Samba Assembly constituency

Samba Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Samba is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Samba
Constituency No. 70 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Samba
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Surjeet Singh Slathia
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	K. Sagar Singh		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	P. Nand		Indian National Congress
1972	Gouri Shankar
1977	Dhayan Singh		Independent politician
1983	Parkash Sharma		Indian National Congress
1987
1996	Som Nath		Bahujan Samaj Party
2002	Yash Paul Kundal		Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
2008
2014	Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Surjeet Singh Slathia

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surjeet Singh Slathia	43,182	61.74%	8.66
	Independent	Ravinder Singh	12,873	18.41%	New
	DPAP	Vinod Kumar	4,289	6.13%	New
	INC	Krishan Dev Singh	3,628	5.19%	8.93
	BSP	Baldev Raj	1,309	1.87%	2.46
	Independent	Bhanu Partap Singh	1,140	1.63%	New
	JKAP	Lovely Mangol	901	1.29%	New
	Independent	Reena Choudhary	544	0.78%	New
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	Raj Kumar	488	0.70%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	330	0.47%	0.34
Margin of victory			30,309	43.34%	8.88
Turnout			69,939	76.79%	1.19
Registered electors			91,080		7.26
	BJP hold		Swing	8.66

Assembly Election 2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal	34,075	53.08%	29.63
	JKNPP	Yash Paul Kundal	11,957	18.63%	8.52
	INC	Subhash Chander	9,063	14.12%	5.76
	JKPDP	Sunny Sangral	2,971	4.63%	3.63
	BSP	Som Nath	2,779	4.33%	8.00
	JKNC	Satwant Kaur	2,220	3.46%	8.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	524	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			22,118	34.45%	30.76
Turnout			64,195	75.60%	3.08
Registered electors			84,916		14.25
	BJP gain from JKNPP		Swing	25.94

Assembly Election 2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNPP	Yash Paul Kundal	14,631	27.15%	1.84
	BJP	Satwant Kour	12,642	23.45%	9.36
	INC	Subhash Chander	10,714	19.88%	3.72
	BSP	Som Nath	6,647	12.33%	9.06
	JKNC	Som Nath	6,361	11.80%	2.08
	Independent	Kartar Chand	1,235	2.29%	New
	JKPDP	Anita Devi	536	0.99%	0.37
Margin of victory			1,989	3.69%	1.99
Turnout			53,899	72.52%	14.09
Registered electors			74,325		0.81
	JKNPP hold		Swing	1.84

Assembly Election 2002

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNPP	Yash Paul Kundal	11,079	25.31%	New
	INC	Swarn Lata	10,333	23.60%	0.53
	BSP	Som Nath	9,367	21.40%	20.69
	BJP	Subhash Chander	6,172	14.10%	2.30
	JKNC	Som Nath	6,077	13.88%	New
	JKPDP	Prabh Dayal	273	0.62%	New
	NCP	Bishan Dass	262	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			746	1.70%	16.25
Turnout			43,780	58.47%	3.27
Registered electors			74,934		23.29
	JKNPP gain from BSP		Swing	16.78

Assembly Election 1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Som Nath	14,107	42.08%	New
	INC	Swaran Lata	8,090	24.13%	3.21
	BJP	Parma Nand	5,498	16.40%	2.81
	Independent	Subhash Chander	2,249	6.71%	New
	JD	Tilak Raj Atri	1,884	5.62%	New
	Independent	Narsingh Dyal	1,094	3.26%	New
	Independent	Khazan Chand	422	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			6,017	17.95%	10.24
Turnout			33,521	56.31%	13.19
Registered electors			60,779		10.07
	BSP gain from INC		Swing	14.74

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parkash Sharma	10,318	27.34%	17.32
	Independent	Hoshiar Singh	7,407	19.63%	New
	BJP	Satya Pal	7,248	19.21%	6.78
	Independent	Som Nath	7,159	18.97%	New
	Independent	Balraj Singh	2,241	5.94%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Din	1,060	2.81%	New
	Independent	Gurnam Singh	865	2.29%	New
	JKNPP	Sudarshan Sambyal	601	1.59%	New
	INS(SCS)	Dhanantar Singh	329	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			2,911	7.71%	15.80
Turnout			37,736	70.20%	5.59
Registered electors			55,218		14.51
	INC hold		Swing	17.32

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parkash Sharma	13,515	44.66%	25.59
	JKNC	Surjeet Singh	6,400	21.15%	7.22
	BJP	Satya Pal	3,760	12.42%	New
	Independent	Persidh Singh	1,354	4.47%	New
	LKD	Manshi Ram	1,269	4.19%	New
	Independent	Babu Ram	1,166	3.85%	New
	JP	Mohinder	839	2.77%	9.86
	JKNC	Bhopinder Singh	520	1.72%	12.21
	Independent	Balraj Singh	425	1.40%	New
	Independent	Kartar Singh	361	1.19%	New
	Independent	Dhorab Singh	184	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			7,115	23.51%	16.97
Turnout			30,262	64.54%	2.11
Registered electors			48,223		17.95
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	19.05

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dhayan Singh	6,349	25.61%	New
	INC	Harbans Singh	4,728	19.07%	35.84
	JKNC	Rawel Singh	3,453	13.93%	New
	JP	Gulchain Singh	3,131	12.63%	New
	Independent	Puran Singh	1,564	6.31%	New
	Independent	Gianchand	1,370	5.53%	New
	Independent	Rajinder Nath	1,300	5.24%	New
	Independent	Babu Nath	1,128	4.55%	New
	Independent	Mangat Ram	725	2.92%	New
	Independent	Swaran Singh	461	1.86%	New
	Independent	Harsant Singh	186	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			1,621	6.54%	15.08
Turnout			24,792	62.22%	2.44
Registered electors			40,884		34.70
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	29.30

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gouri Shankar	9,700	54.91%	8.32
	ABJS	Gian Chand	5,882	33.30%	4.52
	Independent	Munshi Ram	2,082	11.79%	New
Margin of victory			3,818	21.61%	3.79
Turnout			17,664	60.07%	11.46
Registered electors			30,352		18.00
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Nand	8,349	46.60%	New
	ABJS	G. Chand	5,156	28.78%	New
	Democratic National Conference	P. Singh	2,969	16.57%	New
	JKNC	M. Ram	1,443	8.05%	35.66
Margin of victory			3,193	17.82%	13.34
Turnout			17,917	72.54%	3.62
Registered electors			25,722		9.93
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	2.89

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Samba^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	K. Sagar Singh	7,495	43.71%	New
	JPP	Dhyan Singh	6,727	39.23%	New
	Harijan Mandal	Ram Dass	1,334	7.78%	New
	Independent	Fateh Mohammed	1,039	6.06%	New
	Independent	Shanta Bharti	551	3.21%	New
Margin of victory			768	4.48%
Turnout			17,146	73.36%
Registered electors			23,398
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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