Jammu East Assembly constituency

Jammu East
Constituency No. 76 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictJammu
LS constituencyJammu
Established1977
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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]
  1. ^ by-election

Election results

2024

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2024: Jammu East
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

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Jammu East[5]
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

References

  1. ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Jammu East Assembly Constituency
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ https://www.myneta.info/JammuKashmir2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=943
  5. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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