Akhnoor Assembly constituency
| Akhnoor | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 81 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| LS constituency | Jammu |
| Established | 1962 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Akhnoor Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Akhnoor is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3][4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shiv Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Dharm Paul | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1983 | |||
| 1987 | Gobind Ram | Independent | |
| 1996 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | ||
| 2002 | Madan Lal Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004[a] | Sham Lal Sharma | ||
| 2008 | |||
| 2014 | Rajeev Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024 | Mohan Lal | ||
- ^ By-election
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mohan Lal | 49,927 | 64.87 |  11.68
| |
| INC | Ashok Kumar | 25,248 | 32.81 |  8.48
| |
| BSP | Chittar Manu | 1009 | 1.31 | 0.04
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 778 | 1.01 | 0.46
| |
| Majority | 24,679 | 32.07 | 20.17
| ||
| Turnout | 76,962 | 80.79 | 0.31
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajeev Sharma | 41,901 | 53.19 | ||
| INC | Sham Lal Sharma | 32,521 | 41.29 | ||
| JKPDP | Dev Raj | 1,291 | 1.64 | ||
| BSP | Manoj Kumar | 1,003 | 1.27 | ||
| JKNC | Gafur Ahmed | 859 | 1.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 436 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 9,380 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 78,771 | 81.1 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Akhnoor Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies". jammu.nic.in. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.