Kathua Election Results 2014, J&K

About Kathua Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Kathua is a city in the district by the same name of Jammu and Kashmir. The word 'Kathua' is derived from the Dogri word 'Thuan' meaning 'Scorpions'. Due to large number of Sufi shrines, the city is also referred to as 'the city of Sufis'. As of 2011 census, it had a population of 1,62,988. The assembly constituency of Kathua is a part of Udhampur parliamentary constituency. Charanjit Singh, an independent candidate won the 2008 assembly elections and is the present MLA. He defeated Som Raj of BSP. Singh received 19123 votes as against Raj's 16761 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kathua Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	65	Kathua	GEN	Rajiv Jasrotia	M	BJP	35670	Som Raj Majotra	M	BSP	28864
2008	65	Kathua	GEN	Charanjit Singh	M	IND	19123	Som Raj	M	BSP	16761
2002	65	Kathua	GEN	Jatinder Singh	M	DM	16366	Sagar Chand	M	BSP	13307
1996	65	Kathua	GEN	Sagar Chand	M	BSP	12130	Lal Chand Sharma	M	IND	11001
1987	69	Kathua	(SC)	Om Parkash	M	INC	16805	Kulbhushan Kumar	M	BJP	10175
1983	69	Kathua	(SC)	Sanji Ram	M	INC	14667	Baldev Raj	M	BJP	5905
1977	69	Kathua	(SC)	Dhain Chand	M	JNP	10022	Punjabu Ram Alias Punjab Singh	M	INC	9023
1972	58	Kathua	(SC)	Panjaboo Ram Alias Singh	M	INC	11539	Ved Prakash	M	IND	9155
1967	58	Kathua	(SC)	P. Ram	M	INC	10598	K. Chand	M	BJS	6176
1962	11	Kathua	GEN	Randhir Singh	M	NC	9826	Chagar Singh	M	PP	4642