Billawar Assembly constituency

Billawar
Constituency No. 64 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictKathua
LS constituencyUdhampur
Established1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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]

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 Increase6.08
INC Manohar Lal Sharma 23,261 33.56 Decrease0.62
BSP Sanjay Kumar 595 0.86 Decrease0.26
JKPDP Akhter Ali 309 0.45 Decrease0.01
NOTA None of the Above 525 0.76 Increase0.2
Majority 21,368 30.82 Increase6.70
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 Increase35.99
INC Manohar Lal Sharma 25,472 34.18 Decrease 1.6
JKNC Sanjeev Khajuria 3,084 4.14 Decrease10.97
BSP Naresh Kumar 834 1.12 Decrease 1.89
NOTA None of the Above 414 0.56 New
Independent Mehmood Hussein 388 0.52 New
JKNPP Ravinder Singh 352 0.47 Decrease 2.06
JKPDP Jatinder Singh 344 0.46 −−
Majority 17,975 24.12
Turnout 74,527 77.15 Increase 6.25
Registered electors 96,599 Increase8,845
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 Increase16.13
BJP Satish Kumar Sharma 13,879 22.31 New
JKNC Romi Khajuria 9,398 15.11 Increase 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 Increase 1.21
JKNPP Hari Chand Jalmeria 1,575 2.53 Decrease 0.47
JKPDP Akhtar Ali 284 0.46 New
Majority 8,383 13.47
Turnout 62,215 70.90 Increase 7
Registered electors 87,754 Increase6,584

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

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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