | Hans Raj Dogra | 1,211 | 1.91% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,923 | 12.51% | 13.20 | ||
| Turnout | 63,327 | 38.69% | 5.13 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,63,689 | 127.88 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 14.14 |
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Assembly By-election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Kumar Khajuria | 13,164 | 54.61% | 8.94 | |
| INC | Ved Kumar | 6,967 | 28.90% | 8.47 | |
| JKNC | Rattan Lal Gupta Advocate | 2,693 | 11.17% | New | |
| JD | Dhan Raj Bargotra | 464 | 1.92% | 2.38 | |
| Independent | Vipan Mahajan | 353 | 1.46% | New | |
| Independent | Shri Kant | 152 | 0.63% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,197 | 25.71% | 0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 24,106 | 33.56% | 9.19 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,832 | 37.69 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 8.94 |
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Assembly Election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Hans Raj | 22,506 | 45.67% | 15.04 | |
| INC | Yogesh Sawhney | 10,068 | 20.43% | 28.57 | |
| BSP | Pawan Kumar | 6,767 | 13.73% | New | |
| JKNC | Chander Mohan | 6,276 | 12.73% | New | |
| JD | Ayoudhia Kumar | 2,123 | 4.31% | New | |
| Independent | Tilak Raj Mahajan | 480 | 0.97% | New | |
| JKNPP | Udhay Chand | 429 | 0.87% | 3.86 | |
| Margin of victory | 12,438 | 25.24% | 6.87 | ||
| Turnout | 49,283 | 43.31% | 17.72 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,15,286 | 110.79 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 3.33 |
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Assembly Election 1987
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mangat Ram Sharma | 16,204 | 48.99% | 17.38 | |
| BJP | Chander Mohan Sharma | 10,130 | 30.63% | 13.39 | |
| Independent | Bishwa Nath | 3,131 | 9.47% | New | |
| JKNPP | Udhay Chand | 1,566 | 4.73% | New | |
| JP | Sham Sunder | 585 | 1.77% | New | |
| Independent | Rattan Lal | 382 | 1.16% | New | |
| Independent | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 343 | 1.04% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,074 | 18.37% | 30.77 | ||
| Turnout | 33,073 | 61.52% | 9.91 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,692 | 10.10 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 17.38 |
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Assembly Election 1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rangil Singh | 16,672 | 66.38% | 28.39 | |
| BJP | Tilak Raj Sharma | 4,331 | 17.24% | New | |
| Independent | Udhey Chand | 1,824 | 7.26% | New | |
| JKNC | Sudershan Lal Mahajan | 1,210 | 4.82% | 1.40 | |
| Independent | Om Parkash S/O Sh. Beli Ram | 309 | 1.23% | New | |
| Independent | Om Parkash S/O Sh. Dhani Ram | 264 | 1.05% | New | |
| Independent | Jatinder Paul | 225 | 0.90% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,341 | 49.13% | 32.35 | ||
| Turnout | 25,117 | 51.65% | 2.35 | ||
| Registered electors | 49,676 | 31.38 | |||
| INC gain from JP | Swing | 11.61 |
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Assembly Election 1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Harbans Lal Bhagotra | 10,956 | 54.76% | New | |
| INC | Romesh Chander | 7,599 | 37.98% | New | |
| JKNC | Rattan Lal Gupta | 684 | 3.42% | New | |
| Independent | Som Nath | 333 | 1.66% | New | |
| Independent | Master Modh Sharif | 267 | 1.33% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,357 | 16.78% | |||
| Turnout | 20,006 | 53.73% | |||
| Registered electors | 37,810 | ||||
| JP win (new seat) | |||||