Jammu East Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India

Jammu East

Constituency No. 76 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country| India
State| Jammu and Kashmir
District| Jammu
LS constituency| Jammu
Established| 1977
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent

Yudhvir Sethi

Party| Bharatiya Janata Party
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

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Year  | Member  | Party

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1977 | Ram Nath Bhalgotra  |  | Janata Party
1983 | Om Parkash  |  | Indian National Congress
1987 | Chaman Lal Gupta |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 | Vishno Datt Sharma
1998[a] | Ashok Kumar Khajuria
2002 | Yogesh Sawhney  |  | Indian National Congress
2008 | Ashok Kumar Khajuria |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 | Rajesh Gupta
2024 | Yudhvir Sethi[4]

1. ^ by-election

## Election results

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### 2024

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Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2024: Jammu East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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  |
| Independent | Asif D.M.  | 142  | 0.20  |
| NOTA | None of the Above  | 565  | 0.82  |
Majority  | 18,114  | 26.14  |
Turnout | 69,298  |  |
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

### 2014

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2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Jammu East[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Rajesh Gupta  | 21,776  | 61.69  |
| INC | Vikram Malhotra  | 9,082  | 25.73  |
| JKPDP | Bharat Chowdhary  | 3,072  | 8.7  |
| Independent | Sanjeev Gupta  | 430  | 1.22  |
| JKNC | Bimla Luthra  | 261  | 0.74  |
| Independent | Kasturi Lal Gupta  | 240  | 0.68  |
| JKNPP | Rajesh Gondhi  | 136  | 0.39  |
| NOTA | None of the above | 129  | 0.37  |
Majority  | 12,694  | 35.96  |
Turnout | 35,298  | 66.17  |
Registered electors | 53,346  |  |
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

## See also

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

## References

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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. ^ https://www.myneta.info/JammuKashmir2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=943
5. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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