Jammu South Assembly Constituency Election Result

Jammu South is a legislative assembly constituency in Jammu & Kashmir. Election results of Jammu South assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Jammu South Assembly Constituency Seat (Jammu & Kashmir) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1972	Chamanlal	BJS	10892

1972 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Chamanlal Male	BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	10892 51.44%
2	Amrit Kumar Malhotra Male	INC Indian National Congress	7873 37.18%
3	Hussan Ara Male	IND Independents	534 2.52%
4	Som Nath Male	IND Independents	361 1.7%
5	Dharam Paul Male	IND Independents	346 1.63%
6	Dhan Raj Dargotra Male	SOP Samyukta Socialist Party/socialist Party	228 1.08%
7	Parakash Masth Male	IND Independents	201 0.95%
8	Badri Nath Male	IND Independents	192 0.91%
9	Brij Mohan Male	IND Independents	129 0.61%
10	Pritam Singh Male	IND Independents	118 0.56%
11	Bhagat Singh Male	IND Independents	93 0.44%
12	Raj Gupta Male	IND Independents	62 0.29%
13	Prem Avtar Bakshi Male	IND Independents	59 0.28%
14	Suraj Dev Male	IND Independents	36 0.17%
15	Jaswant Singh Male	IND Independents	32 0.15%
16	Puran Chand Male	IND Independents	19 0.09%
	Total		21175 69.27%

In 1972, Jammu South legislative assembly constituency had total 31133 electors. Total number of valid vote was 21175. Bharatiya Jana Sangh candidate Chamanlal won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 10892 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Amrit Kumar Malhotra stood second with total 7873 votes. He lost by 3019 votes.