Doda West Assembly constituency

Doda West Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Doda West is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] This constituency was created in 2022 after delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory).^[2] In May 2022, the final list of new assembly constituencies was published in the gazette.^[3] The new constituency consists of Marmat, Assar, Kastigarh, and Bhagwah tehsils; Doda tehsil (part, excluding Doda), Arnora, Dhar, Doda MC, Udhyanpur (part), and Dhara PCs.^[4]

Doda West
Constituency No. 53 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	2022
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shakti Raj Parihar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2024	Shakti Raj Parihar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Doda West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shakti Raj Parihar	33,964	49.99%	New
	INC	Pardeep Kumar	30,511	44.91%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	998	1.47%	New
	Independent	Swarn Veer Singh Jaral	857	1.26%	New
	AAP	Yasir Shafi Matto	437	0.64%	New
	DPAP	Abdul Ghani	436	0.64%	New
	JKPDP	Tanveer Hussain	433	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			3,453	5.08%
Turnout			67,944	77.71%
Registered electors			87,436
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Doda district
• Doda Assembly constituency
• List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly