Samba Assembly Election 2024: Samba is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, situated in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. It also falls under the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency. With the upcoming elections marking the first Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, the Election Commission announced the election schedule on August 16. The polls will be conducted in three phases across all 90 Assembly constituencies.?It is constituency number 70 of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).?The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP), the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the Congress and the? are the main parties in the constituency.?COMPLETE COVERAGE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS?
Samba is one of the key constituencies to watch in these elections, alongside Uri in the Baramulla district, as the region prepares for its first electoral process as a Union Territory.?The BJP's Devinder Kumar Manyal won the Samba constituency in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. In 2008, JKNPP leader Yash Paul Kundal won the seat for the second consecutive time. In the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Yash Paul Kundal defeated the Congress candidate Swarn Lata and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Som Nath. In 1996 and 1987, the BSP's Som Nath and Parkash Sharma of Congress won the constituency, respectively.?
Samba Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 84,916?voters in the Samba constituency during the 20214 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 44,968?were male and 39,947?were female voters. Only?one voter belonged to the third gender. 282 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Samba in 2014 was 2,416?(1,869 were men and 547 were women).
In 2008, the total number of voters in the Samba constituency was 74,325. Out of this, 38,774?voters were male and 35,551?were female voters. There were 222?postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Samba in 2008 was 1,446?(1,266?were men and 180 were women).
Samba Assembly Elections 2024: Poll Date
The Samba constituency in Jammu and Kashmir will go to the polls in the third?phase on October 8, along with the other 39?constituencies of the UT, including Nagrota?and Langate.?
Samba Assembly Elections 2024: Result Date
The results for the Samba constituency, along with the other 89 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, will be declared on October 8, 2024.
Samba?Jammu and Kashmir Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Surjeet Singh Slathia, Congress party's Krishan Dev Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party's (JKAP) Lovely Mangol, Democratic Progressive Azad Party's (DPAP) Vinod Kumar and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Rajinder Singh are the main candidates in the Samba seat. The Congress is in an alliance with the JKNC.
Samba Constituency 2014 and 2008 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, BJP candidate Devinder Kumar Manyal won the Samba seat with a margin of 22,118?votes, securing 34,075?votes (53.08%). He defeated JKNPP candidate Yash Paul Kundal, who received 11,957 votes (18.63%). The?Congress?candidate Subhash Chander was third with 9,063?votes (14.12%), while Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP)?candidate Sunny Sangral was fourth with 2,971?votes (4.63%). The total number of votes polled was 64,201?(75.61%).
In the 2008 elections, JKNPP?candidate?Yash Paul?Kundal won the seat with 14,631?votes, capturing 27.15% of the vote share. BJP candidate Satwant Kour came in second with 12,642?votes (23.45%), losing to Kundal by a margin of 1,989?votes. The total number of votes polled in this constituency was 53,909?(72.53%).?Congress?candidate Subhash Chander finished third with 10,714?votes (19.88%), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Som Nath came fourth with 6,647?votes (12.33%).
Samba Assembly Constituency?Past Winners
Year? |
Winner? |
Party? |
Total?Votes |
2014 |
Devinder Kumar Manyal |
BJP |
34,075 |
2008 |
Yash Paul Kundal |
JKNPP |
14,631 |
2002 |
Yash Paul |
JKNPP |
11,079 |
1996 |
Som Nath |
BSP |
14,107 |
1987 |
Parkash Sharma |
Congress |
10,318 |
1983 |
Parkash Sharma |
Congress |
13,515 |
1977 |
Dhayan Singh |
Independent |
6,349 |
1972 |
Gouri Shankar |
Congress |
9,700 |
Samba Constituency Voter Turnout in 2014 and 2008
In 2014, the total number of votes polled in the Samba Assembly constituency was 64,201?or 75.61%. In 2008, the total number of votes polled in the Assembly elections was 53,909?or 72.53%.