Bishnah Election Results 2014, J&K

About Bishnah Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Bishnah is a town in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2001 India census, it had a population of 9141. The assembly constituency of Jammu East belongs to Jammu parliamentary constituency. The area lacks basic civic amenities and infrastructural development. Due to lack of irrigatiion facilities, farmers face a lot of problems. Development will be the major issue in the upcoming assembly elections. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, an independent candidate won the 2008 assembly elections for the second consecutive time. He defeated Kamal Verma of BSP. Sharma secured 14006 votes as against Verma's 13560 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Bishnah Assembly Constituency

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

Year	AC No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	74	Bishnah	GEN	Kamal Verma	M	JKNC	29380	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	M	BJP	26394
2008	74	Bishnah	GEN	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	M	IND	14078	Kamal Verma	M	BSP	13589
2002	74	Bishnah	GEN	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	M	IND	17961	Kamal Verma	M	JKN	13298
1996	74	Bishnah	GEN	Jagdish Raj Dubey	M	JD	10941	Hari Chand	M	BSP	9057
1987	58	Bishnah	(SC)	Parma Nand	M	JKN	16319	Gian Chand	M	IND	6495
1983	58	Bishnah	(SC)	Bhagat Chhaju Ram	M	INC	21123	Parma Nand	M	JKN	8159
1977	58	Bishnah	(SC)	Parma Nand	M	INC	9441	Ram Chand	M	JNP	7357
1972	62	Bishnah	(SC)	Parma Nand	M	INC	14971	Shiv Ram	M	BJS	6489
1967	62	Bishnah	(SC)	B. C. Ram	M	INC	11037	S. Dass	M	BJS	3832
1962	7	Bishnah	GEN	Trilochan Datt	M	NC	8783	Ram Piara Saraf	M	DNC	5768