Bishnah Assembly constituency

Bishnah
Bishnah
Constituency No. 72 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Lok Sabha constituency	Jammu
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rajeev Kumar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1962	Trilochan Datt	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	Bhagat Chhaju Ram	Indian National Congress
1972	Parma Nand
1977	Parma Nand
1983	Bhagat Chhaju Ram
1987	Parma Nand	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1996	Jagdish Raj Dubey	Janata Dal
2002	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	Independent politician
2008	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	Independent politician
2014	Kamal Verma	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2024	Rajeev Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajeev Kumar	53,435	56.48	Increase19.09
	INC	Neeraj Kundan	37,808	39.96	Increase35.33
	Independent	Prem Pal	799	0.84	New
	BSP	Tilak Raj	660	0.70	Decrease1.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	401	0.42	Decrease0.27
Margin of victory			15,627	16.52	Increase12.29
Turnout			94,611	78.99	Increase2.84
Registered electors			1,19,782		Increase29.22
	BJP gain from JKNC		Swing	Increase14.86

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Kamal Verma	29,380	41.62	Increase33.16
	BJP	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	26,394	37.39	Increase29.01
	JKPDP	Faqir Chand	8,112	11.49	New
	INC	Gulchain Singh Charak	3,272	4.64	Decrease8.47
	BSP	Bharat Bhushan	1,668	2.36	Decrease19.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	490	0.69	New
	JKNPP	Ghansham Sharma	473	0.67	New
Margin of victory			2,986	4.23	Increase3.45
Turnout			70,587	76.15	Increase0.38
Registered electors			92,694		Increase12.06
	JKNC gain from Independent		Swing	Increase19.16

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	14,078	22.46	*New*
	BSP	Kamal Verma	13,589	21.68	Increase7.34
	INC	Gulchain Singh Charak	8,212	13.10	Decrease1.96
	JKNC	Yash Pal	5,306	8.47	Decrease15.76
	BJP	Shilpi Verma	5,255	8.38	New
	Independent	Romesh Kumar Gupta	3,751	5.98	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Dubey	2,207	3.52	New
	Independent	Chattar Singh	1,855	2.96	New
	Independent	Romesh Chander	1,169	1.87	New
	Independent	Gurbacahan Kumari Rana	1,072	1.71	New
	Independent	Yash Pal Sharma	979	1.56	New
Margin of victory			489	0.78	Decrease7.71
Turnout			62,674	75.77	Increase8.35
Registered electors			82,719		Increase1.59
	Independent hold		Swing	Decrease10.26

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	17,961	32.72	*New*
	JKNC	Kamal Verma	13,298	24.22	Increase18.61
	INC	Jagdish Raj Dubey	8,268	15.06	Increase3.00
	BSP	Girdhari Lal	7,874	14.34	Decrease7.53
	JKPDP	Ashok Kumar	2,060	3.75	New
	Independent	Hari Chand	943	1.72	New
	SS	Swaran Singh	780	1.42	New
	Independent	Sat Pal Saini	566	1.03	New
	CPI	Ghanisham Singh	519	0.95	New
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar	517	0.94	New
	Samata Party	Joginder Kumar	492	0.90	New
Margin of victory			4,663	8.49	Increase3.94
Turnout			54,895	67.43	Decrease1.27
Registered electors			81,424		Increase35.09
	Independent gain from JD		Swing	Increase6.29

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Jagdish Raj Dubey	10,941	26.43	*New*
	BSP	Hari Chand	9,057	21.88	New
	Independent	Kamal Verma	7,239	17.49	New
	INC	Janak Raj Gupta	4,994	12.06	New
	Independent	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	3,859	9.32	New
	JKNC	Sangram Singh Charak	2,323	5.61	Decrease48.04
	BJP	Madan Lal	1,983	4.79	Decrease1.60
	JKNPP	Sat Paul	704	1.70	New
Margin of victory			1,884	4.55	Decrease27.75
Turnout			41,401	69.80	Increase3.39
Registered electors			60,274		Increase29.40
	JD gain from JKNC		Swing	Decrease27.23

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Parma Nand	16,319	53.65	Increase27.70
	Independent	Gian Chand	6,495	21.35	New
	Independent	Mela Ram	3,793	12.47	New
	BJP	Sardari Lal	1,944	6.39	New
	JP	Hansraj	907	2.98	New
	Independent	Rattan Singh	396	1.30	New
	Independent	Assa Singh	240	0.79	New
	Independent	Gurbachan Kumari	190	0.62	New
Margin of victory			9,824	32.30	Decrease8.93
Turnout			30,416	66.20	Decrease9.87
Registered electors			46,580		Increase11.36
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	Decrease13.53

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhagat Chhaju Ram	21,123	67.18	Increase24.01
	JKNC	Parma Nand	8,159	25.95	Increase14.63
	Independent	Yash Pal	1,721	5.47	New
	Independent	Om Raj	439	1.40	New
Margin of victory			12,964	41.23	Increase31.70
Turnout			31,442	77.02	Increase13.87
Registered electors			41,830		Increase17.24
	INC hold		Swing	Increase24.01

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parma Nand	9,441	43.17	Decrease20.83
	JP	Ram Chand	7,357	33.64	New
	JKNC	Sain Dass	2,476	11.32	New
	Independent	Harbans Lal	2,052	9.38	New
	Independent	Chaman Lal	335	1.53	New
Margin of victory			2,084	9.53	Decrease26.73
Turnout			21,870	62.31	Decrease11.69
Registered electors			35,679		Increase11.31
	INC hold		Swing	Decrease20.83

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parma Nand	14,971	64.00	Increase8.69
	ABJS	Shiv Ram	6,489	27.74	Increase8.53
	Independent	Behari Lal	625	2.67	New
	Independent	Jagat Ram	463	1.98	New
	Independent	Shiv Bano Megh	461	1.97	New
	Independent	Daulat Ram	385	1.65	New
Margin of victory			8,482	36.26	Increase0.15
Turnout			23,394	75.42	Decrease4.42
Registered electors			32,054		Increase24.34
	INC hold		Swing	Increase8.69

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhagat Chhaju Ram	11,037	55.31	*New*
	ABJS	S. Dass	3,832	19.20	New
	Democratic National Conference	M. N. Singh	2,641	13.23	Decrease17.62
	JKNC	S. Ram	2,445	12.25	Decrease34.74
Margin of victory			7,205	36.11	Increase19.98
Turnout			19,955	81.14	Decrease7.07
Registered electors			25,780		Increase16.50
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	Increase8.32

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Bishnah^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Trilochan Datt	8,783	46.99	*New*
	Democratic National Conference	Ram Piara Saraf	5,768	30.86	New
	JPP	Shiv Lal	3,899	20.86	New
	Independent	Isheri Singh	242	1.29	New
Margin of victory			3,015	16.13
Turnout			18,692	85.04
Registered electors			22,128
	JKNC win (new seat)

References

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Assembly Election 2024

Assembly Election 2014

Assembly Election 2008

Assembly Election 2002

Assembly Election 1996

Assembly Election 1987

Assembly Election 1983

Assembly Election 1977

Assembly Election 1972

Assembly Election 1967

Assembly Election 1962

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