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 |
| LS constituency | Jammu |
| Established | 1977 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Ram Nath Bhalgotra | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Om Parkash | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Chaman Lal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Vishno Datt Sharma | ||
| 1998[a] | Ashok Kumar Khajuria | ||
| 2002 | Yogesh Sawhney | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 | Ashok Kumar Khajuria | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Rajesh Gupta | ||
| 2024 | Yudhvir Sethi[4] | ||
- ^ by-election
Election results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Yudhvir Sethi | 42,589 | 61.46 | ||
| INC | Yogesh Sawhney | 24,475 | 35.32 | ||
| JKPDP | Aditya Gupta | 448 | 0.65 | ||
| BSP | Rajesh Gupta | 339 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Asif D.M. | 142 | 0.20 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 565 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 18,114 | 26.14 | |||
| Turnout | 69,298 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajesh Gupta | 21,776 | 61.69 | ||
| INC | Vikram Malhotra | 9,082 | 25.73 | ||
| JKPDP | Bharat Chowdhary | 3,072 | 8.7 | ||
| Independent | Sanjeev Gupta | 430 | 1.22 | ||
| JKNC | Bimla Luthra | 261 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Kasturi Lal Gupta | 240 | 0.68 | ||
| JKNPP | Rajesh Gondhi | 136 | 0.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 129 | 0.37 | ||
| Majority | 12,694 | 35.96 | |||
| Turnout | 35,298 | 66.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 53,346 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Jammu East Assembly Constituency
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ https://www.myneta.info/JammuKashmir2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=943
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.