Akhnoor Assembly constituency

Akhnoor Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Akhnoor is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3][4]

Akhnoor
Constituency No. 81 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
LS constituency	Jammu
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mohan Lal
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Shiv Ram		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	Dharam Pal		Indian National Congress
1972
1977
1983
1987	Govind Ram		Independent politician
1996			Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Madan Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress
2004 By-election	Sham Lal Sharma
2008
2014	Rajeev Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Mohan Lal

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Lal	49,927	64.87%	11.68
	INC	Ashok Kumar	25,248	32.81%	8.48
	BSP	Chittar Manu	1,009	1.31%	0.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	778	1.01%	0.46
Margin of victory			24,679	32.07%	20.16
Turnout			76,962	80.79%	0.32
Registered electors			95,265		1.92
	BJP hold		Swing	11.68

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajeev Sharma	41,901	53.19%	26.30
	INC	Sham Lal Sharma	32,521	41.29%	6.69
	JKPDP	Dev Raj	1,291	1.64%	New
	BSP	Raj Kumar	1,003	1.27%	8.85
	JKNC	Dr. Gafoor Ahmed	859	1.09%	6.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	436	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			9,380	11.91%	9.17
Turnout			78,771	81.10%	1.42
Registered electors			97,125		17.48
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.22

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sham Lal Sharma	31,600	47.97%	16.78
	BJP	Govind Ram Sharma	17,716	26.89%	8.67
	BSP	Vijay Kumar	6,668	10.12%	7.37
	JKNC	Ram Saroop	4,802	7.29%	5.11
	NCP	Kuldeep Sharma	1,088	1.65%	New
	Independent	Harbans Kumar Sharma	633	0.96%	New
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Sharma	490	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			13,884	21.08%	14.61
Turnout			65,872	79.68%	15.28
Registered electors			82,673		3.73
	INC hold		Swing	16.78

Assembly By-election 2004

2004 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by-election : Akhnoor^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sham Lal Sharma	17,251	31.19%	1.83
	Independent	Govind Ram Sharma	13,675	24.73%	New
	BJP	Ram Saroop	10,078	18.22%	3.29
	BSP	Dr. Gafoor Ahmed	9,674	17.49%	0.77
	JKNC	Baldev Singh	1,207	2.18%	25.35
	Independent	Kuldeep Sharma	902	1.63%	New
	Independent	M S Jamwal	509	0.92%	New
	JKNPP	Ashok Kumar	474	0.86%	New
	Independent	Raghbir Singh	391	0.71%	New
	Independent	Suram Singh	391	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			3,576	6.47%	4.64
Turnout			55,302	64.40%	6.81
Registered electors			85,878		5.00
	INC hold		Swing	1.83

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madan Lal Sharma	17,102	29.36%	11.69
	JKNC	Govind Ram Sharma	16,037	27.54%	6.51
	BSP	Dr. Gafoor Ahmed	9,737	16.72%	1.53
	BJP	Ram Saroop	8,700	14.94%	5.44
	Independent	Kuldeep Sharma	4,891	8.40%	New
	JKPDP	Devinder Kumar	539	0.93%	New
	Samata Party	Roshan Lal	481	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			1,065	1.83%	1.18
Turnout			58,242	71.27%	0.61
Registered electors			81,788		39.46
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	8.34

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Govind Ram	8,855	21.02%	New
	BJP	Ram Saroop	8,583	20.38%	18.74
	BSP	Lakhbir Singh	7,684	18.24%	New
	INC	Dharam Pal	7,443	17.67%	10.21
	Independent	Kuldeep Sharma	6,401	15.20%	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	2,058	4.89%	New
	JD	Sat Pal	738	1.75%	New
Margin of victory			272	0.65%	30.99
Turnout			42,119	72.71%	6.12
Registered electors			58,647		38.52
	JKNC gain from Independent		Swing	38.50

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Govind Ram	19,642	59.52%	New
	INC	Dharam Pal	9,202	27.88%	17.78
	Independent	Shiv Ram	1,712	5.19%	New
	JKNPP	Mohan Lal	1,073	3.25%	New
	BJP	Madan Lal	540	1.64%	7.52
	JP	Jagdish Raj	332	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			10,440	31.64%	19.26
Turnout			33,000	79.78%	2.79
Registered electors			42,339		11.20
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	13.85

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Pal	13,067	45.67%	8.00
	JKNC	Govind Ram	9,527	33.29%	28.26
	BJP	Dewan Chand	2,621	9.16%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lal	2,126	7.43%	New
	Independent	Madan Lal Verma	805	2.81%	New
	Independent	Rajinder Singh	192	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			3,540	12.37%	5.59
Turnout			28,614	76.64%	5.90
Registered electors			38,073		15.02
	INC hold		Swing	8.00

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Pal	8,635	37.67%	37.34
	Independent	Govind Ram	4,517	19.70%	New
	JP	Dewan Chand	4,342	18.94%	New
	Independent	Kuldip Kumar	4,276	18.65%	New
	JKNC	Pritam Lal	1,154	5.03%	New
Margin of victory			4,118	17.96%	40.65
Turnout			22,924	70.63%	6.93
Registered electors			33,101		15.60
	INC hold		Swing	37.34

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Pal	16,364	75.01%	14.57
	ABJS	Bakshi Thakur Das	3,577	16.40%	1.42
	Independent	Hari Chand	1,020	4.68%	New
	INC(O)	Dina Nath	854	3.91%	New
Margin of victory			12,787	58.62%	15.99
Turnout			21,815	78.45%	0.16
Registered electors			28,635		17.27
	INC hold		Swing	14.57

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Pal	11,267	60.45%	New
	ABJS	K. Lal	3,322	17.82%	New
	Independent	S. Ram	2,327	12.48%	New
	Democratic National Conference	R. Chand	1,000	5.36%	2.76
	JKNC	S. Singh	377	2.02%	58.81
	Independent	D. Nath	347	1.86%	New
Margin of victory			7,945	42.62%	12.96
Turnout			18,640	80.08%	12.56
Registered electors			24,417		6.72
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	0.38

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Akhnoor^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Shiv Ram	10,156	60.83%	New
	JPP	Sat Dev	5,204	31.17%	New
	Harijan Mandal	Punnu Ram	901	5.40%	New
	Democratic National Conference	Ram Chand	435	2.61%	New
Margin of victory			4,952	29.66%
Turnout			16,696	65.32%
Registered electors			26,176
	JKNC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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