Kathua Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates

Kathua Assembly Election 2024: The Kathua Assembly seat is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Kathua is a city and municipal council of the Jammu division, divided into 27 wards that constitute the Kathua Municipal Council. The constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs). It is constituency number 67 of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress are the main parties in the constituency. The BJP's Rajiv Jasrotia won the Kathua constituency in 2014. In 2008, Independent candidate Charanjit Singh registered a win. In the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Democratic Movement (DM) candidate Jatinder Singh registered the victory. In 1996 and 1987, the BSP's Sagar Chand and Om Parkash from the Congress party won the constituency, respectively. COMPLETE COVERAGE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS

Kathua Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile

As per data from the Election Commission, there were 1,13,075 voters in the Kathua constituency during the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections. Out of this, 59,974 voters were male and 53,101 were female. No voter belonged to the third gender. 619 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Kathua in 2014 was 992 (800 were men and 192 were women).

In 2008, the total number of voters in the Kathua constituency was 1,01,495. Out of this, 53,306 voters were male and 48,189 were female. There were 572 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Kathua in 2008 was 1,004 (785 were men and 219 were women).

Kathua Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Poll Date

The Kathua constituency in Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls in the last and final phase on October 1 (Tuesday) along with the other 39 constituencies. Overall, voters in other constituencies across the Union Territory will use their franchise in a total of three phases.

Kathua Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Result Date

The result for Kathua will be declared on October 8, along with 89 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.  

Kathua Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates 

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference's (JKNC) Subhash Chander, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Sudesh Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dr Bharat Bhushan and Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Sandeep Majotra are the main candidates in the Kathua seat. The Congress is in an alliance with the JKNC. 

Kathua Constituency 2014 and 2008 Winners (Candidates and Parties)

In the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, BJP candidate Rajiv Jasrotia won the Kathua seat with a margin of 6,806 votes. He was polled 35,670 votes with a vote share of 39.11%. He defeated BSP candidate Som Raj Jasotra, who got 28,864 (31.65%) votes. Independent candidate Charanjit Singh stood third with 13,242 (14.52%), and Congress candidate Jatinder Singh alias Babu Singh was in the fourth position with 7,195 (7.89%) votes. The total number of votes polled was 91,207 (80.66%).

In the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections, Independent candidate Charanjit Singh won the Kathua seat. He was polled 19,123 with a vote share of 25.82%. BSP candidate Som Raj Jasotra got 16,761 votes (22.63%) and was the runner-up. Charanjit defeated Jasotra by a margin of 2,362 votes. The total number of votes polled in this constituency was 74,104 (73.01). Independent candidate Jatinder Singh alias Babu Singh came in third with 10,887 votes (14.70%), and BJP candidate Sain Dass was in the fourth position with 7,913 votes (10.68%).

Kathua Assembly Constituency Past Winners​

• 1977: Dhain Chand (Janata Party)
• 1983: Sanji Ram (Congress)
• 1987: Om Parkash (Congress)
• 1996: Sagar Chand (BSP)
• 2002: Jatinder Singh (Democratic Movement)
• 2008: Charanjit Singh (Independent)
• 2014: Rajiv Jasrotia (BJP)

Kathua Constituency Voter Turnout in 2014 and 2008

The total number of votes polled during the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections was 91,207 or 80.66% in the Kathua Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2008, the total number of votes in this Assembly seat was 74,070 or 73.01%.