Tikri Assembly constituency

Tikri Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Tikri
Former constituency for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Established	1962
Abolished	1972
Total electors	32,205

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Landar Tikri
1962	Shiv Charan		Jammu Praja Parishad
Tikri
1967	Shiv Charan		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Nirmal Devi		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Tikri^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nirmal Devi	11,929	63.37%	20.26
	ABJS	Shiv Charan	5,488	29.16%	20.23
	INC(O)	Rangil Singh	615	3.27%	New
	Independent	Jarnail Singh	336	1.79%	New
	Independent	Om Prakash	272	1.45%	New
	Independent	Hari Krishan	183	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			6,441	34.22%	27.95
Turnout			18,823	60.00%	1.43
Registered electors			32,205		6.70
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing	13.99

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Tikri^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Shiv Charan	8,926	49.39%	New
	INC	M. Ram	7,793	43.12%	New
	JKNC	H. Chand	568	3.14%	New
	Independent	K. Singh	344	1.90%	New
	Independent	P. Ram	224	1.24%	New
	Independent	K. Singh	219	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			1,133	6.27%
Turnout			18,074	62.13%
Registered electors			30,184
	ABJS win (new seat)

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Landar Tikri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JPP	Shiv Charan	7,595	47.53%	New
	JKNC	Faqir Chand	6,929	43.36%	New
	Democratic National Conference	Moti Ram	778	4.87%	New
	Independent	Durga Dass	573	3.59%	New
	Independent	Jia Lal	105	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			666	4.17%
Turnout			15,980	60.10%
Registered electors			26,716
	JPP win (new seat)