Hiranagar Assembly constituency
| Hiranagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 68 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Kathua |
| LS constituency | Udhampur |
| Established | 1977 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Hiranagar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north Indian union territory. Hiranagar is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
[edit]- 1977: Girdhari Lal Dogra, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Baldev Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1983: Ram Dass, Indian National Congress
- 1987: Baldev Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Prem Lal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2002: Girdhari Lal Dogra, Indian National Congress
- 2008: Durga Dass, Bharatiya Janata Party
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kuldeep Raj[2] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024 | Vijay Kumar Sharma | ||
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Sharma | 36,737 | 54.75 | ||
| INC | Rakesh Kumar | 28,127 | 41.92 | ||
| BSP | Balbir Singh | 1,015 | 1.51 | ||
| ASP(KR) | Gaurav Kumar | 506 | 0.75 | ||
| JKPDP | Vishal Salgotra | 207 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Surinder Singh | 189 | 0.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 321 | 0.48 | ||
| Majority | 8,610 | 12.83 | |||
| Turnout | 67,102 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kuldeep Raj | 55,399 | 69.15 | ||
| INC | Girdhari Lal Chalotra | 16,115 | 20.11 | ||
| Independent | Bansi Lal Kandley | 3,158 | 3.94 | ||
| BSP | Puran Chand | 1,917 | 2.39 | ||
| JKNC | Chandu Ram | 1,057 | 1.32 | ||
| JKPDP | Suraj Parkash | 992 | 1.24 | ||
| Independent | Ravail Singh | 639 | 0.8 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 434 | 0.54 | ||
| JKNPP | Jagdish Raj | 407 | 0.51 | ||
| Majority | 39,284 | 49.04 | |||
| Turnout | 80,118 | 72.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,10,753 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Jammu East Assembly Constituency
- ^ a b "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.