Jammu West Assembly constituency

Jammu West Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. It comprises parts of Jammu tehsil and Jammu West tehsil, both in Jammu district.^[1] As of 2024, its representative is Arvind Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Jammu West
Constituency No. 78 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	2008
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arvind Gupta
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Harbans Lal Bhagotra		Janata Party
1983	Rangil Singh		Indian National Congress
1987	Mangat Ram Sharma
1996	Hans Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Mangat Ram Sharma		Indian National Congress
2008	Chaman Lal Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Sat Paul Sharma
2024	Arvind Gupta

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arvind Gupta	41,963	64.74%	5.90
	INC	Manmohan Singh	19,836	30.60%	11.33
	DPAP	Gourav Chopra	667	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	530	0.82%	0.45
	Independent	Sahil Sharma	479	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			22,127	34.14%	17.23
Turnout			64,820	61.24%	2.86
Registered electors			1,05,852		31.17
	BJP hold		Swing	5.90

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sat Paul Sharma	69,626	70.63%	30.38
	INC	Surinder Singh Shingari	18,997	19.27%	3.01
	JKNC	Dharamveer Singh	4,733	4.80%	2.30
	JKPDP	Sarv Daman Bhasin	2,419	2.45%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	359	0.36%	New
Margin of victory			50,629	51.36%	36.06
Turnout			98,574	64.09%	3.24
Registered electors			1,53,794		9.88
	BJP hold		Swing	30.38

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chaman Lal Gupta	34,288	40.26%	37.64
	Independent	Surinder Singh Shangari	21,251	24.95%	New
	INC	Mangat Ram Sharma	13,848	16.26%	24.21
	JKNC	Chander Mohan Sharma	6,050	7.10%	4.95
	BSP	Rattan Lal Chargotra	1,791	2.10%	2.09
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	887	1.04%	New
	JKNPP	Mohinder Paul Singh	837	0.98%	New
	CPI	Narinder Kant	658	0.77%	New
	RPI	Chamupati	585	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			13,037	15.31%	2.80
Turnout			85,174	60.85%	22.17
Registered electors			1,39,965		14.49
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.21

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mangat Ram Sharma	25,627	40.47%	20.04
	Independent	Virander Kumar Gupta	17,704	27.96%	New
	JKNC	Chander Mohan Sharma	7,631	12.05%	0.68
	SS	Anan Sharma	2,822	4.46%	New
	BSP	Raj Kumar	2,652	4.19%	9.54
	BJP	Kavinder Gupta	1,655	2.61%	43.05
	Independent	Hans Raj Dogra	1,211	1.91%	New
	Independent	Aslam Shah	830	1.31%	New
	Independent	Munish Sharma	652	1.03%	New
	Independent	Joginder Singh	459	0.72%	New
	BRP	Girdhari Lal	418	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			7,923	12.51%	12.73
Turnout			63,327	38.69%	4.06
Registered electors			1,63,689		41.99
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	5.20

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hans Raj	22,506	45.67%	15.04
	INC	Yogesh Sawhney	10,068	20.43%	28.57
	BSP	Pawan Kumar	6,767	13.73%	New
	JKNC	Chander Mohan	6,276	12.73%	New
	JD	Ayoudhia Kumar	2,123	4.31%	New
	Independent	Tilak Raj Mahajan	480	0.97%	New
	JKNPP	Udhay Chand	429	0.87%	3.86
	Independent	Sunil Kumar	315	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			12,438	25.24%	6.87
Turnout			49,283	43.31%	17.72
Registered electors			1,15,286		110.79
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.33

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mangat Ram Sharma	16,204	48.99%	17.38
	BJP	Chander Mohan Sharma	10,130	30.63%	13.39
	Independent	Bishwa Nath	3,131	9.47%	New
	JKNPP	Udhay Chand	1,566	4.73%	New
	JP	Sham Sunder	585	1.77%	New
	Independent	Rattan Lal	382	1.16%	New
	Independent	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	343	1.04%	New
	Independent	Farrkh Javeed	267	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			6,074	18.37%	30.77
Turnout			33,073	61.52%	9.91
Registered electors			54,692		10.10
	INC hold		Swing	17.38

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rangil Singh	16,672	66.38%	28.39
	BJP	Tilak Raj Sharma	4,331	17.24%	New
	Independent	Udhey Chand	1,824	7.26%	New
	JKNC	Sudershan Lal Mahajan	1,210	4.82%	1.40
	Independent	Om Parkash S/O Sh. Beli Ram	309	1.23%	New
	Independent	Om Parkash S/O Sh. Dhani Ram	264	1.05%	New
	Independent	Jatinder Paul	225	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			12,341	49.13%	32.35
Turnout			25,117	51.65%	2.35
Registered electors			49,676		31.38
	INC gain from JP		Swing	11.61

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Harbans Lal Bhagotra	10,956	54.76%	New
	INC	Romesh Chander	7,599	37.98%	New
	JKNC	Rattan Lal Gupta	684	3.42%	New
	Independent	Som Nath	333	1.66%	New
	Independent	Master Modh Sharif	267	1.33%	New
Margin of victory			3,357	16.78%
Turnout			20,006	53.73%
Registered electors			37,810
	JP win (new seat)