Marh Assembly constituency

Marh Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Marh is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Marh
Constituency No. 80 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1962
Total electors	93,300[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Surinder Kumar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Guranditta Mal		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967			Indian National Congress
1972	Sushil Kumar
1977	Tulsi Ram		Janata Party
1983	Mula Ram		Indian National Congress
1987
1996	Ajay Sadhotra		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002
2008	Sukh Nandan Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2024	Surinder Kumar

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surinder Kumar	42,563	55.25%	12.90
	INC	Mula Ram	19,477	25.28%	6.51
	Independent	Mohan Lal Kaith	12,868	16.70%	New
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	Som Nath	802	1.04%	New
	BSP	Jagdish Chander	496	0.64%	4.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	411	0.53%	0.32
Margin of victory			23,086	29.97%	10.60
Turnout			77,039	82.57%	0.99
Registered electors			93,300		26.93
	BJP hold		Swing	12.90

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukh Nandan Kumar	25,396	42.35%	7.31
	JKNC	Ajay Sadhotra	13,784	22.99%	0.50
	INC	Balwan Singh	11,255	18.77%	16.87
	JKPDP	Suram Singh	4,886	8.15%	2.69
	BSP	Ashok Kumar	2,972	4.96%	5.71
	NCP	Sandeep Singh	448	0.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	514	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			11,612	19.36%	6.81
Turnout			59,965	81.58%	0.39
Registered electors			73,503		14.95
	BJP hold		Swing	7.31

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukh Nandan Kumar	18,368	35.04%	5.66
	JKNC	Ajay Sadhotra	11,787	22.49%	9.38
	Independent	Balwan Singh	9,207	17.56%	New
	BSP	Jagjit Singh	5,592	10.67%	5.86
	JKPDP	Suram Singh	2,863	5.46%	New
	INC	Dharam Pal Sharma	993	1.89%	27.01
	Independent	Anan Sharma	950	1.81%	New
Margin of victory			6,581	12.56%	10.07
Turnout			52,417	81.97%	13.15
Registered electors			63,943		6.23
	BJP gain from JKNC		Swing	3.17

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ajay Sadhotra	14,959	31.87%	2.12
	BJP	Sukh Nandan Kumar	13,792	29.39%	2.03
	INC	Balwan Singh	13,564	28.90%	15.81
	BSP	Ashok Kumar	2,255	4.80%	10.44
	JKNPP	Parshotam Singh	617	1.31%	New
	Independent	Yash Raj Singh	579	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			1,167	2.49%	0.08
Turnout			46,935	68.83%	0.69
Registered electors			68,194		40.04
	JKNC hold		Swing	2.12

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Ajay Sadhotra	10,072	29.75%	New
	BJP	Sukh Nandan Kumar	9,259	27.35%	24.66
	BSP	Girdhari Lal	5,160	15.24%	New
	INC	Balwan Singh	4,432	13.09%	39.14
	Independent	Devi Dass	2,090	6.17%	New
	JD	Madan Mohan Khajooria	1,050	3.10%	New
	CPI(M)	Parminder Singh	950	2.81%	New
Margin of victory			813	2.40%	13.86
Turnout			33,850	70.68%	7.02
Registered electors			48,697		13.44
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	22.48

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mula Ram	17,162	52.24%	5.78
	JKNPP	Sat Pal	11,818	35.97%	New
	Independent	Banarsi Lal	1,645	5.01%	New
	CPI	Dewan Chand	1,230	3.74%	1.46
	BJP	Krishan Lal	884	2.69%	1.35
Margin of victory			5,344	16.27%	28.61
Turnout			32,854	78.50%	9.11
Registered electors			42,929		15.47
	INC hold		Swing	5.78

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mula Ram	14,543	58.02%	30.87
	Independent	Krit Paul	3,295	13.15%	New
	JKNC	Tilak Raj Atri	3,128	12.48%	12.30
	CPI	Sham Lal	1,304	5.20%	1.79
	BJP	Vishwa Bandhu	1,013	4.04%	New
	Independent	Pritam Chand Motan	561	2.24%	New
	Independent	Milkhi Ram	373	1.49%	New
Margin of victory			11,248	44.88%	39.07
Turnout			25,065	69.07%	13.99
Registered electors			37,179		18.43
	INC gain from JP		Swing	25.07

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Tulsi Ram	5,527	32.96%	New
	INC	Sushil Kumar	4,553	27.15%	24.29
	JKNC	Milkhi Ram	4,155	24.77%	New
	Independent	Vishwa Bandu	944	5.63%	New
	CPI	Dhoonda	573	3.42%	New
	Independent	Mela Singh	557	3.32%	New
	Independent	Som Nath Dogra	462	2.75%	New
Margin of victory			974	5.81%	16.45
Turnout			16,771	54.60%	12.43
Registered electors			31,393		43.59
	JP gain from INC		Swing	18.49

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushil Kumar	7,406	51.44%	10.57
	ABJS	Tulsi Ram	4,201	29.18%	3.84
	Independent	Milkhi Ram	2,790	19.38%	New
Margin of victory			3,205	22.26%	14.41
Turnout			14,397	68.01%	5.69
Registered electors			21,863		18.53
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Guranditta Mal	5,393	40.87%	New
	ABJS	N. Mal	4,357	33.02%	New
	JKNC	M. Ram	2,953	22.38%	19.11
	Democratic National Conference	D. Nath	493	3.74%	0.20
Margin of victory			1,036	7.85%	3.85
Turnout			13,196	74.87%	2.87
Registered electors			18,445		9.52
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	0.62

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Marh^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Guranditta Mal	5,200	41.49%	New
	JPP	Ram Rakha Mal	3,734	29.79%	New
	Harijan Mandal	Milkhi Ram	2,877	22.96%	New
	Democratic National Conference	Behari Lal	443	3.53%	New
	Independent	Ram Saran	279	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			1,466	11.70%
Turnout			12,533	75.58%
Registered electors			16,842
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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