Hiranagar Assembly constituency

Hiranagar
Hiranagar
Constituency No. 68 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Lok Sabha constituency	Udhampur
Established	1977
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vijay Kumar Sharma
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Hiranagar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north Indian union territory. Hiranagar is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar	36,737	54.75%	14.40
	INC	Rakesh Kumar	28,127	41.92%	21.80
	BSP	Balbir Singh	1,015	1.51%	0.88
	ASP(KR)	Gaurav Kumar	506	0.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	321	0.48%	0.06
Margin of victory			8,610	12.83%	36.20
Turnout			67,102	76.31%	3.97
Registered electors			87,939		20.60
	BJP hold		Swing	14.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kuldeep Raj	55,399	69.15%	38.64
	INC	Girdhari Lal Chalotra	16,115	20.11%	1.71
	Independent	Bansi Lal Kandley	3,158	3.94%	New
	BSP	Puran Chand	1,917	2.39%	0.90
	JKNC	Chandu Ram	1,057	1.32%	4.35
	JKPDP	Suraj Parkash	992	1.24%	New
	Independent	Ravail Singh	639	0.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	434	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			39,284	49.03%	44.80
Turnout			80,118	72.34%	6.31
Registered electors			1,10,753		13.07
	BJP hold		Swing	38.64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durga Dass	19,730	30.50%	7.45
	Independent	Prem Lal	16,993	26.27%	New
	INC	Girdhari Lal	14,113	21.82%	33.06
	JKNC	Dharam Paul	3,670	5.67%	5.25
	Independent	Tara Chand	2,745	4.24%	New
	BSP	Rano Devi	2,131	3.29%	1.27
	Independent	Bansi Lal Kandley	1,613	2.49%	New
Margin of victory			2,737	4.23%	27.60
Turnout			64,680	66.03%	5.92
Registered electors			97,950		2.92
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	24.38

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Girdhari Lal	31,402	54.88%	24.11
	BJP	Gopal Dass	13,190	23.05%	12.90
	JKNC	Prem Lal	6,251	10.93%	6.59
	BSP	Dhian Chand	2,609	4.56%	8.18
	SS	Sagar Mal	1,482	2.59%	New
	CPI	Mohinder Paul	826	1.44%	New
	JKNPP	Hans Raj	641	1.12%	0.45
Margin of victory			18,212	31.83%	26.66
Turnout			57,215	60.12%	0.01
Registered electors			95,173		29.20
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	18.93

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Hiranagar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Thakur Baldev Singh	17,088	45.17%	15.61
	INC	Ram Das Dogra	14,580	38.54%	1.37
	Independent	Nek Ram	3,999	10.57%	New
	Independent	Vijay	661	1.75%	New
	JP	Ganesh Dass	489	1.29%	New
	JKNPP	Balwant Rai Sharma	334	0.88%	New
	LKD	Lakshmi Kantalias Sethi	298	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			2,508	6.63%	3.73
Turnout			37,833	71.97%	4.10
Registered electors			53,257		7.64
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.26

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Hiranagar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Girdhari Lal Dogra	13,623	50.39%	*New*
	JP	Rattan Lal	9,912	36.66%	New
	JKNC	Major Piar Singh	1,653	6.11%	New
	Independent	Yash Paul	1,099	4.07%	New
	Independent	Gopal Dass	376	1.39%	New
	Independent	Krishan Dutta	372	1.38%	New
Margin of victory			3,711	13.73%
Turnout			27,035	69.54%
Registered electors			39,483
	INC win (new seat)