JAMMU WEST
Assembly seat no. 78 in Jammu and Kashmir · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, 2024
Arvind Gupta
BJP
Elections held
8
1977–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 8
Margin, 2024
22,127
34.14% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
INCManmohan Singh
- Votes
- 19,836
- Vote share
- 30.60%
- Behind by
- 22,127
Electors
1,06,580
Total votes polled
64,820
Valid votes
64,820
NOTA votes
530
0.82% of votes polled
Turnout
60.8%
Full result, 2024
12 candidates · 64,820 valid votes
Arvind GuptaBJPwon
41,963
64.7%
Manmohan SinghINC
19,836
30.6%
Gourav ChopraDPAP
667
1.0%
Sahil SharmaIND
479
0.7%
Rajat GuptaJKPDP
383
0.6%
Sumit SharmaSASP
193
0.3%
Rakesh KumarJKNPPB
174
0.3%
Raj Kumar LalotraIND
160
0.2%
Shikha BandralNAUP
149
0.2%
Meenakshi ChibberSHS(UBT)
126
0.2%
Rishi KaulIND
87
0.1%
Sawtanter Bharat BakshiHIP
73
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arvind Gupta | BJP | 41,963 | 64.74% | Manmohan Singh | 22,127 |
| 2014 | SAT PAUL SHARMA | BJP | 69,626 | 70.63% | SURINDER SINGH SHINGARI | 50,629 |
| 2008 | CHAMAN LAL GUPTA | BJP | 34,288 | 40.26% | SURINDER SINGH SHANGARI | 13,037 |
| 2002 | Mangat Ram Sharma | INC | 25,627 | 40.47% | Virander Kumar Gupta | 7,923 |
| 1996 | HANS RAJ | BJP | 22,506 | 45.67% | YOGESH SAWHNEY | 12,438 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
