Jammu West is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. It comprises parts of Jammu tehsil and Jammu West tehsil, both in Jammu district.[1] As of 2024, its representative is Arvind Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
| Jammu West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 78 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| LS constituency | Jammu |
| Established | 2008 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Chaman Lal Gupta[2] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Sat Paul Sharma[3] | ||
| 2024 | Arvind Gupta | ||
Election results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arvind Gupta | 41,963 | 64.74 | ||
| INC | Thakur Manmohan Singh | 19,836 | 30.60 | ||
| DPAP | Gourav Chopra | 667 | 1.03 | New | |
| Independent | Sahil Sharma | 479 | 0.74 | ||
| JKPDP | Rajat Gupta | 383 | 0.59 | ||
| Independent | Raj Kumar Lalotra | 160 | 0.25 | ||
| SS(UBT) | Meenakshi Chhibber | 126 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Rishi Kaul | 87 | 0.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 530 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 22,127 | 34.14 | |||
| Turnout | 64,820 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sat Paul Sharma | 69,626 | 70.63 | ||
| INC | Surinder Singh Shingari | 18,997 | 19.27 | ||
| JKNC | Dharamveer Singh | 4,733 | 4.8 | ||
| JKPDP | Sarv Daman Bhasin | 2,419 | 2.45 | ||
| BSP | Mohinder Kumar | 523 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Anil Kumar Dhar | 446 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Gupta | 378 | 0.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 359 | 0.36 | ||
| Majority | 50,629 | 51.36 | |||
| Turnout | 98,574 | 64.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,53,794 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir – Final Notification – regarding". Election Commission of India. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2008". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.