Chhamb Assembly constituency

Chhamb Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a northern union territory of India. Chhamb is also part of Jammu constituency.^[1][2][3]

Chhamb
Constituency No. 82 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satish Sharma
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Chhaju Ram Lamba		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967			Indian National Congress
1972	Diwakar Singh
1977	Ram Nath		Independent politician
1983	Madan Lal		Indian National Congress
1987
1996	Tara Chand
2002
2008
2014	Dr. Kirshan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Satish Sharma		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Satish Sharma	33,985	39.09%	New
	BJP	Rajeev Sharma	27,056	31.12%	29.41
	INC	Tara Chand	16,449	18.92%	16.77
	Independent	Narinder Singh	8,005	9.21%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	384	0.44%	0.07
Margin of victory			6,929	7.97%	16.88
Turnout			86,946	84.19%	6.64
Registered electors			1,03,277		34.54
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	21.44

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Kirshan Lal	36,033	60.53%	16.53
	INC	Tara Chand	21,243	35.69%	12.90
	JKPDP	Madan Lal	653	1.10%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	223	0.37%	New
Margin of victory			14,790	24.85%	20.25
Turnout			59,528	77.55%	0.81
Registered electors			76,763		15.36
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.94

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Chand	25,335	48.59%	2.30
	BJP	Chaman Lal	22,940	44.00%	New
	JKNC	Mohan Lal	2,321	4.45%	18.65
	JKNPP	Janak Raj	645	1.24%	3.06
	BSP	Ganga Dutt	488	0.94%	1.26
Margin of victory			2,395	4.59%	18.60
Turnout			52,140	78.35%	7.95
Registered electors			66,545		5.14
	INC hold		Swing	2.30

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Chand	20,630	46.30%	11.15
	JKNC	Chhaju Ram Lamba	10,296	23.10%	3.22
	Independent	Chaman Lal	9,288	20.84%	New
	JKNPP	Subash Chander	1,916	4.30%	New
	Independent	Tej Ram	995	2.23%	New
	BSP	Sham Lal	978	2.19%	New
	Independent	Hans Raj	459	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			10,334	23.19%	21.35
Turnout			44,562	70.47%	1.02
Registered electors			63,294		25.46
	INC hold		Swing	11.15

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Chand	12,663	35.15%	17.35
	BJP	Tej Ram	12,001	33.31%	3.19
	JKNC	Ganga Dutt	9,485	26.33%	New
	Independent	Harnam Dass	1,036	2.88%	New
	JD	Sham Lal	845	2.35%	New
Margin of victory			662	1.84%	14.16
Turnout			36,030	72.07%	8.52
Registered electors			50,448		36.35
	INC hold		Swing	17.35

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madan Lal	15,527	52.50%	4.74
	BJP	Ram Nath	10,795	36.50%	19.40
	Independent	Dayal Singh	2,285	7.73%	New
	Independent	Bansi Lal	226	0.76%	New
	JP	Raghubir Singh	210	0.71%	0.31
	Independent	Chhaju Ram Lamba	190	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			4,732	16.00%	24.14
Turnout			29,577	81.06%	6.88
Registered electors			37,000		9.81
	INC hold		Swing	4.74

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madan Lal	14,090	57.23%	40.32
	BJP	Ram Nath	4,208	17.09%	New
	JKNC	Bodh Raj	4,145	16.84%	0.76
	Independent	Baldev Singh	1,652	6.71%	New
	JP	Raghubir Singh	252	1.02%	12.51
	Independent	Satgur Parkash	178	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			9,882	40.14%	18.53
Turnout			24,618	74.27%	0.14
Registered electors			33,696		1.59
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	18.72

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ram Nath	9,352	38.52%	New
	INC	Dewan Singh	4,106	16.91%	38.84
	JKNC	Bodh Raj	3,904	16.08%	New
	JP	Kanwar Divakar Singh	3,286	13.53%	New
	Independent	Pritam Dass	1,351	5.56%	New
	Independent	Chain Singh	1,309	5.39%	New
	Independent	Bharat Vinod Dutt	971	4.00%	New
Margin of victory			5,246	21.61%	9.35
Turnout			24,279	74.39%	2.41
Registered electors			33,170		11.91
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	17.23

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Diwakar Singh	12,495	55.75%	12.36
	ABJS	Ram Nath	5,558	24.80%	13.29
	Independent	Bodh Raj	2,999	13.38%	New
	Independent	Shankar Singh	510	2.28%	New
	Independent	Chain Singh	281	1.25%	New
	INC(O)	Suresh Kumar	255	1.14%	New
	Independent	Devi Dayal Nidar	184	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			6,937	30.95%	25.65
Turnout			22,411	77.87%	3.17
Registered electors			29,641		9.34
	INC hold		Swing	12.36

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chhaju Ram Lamba	9,267	43.39%	New
	ABJS	S. Singh	8,135	38.09%	New
	Democratic National Conference	D. Raj	1,535	7.19%	New
	Independent	A. Nath	1,399	6.55%	New
	JKNC	D. Dyal	857	4.01%	48.84
	Independent	L. Devi	165	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			1,132	5.30%	14.19
Turnout			21,358	82.29%	6.90
Registered electors			27,110		1.54
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	9.46

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Chhamb^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Chhaju Ram Lamba	10,142	52.85%	New
	JPP	Sahdev Singh	6,401	33.36%	New
	Independent	Devi Dayal	1,683	8.77%	New
	Harijan Mandal	Pishori Lal	964	5.02%	New
Margin of victory			3,741	19.49%
Turnout			19,190	74.41%
Registered electors			26,698
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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