Billawar Assembly constituency

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

Billawar
Constituency No. 64 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
LS constituency	Udhampur
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satish Kumar Sharma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Ram Chander Khajuria		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	Balbir Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Randhir Singh
1996	Balbir Singh		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Manohar Lal Sharma		Independent
2008			Indian National Congress
2014	Nirmal Kumar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Satish Kumar Sharma

Election results

2024

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2024: Billawar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satish Kumar Sharma	44,629	64.38	6.08
	INC	Manohar Lal Sharma	23,261	33.56	0.62
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar	595	0.86	0.26
	JKPDP	Akhter Ali	309	0.45	0.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	525	0.76	0.2
Majority			21,368	30.82	6.70
Turnout			69,319
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nirmal Kumar Singh	43,447	58.30	35.99
	INC	Manohar Lal Sharma	25,472	34.18	1.6
	JKNC	Sanjeev Khajuria	3,084	4.14	10.97
	BSP	Naresh Kumar	834	1.12	1.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	414	0.56	New
	Independent	Mehmood Hussein	388	0.52	New
	JKNPP	Ravinder Singh	352	0.47	2.06
	JKPDP	Jatinder Singh	344	0.46	−−
Majority			17,975	24.12
Turnout			74,527	77.15	6.25
Registered electors			96,599		8,845
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2008

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manohar Lal Sharma	22,262	35.78	16.13
	BJP	Satish Kumar Sharma	13,879	22.31	New
	JKNC	Romi Khajuria	9,398	15.11	9.91
	Independent	Balbir Singh	6,387	10.27	New
	Independent	Pankaj Dogra	3,834	6.16	New
	BSP	Kartar Singh	1,871	3.01	1.21
	JKNPP	Hari Chand Jalmeria	1,575	2.53	0.47
	JKPDP	Akhtar Ali	284	0.46	New
Majority			8,383	13.47
Turnout			62,215	70.90	7
Registered electors			87,754		6,584

2002

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Manohar Lal Sharma	24,736	47.8
	INC	Balbir Singh	10,175	19.65
	Independent	Kashmir Singh	7,369	14.2
	JKNC	Suram Singh	2,680	5.2
	JKNPP	Govind Ram	1,526	3.0
	BSP	Oma Datt Manhas	953	1.8
Majority			14,561	17.94
Turnout			51,871	63.9
Registered electors			81,170

See also

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

References

1. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Billawar Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
4. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
5. "2008 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
6. "2002 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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