Jammu East Assembly constituency

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 Yudhvir Sethi
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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

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

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

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%
	NOTA	None of the Above	565	0.82%
Margin of victory			18,114
Turnout			69,298
Registered electors
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2014

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

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

Assembly Election 2008

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

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

Assembly Election 2002

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

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

Assembly By-election 1998

1998 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election  : Jammu West ^[8]

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

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Jammu West ^[9]

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

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Jammu West ^[10]

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

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Jammu West ^[11]

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

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election  : Jammu West ^[12]

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)

See also

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

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. Election Commission of India (8 October 2024). "J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Jammu East". Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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8. "AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998" . Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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