# Jammu Cantonment Assembly constituency

Jammu Cantonment Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Jammu and Kashmir.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1967 | P. T. Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Trilochan Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Parduman Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Trilochan Datta | Independent politician |
| 1987 | H. S. Bali | Independent politician |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 1987

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | H. S. Bali | 10,970 | 26.62% | New |
| | INC | Trilochan Dutta | 10,110 | 24.54% | 10.01 |
| | Independent | Amar Nath | 5,140 | 12.48% | New |
| | BJP | Satish Chander | 4,630 | 11.24% | 7.19 |
| | Independent | Chaudhary Piara Singh | 3,384 | 8.21% | New |
| | JKNC | Bhim Singh | 3,262 | 7.92% | 0.44 |
| | Independent | Darshan Lal | 698 | 1.69% | New |
| | Independent | Chaudhary Noor Din Kataria | 514 | 1.25% | New |
| | JP | Mohinder Kumar | 454 | 1.10% | New |
| | Independent | Avtar Singh | 422 | 1.02% | New |
| | Independent | Tilak Raj | 402 | 0.98% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 860 | 2.09% | 13.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,202 | 68.24% | 6.34 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,710 | | 17.26 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | 23.99 | |

### Assembly Election 1983

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Trilochan Datta | 16,094 | 50.61% | New |
| | INC | Harbans Singh | 10,986 | 34.55% | 5.95 |
| | JKNC | Hans Raj Dogra | 2,379 | 7.48% | 3.30 |
| | BJP | Sewa Raman | 1,288 | 4.05% | New |
| | Independent | Jaya Mala | 606 | 1.91% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,108 | 16.06% | 15.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,798 | 61.89% | 6.17 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,625 | | 45.84 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | 22.01 | |

### Assembly Election 1977

1977 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Parduman Singh | 5,600 | 28.60% | 26.49 |
| | JP | Ved Bhasin | 5,426 | 27.71% | New |
| | Independent | Onkar Seth | 3,722 | 19.01% | New |
| | JKNC | Bodh Raj Bali | 2,110 | 10.78% | New |
| | Independent | Hari Singh | 996 | 5.09% | New |
| | Independent | Nathi Ram | 650 | 3.32% | New |
| | Independent | Om Prakash | 287 | 1.47% | New |
| | Independent | Sukhvinder Singh | 259 | 1.32% | New |
| | Independent | Jagdish Raj | 228 | 1.16% | New |
| | Independent | Gurcharan Singh | 121 | 0.62% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 174 | 0.89% | 40.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,578 | 55.35% | 12.74 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 36,083 | | 11.89 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 26.49 | |

### Assembly Election 1972

1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Trilochan Dutta | 11,905 | 55.10% | 0.49 |
| | Independent | Ram Lal | 2,905 | 13.44% | New |
| | Independent | Bachan Singh Panchhi | 2,757 | 12.76% | New |
| | ABJS | Onkar Seth | 2,581 | 11.95% | 2.13 |
| | Independent | Thakra Singh | 890 | 4.12% | New |
| | INC(O) | Harbhajan Singh | 242 | 1.12% | New |
| | Independent | Prem Singh | 167 | 0.77% | New |
| | SSP | Rachpal Singh | 160 | 0.74% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,000 | 41.65% | 12.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,607 | 69.17% | 6.16 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,249 | | 20.48 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 0.49 | |

### Assembly Election 1967

1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Jammu Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P. T. Dutta | 10,692 | 54.60% | New |
| | JKNC | R. Singh | 4,945 | 25.25% | New |
| | ABJS | A. Nath | 2,757 | 14.08% | New |
| | Democratic National Conference | J. Singh | 1,041 | 5.32% | New |
| | Independent | S. Dutt | 146 | 0.75% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,747 | 29.35% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,581 | 76.30% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,766 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |