JAMMU NORTH
Assembly seat no. 79 in Jammu and Kashmir · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 3 times since 1967.
Winner, 2024
Sham Lal Sharma
BJP
Elections held
3
1967–2024
Most successful party
BJS
won 2 of 3
Margin, 2024
27,363
36.89% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
JKNAjay Kumar Sadhotra
- Votes
- 19,856
- Vote share
- 26.77%
- Behind by
- 27,363
Electors
1,12,896
Total votes polled
74,178
Valid votes
74,178
NOTA votes
319
0.43% of votes polled
Turnout
65.7%
Full result, 2024
17 candidates · 74,178 valid votes
Sham Lal SharmaBJPwon
47,219
63.7%
Ajay Kumar SadhotraJKN
19,856
26.8%
Shiv Dev SinghIND
2,442
3.3%
Akash Singh SlathiaIND
1,161
1.6%
Badri NathBSP
598
0.8%
Amit KapoorIND
560
0.8%
Darshan Kumar MagotraJKPDP
266
0.4%
Ajay Singh SainiIND
248
0.3%
Kushal SharmaIND
246
0.3%
Maheshwar Singh ManhasDPAP
204
0.3%
Sunita TurkiNDPI
199
0.3%
MohitNAUP
191
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 17. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 3 of 3 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sham Lal Sharma | BJP | 47,219 | 63.66% | Ajay Kumar Sadhotra | 27,363 |
| 1972 | ABDUL REHMAN | BJS | 12,439 | 60.23% | NILAM BER DEV SHARMA | 4,849 |
| 1967 | P. NATH | BJS | 10,262 | 59.70% | B. RAM | 4,324 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
