Jammu & Kashmir · AC 65

Kathua

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

Jammu & Kashmir Vidhan Sabha Election 2002 · Kathua

64,043

Electors

64,021

Votes polled

99.97%

Turnout

3,059

Margin

Winner

Jatinder Singh

Male

DM (DM)

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Jatinder Singh Won Male	DM	16,366	25.56%
2	Sagar Chand Male	BSP	13,307	20.79%
3	Lal Chand Sharma Male	BJP	9,767	15.26%
4	Prof. Sain Dass Male	IND	6,325	9.88%
5	Rattan Chand Krottara Male	INC	5,118	7.99%
6	Ajit Kumar Male	JKN	4,111	6.42%
7	Harmohan Singh Andotra Male	IND	1,336	2.09%
8	Sat Paul Male	IND	1,106	1.73%
9	Dalbir Singh Jasrotia Male	IND	955	1.49%
10	Sagar Singh Male	JD(S)	716	1.12%
11	Dev Raj Male	CPI	624	0.97%
12	Mohinder Paul Male	SHS	598	0.93%
13	Yog Raj Sharma Male	JD(U)	575	0.90%
14	Smt. Kriti Verma Female	PDP	563	0.88%
15	Ishwar Dass Khajuria Male	IND	539	0.84%
16	Karan Singh Male	NCP	520	0.81%
17	Bashir Ahmad Male	IND	496	0.77%
18	Harbans Lal Male	RJD	305	0.48%
19	Prithi Pal Sharma Male	IND	195	0.30%
20	Vishal Salgotra Male	IND	171	0.27%
21	Om Parkash Male	IND	167	0.26%
22	Sunil Singh Male	JKNPP	161	0.25%

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	Darshan Kumar Male BJP	65.38%	Ch. Lal Singh Male INC	32.49%
2014	Rajiv Jasrotia Male BJP	39.11%	Som Raj Majotra Male BSP	31.65%
2008	1 Charanjit Singh Male IND	25.82%	2 Som Raj Male BSP	22.63%
2002	Jatinder Singh Male DM	25.56%	Sagar Chand Male BSP	20.79%
1996	Sagar Chand Male BSP	25.26%	Lal Chand Sharma Male IND	22.91%
1987	Om Parkash Male INC	49.61%	Kulbhushan Kumar Male BJP	30.04%
1983	Sanji Ram Male INC	52.48%	Baldev Raj Male BJP	21.13%
1977	Dhain Chand Male JnP	44.90%	Punjabu Ram Alias Punjab Singh Male INC	40.43%
1972	Panjaboo Ram Alias Singh Male INC	55.76%	Ved Prakash Male IND	44.24%
1967	P. Ram Male INC	53.74%	K. Chand Male BJS	31.32%