Jammu South Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Jammu South

| type= SLA

| state = Jammu and Kashmir

| established = 1967

| abolished = 1972

| electors = 31,133

| mla = Chaman Lal Gupta

| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

| constituency_no =

| latest_election_year = 1972

| district =

| loksabha_cons =

| reservation =

}}

Jammu South Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election ! Member ! colspan=2\|Party
class="wikitable sortable"
1962	Ram Chand Mahajan	{{Full party name with color\|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
1967	R. Nath	{{Full party name with color\|Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|rowspan=2}}
1972	Chaman Lal Gupta

Election results

=Assembly Election 1972 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu South{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083027/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_JK_72.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Chaman Lal Gupta |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=10,892 |percentage=51.44% |change={{decrease}}3.53 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Amrit Kumar Malhotra |party=Indian National Congress |votes=7,873 |percentage=37.18% |change={{increase}}1.72 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Hussan Ara |party=Independent politician |votes=534 |percentage=2.52% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Som Nath |party=Independent politician |votes=361 |percentage=1.70% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dharam Paul |party=Independent politician |votes=346 |percentage=1.63% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dhan Raj Dargotra |party=Samyukta Socialist Party |votes=228 |percentage=1.08% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Parakash Masth |party=Independent politician |votes=201 |percentage=0.95% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,019 |percentage=14.26% |change= {{decrease}}5.25 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=21,175 |percentage=69.27% |change= {{increase}}1.16 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 31,133 |ref = |change= {{increase}}8.02 }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |loser=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |swing= {{decrease}}3.53 }}

=Assembly Election 1967 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu South{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006052138/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report_Jk_1967.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Nath |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=10,590 |percentage=54.96% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Nath |party=Indian National Congress |votes=6,832 |percentage=35.46% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. R. Sudhir |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=1,290 |percentage=6.70% |change={{decrease}}44.58 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. N. Gupta |party=Independent politician |votes=388 |percentage=2.01% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=J. Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=167 |percentage=0.87% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,758 |percentage=19.50% |change= {{increase}}0.30 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=19,267 |percentage=70.26% |change= {{decrease}}3.10 }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 28,821 |ref = |change= {{increase}}10.80 }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |loser=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |swing= {{increase}}3.69 }}

=Assembly Election 1962 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu South{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006183842/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ram Chand Mahajan |party=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |votes=9,329 |percentage=51.28% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ram Nath |party=Jammu Praja Parishad |votes=5,835 |percentage=32.07% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Som Nath |party=Independent politician |votes=779 |percentage=4.28% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Balraj |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes=722 |percentage=3.97% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Amar Chand |party=Democratic National Conference |votes=711 |percentage=3.91% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Parduman Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=660 |percentage=3.63% |change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ramnik Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=158 |percentage=0.87% |change= New}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,494 |percentage=19.20% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=18,194 |percentage=71.01% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 26,011 |ref = |change= }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |loser= |swing= }}

References

Category:Former assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir