Bani Assembly constituency

Bani
Constituency No. 63 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
LS constituency	Udhampur
Established	1996
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rameshwar Singh
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Bani Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, a region administered as a union territory of India. Bani is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1996	Ghulam Haider Malik		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Prem Sagar		Indian National Congress
2008	Lal Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Jewan Lal
2024	Dr Rameshwar Singh		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Bani ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr Rameshwar Singh	18,672	43.43%	New
	BJP	Jewan Lal	16,624	38.67%	0.47
	DPAP	Gouri Shanker	4,001	9.31%	New
	INC	Ms Kajal	1,970	4.58%	0.38
	Independent	Jatinder Singh	628	1.46%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	427	0.99%	0.07
	Independent	Sarfraz Safder	291	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			2,048	4.76%	8.68
Turnout			42,992	74.13%	4.87
Registered electors			57,999		39.65
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	4.29

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Bani ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jewan Lal	12,841	39.14%	0.43
	JKNC	Ghulam Haider Malik	8,429	25.69%	5.82
	Independent	Lal Chand	5,012	15.28%	New
	JKNPP	Pawan Dev Singh	2,916	8.89%	7.01
	INC	Rajnish Sharma	1,379	4.20%	11.96
	JKPDP	Mohammed Salim Lone	1,087	3.31%	0.16
	Independent	Madan Lal	310	0.94%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	302	0.92%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Rafiq	258	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			4,412	13.45%	5.39
Turnout			32,808	78.99%	2.90
Registered electors			41,533		13.26
	BJP hold		Swing	0.43

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Bani ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Chand	11,041	39.57%	12.61
	JKNC	Ghulam Haider Malik	8,792	31.51%	3.97
	INC	Prem Sagar	4,510	16.16%	26.52
	JKPDP	Noor Mohammed Afzal	880	3.15%	1.98
	SP	Ali Mohammad Lone	633	2.27%	New
	Independent	Raj Kumar	599	2.15%	New
	JKNPP	Rakesh Singh Thakur	523	1.87%	0.89
	Independent	Karandev Singh	356	1.28%	New
	Independent	Anayat Pervaz	276	0.99%	New
	BSP	Tara Chand	238	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			2,249	8.06%	7.08
Turnout			27,903	76.09%	8.47
Registered electors			36,669		1.82
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.11

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Bani ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Sagar	10,395	42.68%	26.10
	JKNC	Ghulam Haider Malik	6,708	27.54%	6.46
	BJP	Lal Chand	6,567	26.96%	11.77
	JKPDP	Romesh Chander	286	1.17%	New
	JKNPP	Balwant Singh	239	0.98%	1.88
	NCP	Sukh Ram	161	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			3,687	15.14%	1.30
Turnout			24,356	67.63%	4.50
Registered electors			36,015		33.05
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	8.67

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Bani ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ghulam Haider Malik	5,810	34.00%	New
	JD	Lal Chand	3,446	20.17%	New
	INC	Prem Sagar	2,832	16.57%	New
	BJP	Kasturi Lal	2,595	15.19%	New
	Independent	Hari Lal	1,074	6.29%	New
	Independent	Tara Chand	506	2.96%	New
	JKNPP	Kali Dass	489	2.86%	New
	Independent	Amrik Singh	334	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			2,364	13.84%
Turnout			17,086	63.94%
Registered electors			27,068
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

• Kishtwar
• List of constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

References

1. "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 27 June 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Bani Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
4. Election Commission of India (8 October 2024). "J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora". Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
5. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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