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List of candidates for Jammu West Constituency 2014

The table below shows who are the contesting BJP, JD(U), Congress, independent etc. candidates from the Jammu West Assembly Constituency in the Jammu and kashmir Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections 2014.

Jammu West , Constituency No -(73)
Election Date	Dec 20, 2014
Result Date	Dec 23, 2014
Phase	Phase - V
Election Symbol	Political Party	Candidate Name
	BSP	Mohinder Kumar
	BJP	Sat Paul Sharma
	INC	Surinder Singh Shingari
	IND	Arun Kumar Sawhney
	IND	Dr. Anil Kumar Dhar
	IND	Sanjay Gupta
	IND	Sawtanter Bharat Bakshi
	IND	Kanwarjeet
	IND	Vijay Kumar Verma
	JKNC	Dharamveer Singh Jamwal
	JKNPP	Neeraj Gupta
	NCP	Rajinder Singh Bloria
	PDP	Sarv Daman Bhasin
	DGPP	Uday Chand
	RKSP	Ghani Sham

About Jammu West Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

One of the 87 assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu West is a part of Jammu parliamentary constituency. Sunil Dimple, the President Jammu West Assembly Movement recently demanded the status of district for the constituency. Dimple said that the place is neglected in terms of development, law and order and employment opportunities.He appealed the youth to support him in his protest. He said that he will contest the upcoming assembly elections if people want him to. Prof Chaman Lal Gupta of BJP won the 2008 assembly elections. He defeated Surinder Singh Shangari an independent candidate. Gupta bagged 34288 votes as against Shangari's 21251 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Jammu West Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Jammu West assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	73	Jammu West	GEN	Sat Paul Sharma	M	BJP	69626	Surinder Singh Shingari	M	INC	18997
2008	73	Jammu West	GEN	Prof Chaman Lal Gupta	M	BJP	34288	Surinder Singh Shangari	M	IND	21251
2002	73	Jammu West	GEN	Mangat Ram Sharma	M	INC	25627	Virander Kumar Gupta	M	IND	17704
1996	73	Jammu West	GEN	Hans Raj	M	BJP	22506	Yogesh Sawhney	M	INC	10068
1987	61	Jammu West	(SC)	Mangat Ram	M	INC	16204	Chander Mohan Sharma	M	BJP	10130
1983	61	Jammu West	GEN	Rangil Singh	M	INC	16672	Tilak Raj Sharma	M	BJP	4331
1977	61	Jammu West	GEN	Harbans Lal Bhagotra	M	JNP	10956	Romesh Chander	M	INC	7599