Gandhinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency

Gandhinagar was one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. It is one of the most posh areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The area is well known for its facilities in the Union Territory. Gandhinagar was also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Gandhinagar
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1996
Abolished	2018

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1996	Choudhary Piara Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Raman Bhalla		Indian National Congress
2008	Raman Bhalla		Indian National Congress
2014	Kavinder Gupta[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kavinder Gupta	56,679	51.17%	17.28
	INC	Raman Bhalla	39,902	36.02%	0.32
	JKPDP	Amrik Singh	9,815	8.86%	8.23
	JKNC	Surinder Singh Bunty	1,099	0.99%	19.56
	BSP	Ravinder Singh Pappu	1,080	0.98%	3.71
	NOTA	None of the Above	523	0.47%	New
Margin of victory			16,777	15.15%	12.69
Turnout			1,10,762	65.28%	1.13
Registered electors			1,69,672		18.13
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	14.83

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raman Bhalla	33,486	36.34%	13.47
	BJP	Nirmal Singh	31,223	33.89%	28.91
	JKNC	Trilochan Singh Wazir	18,935	20.55%	15.14
	BSP	Shamsher Singh	4,319	4.69%	1.90
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Basotra	646	0.70%	New
	JKPDP	Surjeet Kour	585	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			2,263	2.46%	11.67
Turnout			92,138	64.15%	15.69
Registered electors			1,43,629		6.33
	INC hold		Swing	13.47

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raman Bhalla	37,010	49.81%	35.44
	JKNC	Harbans Singh	26,517	35.69%	3.10
	BJP	Charanjit Singh	3,700	4.98%	32.62
	Independent	Onkar Seth	2,436	3.28%	New
	BSP	Pritam Chand	2,070	2.79%	5.78
	NCP	Hussain Ali	595	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			10,493	14.12%	9.11
Turnout			74,299	48.46%	1.35
Registered electors			1,53,334		45.21
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	12.21

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Choudhary Piara Singh	19,779	37.60%	New
	JKNC	Harbans Singh	17,142	32.59%	New
	INC	Rangil Singh	7,560	14.37%	New
	BSP	Ram Parkash Sharma	4,506	8.57%	New
	JD	Narinder Singh Raina	2,200	4.18%	New
	AIIC(T)	Narinder Singh Raina	632	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			2,637	5.01%
Turnout			52,599	50.55%
Registered electors			1,05,598
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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