Pawan Kumar Gupta

Pawan Kumar Gupta is an Indian political leader from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Gupta is the Deputy Leader of Opposition Party (Dy. LoP) in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He is a member (MLA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Udhampur West constituency in Udhampur district as a member of BJP.^[1][2][3]

Pawan Kumar Gupta
Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Constituency	Udhampur West
In office 2014–2018
Constituency	Udhampur
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

He has served as the Minister of State (MoS) - ‘Finance’ & ‘IT’ while he was member of Legislative Assembly of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir from Udhampur Vidhan Sabha before the delimitation of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.^[4]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2024	Udhampur West		BJP	Won	52.06%	Sumeet Magotra		INC	29.15%	[5]
2014	Udhampur		Independent	Won	42.57%	Balwant Singh Mankotia		JKNPP	25.36%	[6]
2008	Udhampur		BJP	Lost	31.61%	Balwant Singh Mankotia		JKNPP	35.49%	[7]
2002	Udhampur		BJP	Lost	24.10%	Balwant Singh Mankotia		JKNPP	40.39%	[8]