Jammu & Kashmir · AC 68

Samba

Name: Samba
Address: Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir, IN

Jammu & Kashmir Vidhan Sabha Election 1983 · Kathua

48,223

Electors

30,262

Votes polled

62.75%

Turnout

7,115

Margin

Winner

Parkash Sharma

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Parkash Sharma Won Male	INC	13,515	44.66%
2	Surjeet Singh Male	JKN	6,400	21.15%
3	Satya Pal Male	BJP	3,760	12.42%
4	Persidh Singh Male	IND	1,354	4.47%
5	Manshi Ram Male	LKD	1,269	4.19%
6	Babu Ram Male	IND	1,166	3.85%
7	Mohinder Male	JnP	839	2.77%
8	Bhopinder Singh Male	JKP	520	1.72%
9	Balraj Singh Male	IND	425	1.40%
10	Kartar Singh Male	IND	361	1.19%
11	Dhorab Singh Male	IND	184	0.61%
12	Om Parkash Male	IND	141	0.47%
13	Monohar Singh Male	IND	119	0.39%
14	Dev Raj Kapoor Male	IND	71	0.23%
15	Vaishno Barat Chandan Male	IND	69	0.23%
16	Sat Pal Male	IND	44	0.15%
17	Subash Badyal Male	IND	25	0.08%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Vijay Kumar Male BJP	54.75%	Rakesh Kumar Male INC	41.92%
2014	Devinder Kumar Male BJP	53.08%	Manyal Yash Paul Kundal Male JKNPP	18.63%
2008	1 Yash Paul Kundal Male JKNPP	27.15%	2 Satwant Kour Female BJP	23.45%
2002	Yash Paul Male JKNPP	25.31%	Swarn Lata Female INC	23.60%
1996	Som Nath Male BSP	42.08%	Swaran Lata Female INC	24.13%
1987	Parkash Sharma Male INC	27.34%	Hoshiar Singh Male IND	19.63%
1983	Parkash Sharma Male INC	44.66%	Surjeet Singh Male JKN	21.15%
1977	Dhayan Singh Male IND	25.61%	Harbans Singh Male INC	19.07%
1972	Gouri Shankar Male INC	54.91%	Gian Chand Male BJS	33.30%
1967	P. Nand Male INC	46.60%	G. Chand Male BJS	28.78%