Ramnagar, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency

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Ramnagar
Constituency No. 62 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
LS constituency Udhampur
Established1962
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sunil Bhardwaj
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Ramnagar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Ramnagar is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

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Member of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2014 Ranbir Singh Pathania [6] Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Sunil Bhardwaj

Election results

2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Ramnagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sunil Bhardwaj 34,550 48.50
JKNPP Ashri Devi25,24435.44
INC Mool Raj7,80010.95
DPAP Sandeep Kumar Sarmal4630.64
BSP Herjeet8091.14
SS(UBT) Raj Singh7141.00
NOTA None of the above 1,1671.64
Majority9,306
Turnout
Registered electors
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Ramnagar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ranbir Singh Pathania 45,891 55.71
JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh 28,47134.56
JKNC Raj Kapoor3,0733.73
BSP Sukham Chand1,4241.73
INC Vinod Kumar Sharma1,3841.68
Independent Sanju Kumar1,0861.32
NOTA None of the above 1,0481.27
Majority17,42021.15
Turnout 82,37775.43
Registered electors 1,09,209
BJP gain from JKNPP Swing

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